Lights on the Lake

I felt as if I paid money to be stuck in traffic for an hour. I couldn’t get out! I felt so trapped when I went to Lights on the Lake.
That is not to say this is a bad activity if you have kids or you love sitting through one hour of Christmas decorations, but to be frank it’s just not something I enjoyed. To be fair though, I went by myself and I could see this being an activity you enjoy if you go with someone, turn on some Christmas music and prepare yourself for an hour or so of traffic, but it was just not something I was mentally prepared for.
In fact, I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into. I lived in Syracuse for years and constantly saw and heard people talking about Lights on the Lake, but have never had a chance to go. On the drive home one day, I popped in, paid the $ 5 or 10 and found myself in memorable pain for the next hour. Let’s back track a little. What is Lights on the Lake?
It’s a Syracuse tradition of decorating the heck out of Onondaga Lake and letting cars drive through this 2-​mile stretch (for a fee, of course). It runs from November 11^th to January 3^rd every year from about 5 to 10pm. (Really, people go to this AFTER Christmas too??). Driving through a bunch of lights with no exit in sight at a turtle’s pace was just not my idea of fun, but it might be yours. I would have preferred to walk the two miles of lights, I could see myself enjoying that (because I can always escape!), but driving?! No thank you.
Tldr; you drive through a bunch of Christmas decorations at a snails pace for about 2 miles along the lake (for a fee). I got the feeling that I paid money only to be stuck in traffic. Take my review with a grain of salt, as I did this on my own and you might have fun with family, friends or lovers. I don’t mean to be Mr. Grinch here, but that was my experience.