{"id":97981,"date":"2025-12-17T07:40:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T07:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/97981\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T07:40:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T07:40:28","slug":"300000-people-visit-this-century-old-christmas-light-display-in-california-every-year-featuring-140-decorated-houses-and-300-lighted-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/97981\/","title":{"rendered":"300,000 People Visit This Century-Old Christmas Light Display In California Every Year \u2014 Featuring 140 Decorated Houses And 300 Lighted Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fresno-Chrstmas-tree-lane-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Christmas lights and decorations at night.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Hearing \/ Unsplash<\/p>\n<p>    Save<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that Fresno\u2019s Christmas Tree Lane is over 100 years old? More than 140 homes participate in the beloved Christmas light display on North Van Ness Boulevard, attracting about 300,000 visitors each year from all over California who come to drive through the festive decorations in the lead-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/secretsanfrancisco.com\/holiday-things-to-do-sf\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretsanfrancisco.com\/holiday-things-to-do-sf\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Christmas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know about visiting Christmas Tree Lane in Fresno in 2025.<\/p>\n<p> A tradition that began in 1920    <\/p>\n<p>Christmas Tree Lane began as a single memorial tree in 1920, decorated at Christmas by a grieving mother in honor of a child who had passed away in a Fig Garden home. Each year since, neighborhood families have decorated their trees and homes in solidarity, growing Christmas Tree Lane into a time-honored community tradition.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural cedar tree has been commemorated with a sign outside the home for decades. As the tree came to the end of its life a few years ago, the home\u2019s current residents, Greg and Dana Pratt, launched an effort to genetically clone the tree.<\/p>\n<p>Now, 80 tree clones have been planted along Van Ness Blvd, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/end-of-an-era-christmas-tree-lanes-first-tree-legacy-will-continue-through-clones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/end-of-an-era-christmas-tree-lanes-first-tree-legacy-will-continue-through-clones\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">FOX26<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These days, the 2-mile Christmas Tree Lane route showcases over 140 decorated homes and 300 trees. The one-way route includes elaborate lighting, music, and themed displays.<\/p>\n<p>Although Christmas Tree Lane introduced pedestrian-only \u201cwalk nights\u201d in years past, the experience won\u2019t be returning in 2025 due to crowd size and safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p> Visiting Fresno\u2019s Christmas Tree Lane    <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccdLocation: One-way traffic flows northbound on N Van Ness Blvd in Fresno, CA, beginning at Shields Ave and ending at the intersection of N Palm Ave. and W Shaw Ave.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd5c Hours: Fresno\u2019s Christmas Tree Lane is now open nightly from 6pm to 10pm on weeknights and until 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcb8 Donations: The event is free to attend, but organizers encourage donations to help cover the costs of keeping the tradition alive.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf10 Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christmastreelane.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.christmastreelane.com\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Christmas Tree Lane<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phil Hearing \/ Unsplash Save Did you know that Fresno\u2019s Christmas Tree Lane is over 100 years old?&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[9479,112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-97981","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-christmas","9":"tag-fresno","10":"tag-fresno-headlines","11":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}