Carter Christmas Lights Show

12/23/2025

✨ Final days! ✨
The show runs through Tuesday, December 30th, so don’t miss it! We’ll be taking a break next year and look forward to sharing the magic again soon.

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12/18/2025

Due to blizzard conditions and strong winds, tonight’s Christmas Lights Show will not be running. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to welcoming you back tomorrow!🎄

12/01/2025

The Carter Family's Christmas Lights show in Albert Lea Minnesota synchronized to music with 51,000 LED lights. This year's show features four songs: It’s Giving Christmas by Chris Brown, I Want You This Christmas by Saweetie, Drop Top Sleigh Ride by Cher and Tyga concluding with Christmas Eve Sarajevo by Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Shows are running Nov 28 - Dec 30, 2025. More information about this show can be found at https://www.carterxmas.com/.

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11/28/2025

Show is LIVE! Celebrate a bright start to your holiday season. Video coming shortly.

11/26/2025

Happy Holidays season! We look forward to the light show this year but the high winds have caused damage and delayed our estimated start to Friday, November 28. We will post once live. Thank you!

12/20/2024

Our apologies for the delayed start today due to technical issues - shows are back up and running! Happy Holidays!

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12/08/2024

Last night at 9:28pm, thieves broke into our donation box and stole the money. Video/pictures are below. Please contact the Albert Lea Police Department if you have further information. Thank you.

12/01/2024

With the Holidays Season officially kicked off, we are excited to share our 10-year anniversary with the community! To celebrate, we have added even more lights (a total of 50,000!!), created TWO shows and have even more photo-op spots. Shows alternate every 10 minutes and highlight twelve remastered songs from past years.

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11/26/2024

This year we have TWO shows (this is Show #2), with each celebrating six re-imagined songs from our shows over the last 10 years. The Carter Family's Christmas Lights show in Albert Lea Minnesota synchronized to music with 50,000+ LED lights. More info at https://www.carterxmas.com/ Video also at: https://youtu.be/6thZfV8zOVU

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11/26/2024

This year we have TWO shows (this is Show #1), with each celebrating six re-imagined songs from our shows over the last 10 years. The Carter Family's Christmas Lights show in Albert Lea Minnesota synchronized to music with 50,000+ LED lights. More info at https://www.carterxmas.com/ Video also at: https://youtu.be/K9MVW2fJjYA

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