By Sara Beth Williams–
The winners have been announced for the city’s annual Best Lights in Citrus Heights contest.
Twenty-seven houses in Citrus Heights were nominated for the city’s annual Christmas lights contest. Nominees were distributed through six categories, with the Holiday Village category only receiving one nominated house, and the Griswold category receiving the most nominations with nine houses listed.
Other categories include Sleigh the Theme and Winter Wonderland, which had three nominations, Snow Globe which had six nominations, and Santa’s Favorite which had five nominations.
The winners were announced on social media last week, with CreekCrest Circle winning in the Holiday Village category. In 2023, a house on CreekCrest Circle won in the Griswold category. This year’s Griswold winner was located at 8331 Allene Creek Court.
A home at 8246 Moss Oak Ave. was the only repeat winner this year, winning the Sleigh the Theme category for 2024, which looks for houses that tell a story or utilizes a theme. Previously in 2023, the same home won in the Hollywood Holidays category.
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A home at 7141 Cross Drive won in the Winter Wonderland category, and two homes on Karen Rae Court won awards for Snow Globe and Santa’s Favorite categories. A full slideshow of the winning houses can be seen here.
The city also released a map which shows pinpoints of where houses are located. The nominated houses were scattered throughout the city from border to boarder, with several on the borders including one on Whyte Avenue, a handful close to Mercy San Juan Medical Center, and a handful of other houses located on Old Auburn Road near the northern border with Orangevale.
A list of past winners, and a map of houses around the city can be viewed on the city’s Best Lights in Citrus Heights page.
