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Lights of Joy Christmas Drive-Thru is open on Thanksgiving night in Branson, Missouri, and Santa will be there.
Thursday, November 26, 2026. We're open 5 to 11 PM. Santa is at the end of the route from 6 to 10 PM, and photos with him are free.
Santas Schedule: lightsofjoydrivethru.com/santas-schedule/
The drive is a paved mile past more than 250 light displays, nearly all of them built new this year. Favorites like the 12 Days of Christmas and the Nativity come back every season, rebuilt in new lights, and the RGB Digital Tunnel comes back every year. You stay in your own car the whole way and set your own pace.
For the music, download the free Tune2 app before you arrive and enter show code LOJC. Christmas music then plays through your car speakers while you drive.
One price covers everyone who fits safely in the vehicle, with tax already included: $30 on Tuesday through Sunday nights and $25 on most Monday value nights. Cash and cards are both taken at the gate, and no advance booking is needed. Bring 3 cans of food for Christian Action Ministries and take $3 off your carload.
Thanksgiving is one night of a long season. Lights of Joy is open every night from November 1 through January 3, 5 to 11 PM, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day included.
You will find us at 700 Expressway Lane, on the corner of Shepherd of the Hills Expressway just north of Sight & Sound Theatre, about 35 miles south of Springfield on US-65.
See Santa's full schedule before you go.
Lights of Joy Christmas Drive-Thru
700 Expressway Lane, Branson, MO 65616
(417) 336-2744
Google Maps: google.com/maps/dir//Lights+of+Joy+Christmas+Drive+Thru,+700+Expressway+Ln,+Branson,+MO+65616