21st Annual Holiday Light Display Raises Money for Charity

Festival Properties Director Ben Hohman and Assistant Properties Director Marielle Boneau, and their many elves, once again present their long-standing holiday light display, a favorite in the Cedar City community. Located at 26 North 1150 West in Cedar City, near the Southern Utah University football stadium, this is the 21st year of the display. The display lights up each evening from 5:30-10pm, running through December 31, weather permitting.

This year’s display includes around 70,000 lights, 60 plastic blow-molds, over 24 lighted animal sculptures, more then 35 inflatables, a homemade nine-foot wreath, wire-frame animated sculptures, and much more. The lights in the front of the home as well as some of the lights in the backyard are choreographed to twenty different Christmas songs. The public is invited to walk through display on “Candy Cane Lane,” which leads attendees through the entire property. Some of the highlights of the display include Santa’s Flight School where reindeer are learning to fly, the Christmas Zoo, Winter Disco Land, Santa’s Workshop, and Gingerbread Land. Other favorite characters include Snoopy and his Peanuts friends, Minnie Mouse, and Mater from Cars.

Hohman and Boneau are avid year-round collectors for this festive display, finding pieces at thrift and antique stores, snatching end-of-season discounts, as well as donations of lights and vintage decorations from others.

As part of the display, donations are collected for Make-A-Wish® Utah. The display has raised over $43,000 in the last 20 years. Hohman and Boneau also donate the value of their December power bill to the organization. Donations can be made in person at the display, online which has a link to the Make-A-Wish® Utah online donation site, or with Venmo @benslightdisplay.

If you’d like more information about this event please contact Ben Hohman at benhprops@hotmail.com.