Christmas Festival Of Lights Dazzles Off Route 22

BEL AIR, MD — Right off Route 22 is a drive-through light show featuring dancing trees and other dazzling attractions. The show is at St. Matthew Lutheran Church, and on the weekends, it also opens up its train garden.

This marks the seventh year for St. Matthew's holiday display, designed by Bel Air resident Jim Kurtz in collaboration with St. Matthew Pastor Blaise Sedney.

There are 16 reindeer, three "mega trees" that move with music and a nativity scene. A team of volunteers spent hours stringing up the more than 101,000 LEDs around the church campus.

Open to the public, the display is on the side of the church facing away from Route 22/Churchville Road. Donations to benefit the St. Matthew food pantry will be accepted by greeters.

Hot cocoa and cookies will available Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

Hours are 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 6 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

St. Matthew Lutheran Church is at 1200 Churchville Road.

To get there, take the main entrance to St. Matthew on Churchville Road at the intersection of Brierhill Drive across from the Walgreens.

Editor's note: We've updated the article to correct that the display has more than 100,000 lights, not 10,000.