16 Dec 4th-Dec 10th, 2025 phoenixnewtimes.com PHOENIX NEW TIMES | NEWS | FEATURE | FOOD & DRINK | ARTS & CULTURE | MUSIC | CONCERTS | CANNABIS | can donate cash or non-perishable food items to St. Mary’s Food Bank. Hours: Nightly, 6 to 9 p.m., through Dec. 25. Christmas on Comstock 3642 E. Comstock Drive, Gilbert facebook.com/christmasoncomstock Gilbert’s Comstock Drive erupts into a 13-home holiday takeover packed with more than 110,000 lights, 300- plus strobes, snow machines and other quaint sights. The walkable and drivable spectacle draws big crowds nightly, so arrive patient and ready for a full neigh- borhood light show. Hours: 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, and 6 to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Lights on Liberty Lane 396 W. Liberty Lane, Gilbert Night after night, this stretch of Gilbert’s Liberty Lane comes alive in perfect rhythm. Fourteen neighboring homes sync 130,000 lights into sweeping, ani- mated displays that surge with color and motion. Choreographed audio-visual se- quences play to dozens of holiday songs, turning the scene into a massive light show. Hours: Nightly, 6 to 11 p.m. M&S Lights 11161 E. Starkey Avenue, Mesa facebook.com/m.and.s.lights Mesa Disney supergeeks Mike and Stacie Parsons build a towering “It’s a Small World” facade outside their home each year, complete with the iconic clock face. After dark, it bursts with color during computerized light shows synced to multiple neighboring houses. Hours: Runs 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, and 5:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Mesa Christmas 1610 E. Hermosa Vista Drive, Mesa mesachristmas.com Retired Mesa pediatrician David Kipp prescribes holiday magic to his neigh- borhood each night. His two-story home becomes a vivid canvas of 30,000 lights, hundreds of LED pixels and sweeping video projections. Animated shows groove to Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Disney favorites, turning the block into a glowing, family-friendly spectacle after dark. Hours: Nightly, 6 to 9 p.m., until Dec. 26. The Keeleys’ Light Show 1851 S. Brighton Circle, Mesa facebook.com/thekeeleyslightshow The Keeley family’s stunning animated light show may not be the largest in the Valley, but it’s got plenty of heart. The display involves more than 25,000 LEDs dancing about the trees, arches and other decorations in their yard, accentuated by a varied soundtrack of pop, rock and even EDM. Hours: Nightly, 6 to 10 p.m. Pelky Residence 1335 N. Papillon Circle, Mesa For 30 years, Michael and Shelley Pelky have turned their Mesa home into a front-yard Christmas epic. Their massive annual display unfurls with Rankin-Bass characters, choirs of glowing angels, herds of reindeer and a full candy-cane forest straight out of a storybook. Hours: Nightly, 5:30 to 11 p.m. Dingman Residence 2329 N. Recker Road, No. 104, Mesa Kris Kringle might want to ditch the rooftop this year and touch down at Danny Dingman’s east Mesa home. Dubbed “Santa’s Runway,” the display blasts off with 65,000-plus lights, hundreds of glowing decorations and a fleet of Disney characters. There are even landing lights worthy of an airport. Hours: Nightly through Dec. 31. Santa Rita Ranch Lights 10458 E. Osage Ave., Mesa More than 20 individually decorated houses located in this southeast Valley neighborhood are linked by lights, creat- ing a walk-through holiday experience for locals to check out. Some houses go all out, while others are more modest. It’s definitely worth the drive. Hours: Nightly starting at dusk through Jan. 1. Let It Glow from p 15 Mike and Stacie Parsons’ Disney- esque display M&S Lights in Mesa. (O’Hara Shipe) The Dingman family’s runway-like display in Mesa. (Tom Carlson)
