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Christmas lights brighten the holiday season

Music and lights are available for see and hear at 1200 Jefferson Street North.

While a number of Christmas events have been postponed or cancelled due to the COVID- 19 pandemic, holiday lights continue to light up the night sky.

Thanks to elbow grease and benevolence of many, Sleepy Eye Holiday Lights in Motion will continue from 5 to 11 p.m. daily through New Year’s Eve in Sportsman’s Park on the north shore of Sleepy Eye Lake.

Free horse-drawn, wheelchair accessible wagon rides and a freewill concession stand continue on Sunday, Dec. 26 and Friday, Dec. 31. Drive and walk through holiday light experiences continue daily. Waiting is minimal on most nights.

Visitors are invited to tune FM radios to 89.1 before entering the park to enhance the experience.

Holiday Lights in motion has been popular for many people including visitors that live an hour away or more.

The Sleepy Eye Holiday Lights in Motion at Sportsman’s Park includes thousands of lights, many wrapped around tree trunks and high into the air.

The park survived the early-December storm with minimal damage. A live nativity adorned the light show Dec. 12.

Kids are invited to drop letters to Santa in the Northpole Mailbox in the Sportsman’s Park cul-de-sac. Tax-deductible donations can be left in an onsite donation box.

Initiated in 2014, Holiday Lights in Motion was greatly aided by five light displays donated by Bob Schabert of Courtland. The lights grew and grew each year.

For more information, visit www.sleepyeyeholidaylights.org.

A number of residential light displays can also be found in area communities including New Ulm. The New Ulm Tour of Lights includes a private Facebook group.

Santa’s Toy Shop lights up the yard at 1018 Payne Street North.

This house near the corner of 5th Street South and State Street light up the neighborhood.

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