Bainbridge Circle Holiday Extravaganza

Wow. What an amazing experience. We decided to go on Christmas day and I guess so did the whole of San Diego :).
But it was so worth it. My kids loved it and had an amazing time. It was too cold to walk around so we did a slow ride around the circle. What an unbelievable experience. People everywhere and everyone just seemed so happy and relaxed. I guess that’s the magic of Christmas right there.
What a true labor of love by these homeowners. They went all out as usual and put on an unforgettable show. My 14 month old was so excited she refused to sleep that night lol.
The lights are synchronized so all we had to do was turn on the radio and enjoy. Sensory overload and I can truly say an overwhelming evening. Our Christmas was quiet and ending the night on this high was exactly what Santa ordered. We will be back in 2016. No doubt about that :)
Amazing dedication and a wonderful way to spread the holiday spirit. Thank you so much!

This is my fourth time visiting the Bainbridge Circle Holiday Extravaganza, once a couple years ago and three times already this year. The last three visits earned far more than just 5 stars (read my previous review) but tonight was extra, extra special. Tonight’s visit earns THOUSANDS of stars, and they’d all be twinkling and sparkling and dancing to music!
Tonight I took a friend with me who really takes her time walking slowly and stopping and gazing and appreciating the whole spectacle as well as the little details. It was a real treat showing this to her tonight, as she was in total awe. But that gave me the opportunity to take it all in from a different perspective – real slow and «tuned in» to all the details. Also, this is the first time I thought to bring a radio – a big old thing with tingling treble and powerful bass. That alone helped bring the whole street to life, and allow me to realize how intricately the lights twinkled, glowed, and beat in time to the music. I realized this was not just a «color organ» if you remember those, where each frequency triggers the lights. These lights on this street were manually programmed, and it appeared each house had its own set of channels, and within that the entire block had a corresponding set of channels. What an orchestration!
I discovered things tonight that I’d never seen before — the charming and amusing singing Christmas trees, the MANY different patterns of spectacular effects especially on the tall «main» Christmas tree, Santa (really Santa!) putting presents under a tree (someone forgot to draw the drapes), and even a shivering snowman!
Then a MOST SPECIAL MOMENT occurred…
Having my radio with me, I was able to listen to every song. I had never heard «O Holy Night,» my favorite Christmas song, on my tour of Bainbridge before. But tonight I did. I stopped, held the speaker right in front of me, and admired how beautifully the lights glowed in respect to this most glorious number. Then I noticed something really special right below the twinkling rooftop lights and singing trees: «O Holy Night» was written in beautiful calligraphy clear across the garage door. I had stopped unwittingly, as the song started, right in front of the house that displayed my favorite Christmas song’s title. And I didn’t move from that spot until the last note had played.
We listened to one more song, a great rendition of «Joy to the World» which made the lights really come to life (almost as spectacular as the Manheim Steamroller numbers which we also enjoyed most of all), then crossed the street to our car. At that time «The Night Before Christmas” – a very special rendition honoring our soldiers – began, the number that was playing shortly after we arrived. How appropriate was that! We had taken in the whole show, thoroughly enjoying every note of music and every bright and colorful light bulb.
Thank you, Bainbridge residents, for this spectacular treat. Merry Christmas! And may you have a most wonderful New Year, especially when you start setting up for the 2016 Christmas Extravaganza!
Tips for visitors: Walk, don’t drive, to take in the magic. Walk slowly, stop, take in the details and look around at the «long shot» from several vantage points. And bring a powerful FM radio!
My only technical tip for the show is to run a constant current to the «mailboxes» so the doors keep moving, the motors don’t burn out, and the mail gets delivered! Small detail, I know. I am extremely impressed with everything you’ve done.
Thank you, «G.G.,» my dear friend, for inducing me to enjoy this spectacular event more than ever before! Merry Christmas!

I’ve been wanting to come here and we finally made it this year. We drove through and watched from our car and radio tuned to 88.5. It was lovely and I would recommend coming

We love coming to Bainbridge Falls every Christmas season to see the lights. We appreciate all the hard work they put into decorating their homes for others to enjoy. God Bless them all!

The family and I accidentally got to the street at 5:30 last night. So worth it! My babies are now teenagers and they were loving it. Thank you for making Christmas Eve extra special.

First I want to thank the people who do all that hard work, they do a great job every year. You can walk or drive but I enjoy walking through the street, It’s so beautiful… I love The lights dancing to Christmas music.

A must stop during the holidays!
It’s so great to see a cul-​de-​sac get together and put something like this for everyone to see! So many lights! And when you drive through, you can tune in to a radio station and the lights go with the music. It’s so awesome! It does get pretty packed the closer you get to Christmas so just be prepared but make a night of it!
The lights run from Thanksgiving until New Years Eve and I highly suggest coming over and checking it out! And it’s FREE! Can’t go wrong with that :)

Great to walk through this neighborhood with your kids and see some great Christmas lights. You can drive slowly down the neighborhood too but there’s so many people out, it’s better to just walk. The thing about driving down the neighborhood is that you can tune in to the radio station so you can see the lights dance to the music, but then again, most of the houses have the music on any way.
My father-​in-​law spoke with one of the guys who got this whole neighborhood started and everything is DIY. All of the houses are decorated by the owners themselves. It’s really cool. My toddler was in awe the entire time. Definitely make a stop here if you’re in the area.