An evening drive to see Christmas lights is a Coast tradition, and our annual Central Coast Christmas Lights Map makes it easy for families to plan their route.
Last year we featured more than 280 locations, and this year – thanks to support from our Christmas feature sponsors, Mortgage Choice Central Coast – Nicole Wickham & Alisha – we’re bringing you an even bigger and brighter Christmas Lights guide.
We refresh our map every year so it’s always accurate and up to date. We’re adding new 2025 addresses daily, so bookmark this page and check back regularly.
Decorating your home this year? Add your address using the form below the map and we’ll include it.
We’re also creating our annual feature highlighting the Coast’s must-visit displays – the homes that go all out with walk-through gardens, fireworks, music-synced lights and more. Think your place deserves a must-visit badge? We’d love to see it! Email your address, light-up date and 1–3 photos to [email protected] to be considered for our 2025 feature.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Add Your Home to Our Central Coast Christmas Lights Map!
The Playing in Puddles' Christmas Lights Map is a map for all local families and we want you to be involved. If you decorate your house we invite you to include your home on the map. Know of a house in your street that puts on a great display, add them too.
Please add your address to the map below (where it says "Add Your Own Marker").
Click Here for Instructions on How to Use the Map
+ Use the drop-down "Filter" bar above the map to limit your search to individual homes, whole street displays, public displays, or only "Must-visit" locations.
+ Click on a map icon to see the address, description and a photo. Push the X to close the info box.
+ Click on the "directions" arrow to get directions from your chosen location and click "Go" - ain’t that so clever!
Icons:
Bauble = house display.
Star = must-visit display.
Candy cane = a display from the previous year that hasn't been confirmed in 2025.
Santa = Public displays in parks, shops, churches.
Red geographical marker = the system is confused and has just added a marker. We'll fix it when we have time 🙂
Add your own marker
Feeling the pinch?
Buying a tree, juggling presents, planning holidays – December can send any family budget spinning. That’s where Nicole Wickham and Alisha Spanidis from Mortgage Choice Central Coast come in. This team of local mums understands real life (and real Christmas chaos), and they bring decades of finance experience to helping Central Coast families find practical, stress-free financial solutions that actually fit.
Chat to the team today and get your budget back on track.
And because they’re all about making Christmas a little easier, we’ve teamed up with Mortgage Choice Central Coast – Nicole Wickham & Alisha Spanidis to give one lucky reader a $500 Westfield Gift Card!
Scroll to the end of this feature to enter.
Below are pics of the best lights from 2024!
Get our 2025 Christmas Lights Map emailed to you!
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Some homeowners go that extra mile to put on the ritz – hanging more than 50,000 lights, creating music-accompanied light shows, and erecting double-storey Christmas trees and blow-up Santas that tower over homes.
There are the quirky and fun - Christmas cut outs and Santas made out of tinnies – and those who put on snow machines and fireworks!
Each year we chat with the wonderful residents of some of our favourite must-visit homes across the Central Coast – from Wyongah in the north to Woy Woy in the south – to discover their motivation in installing such showstopping displays and about their love for the festive season.
WIN a $500 Westfield Gift Card!
Want to win a $500 Westfield Gift Card! Of course you do!
Buying a tree, juggling presents, planning holidays – December can send any family budget spinning. That’s where Nicole Wickham and Alisha Spanidis from Mortgage Choice Central Coast come in. This team of local mums understands real life (and real Christmas chaos), and they bring decades of finance experience to helping Central Coast families find practical, stress-free financial solutions that actually fit.
Chat to the team today and get your budget back on track.
And because they’re all about making Christmas a little easier, we’ve teamed up with Mortgage Choice Central Coast – Nicole Wickham & Alisha Spanidis to give one lucky reader a $500 Westfield Gift Card!
To enter, simply subscribe to our free newsletter by popping your details in below*. Already subscribed? Just add your details again so we know you want in on this fabulous comp.
*COMPETITION TERMS & CONDITIONS
PRIZE: A $500 Westfield Gift Card.
COMPETITION OPENS: 11am 14 November 2025.
COMPETITION CLOSES: Midnight 15 January 2026.
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Written By: KATIE STOKES
Founder & Editor
After working in print and online media for more than a decade, Katie launched Playing in Puddles in 2017. A mum of three young boys and local of the Central Coast, Katie loves discovering and sharing all that’s happening in our region.
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