Saturday, March 25, 2006

Does anyone know of a good place to see xmas lights around cleveland? -

Public Square outside Tower City Center in downtown Cleveland has a nice outdoor display, and many buildings are lit up in holiday colors. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is known for their Zoo Lights exhibit. Both are popular destinations for Christmas lights.For well decorated residential streets, I would look in Lakewood on the west side or Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights on the east side. Both are communities with distinguished historic homes, and make nice scenic drives to admire homes no matter what the season. In Lakewood some beautiful streets include Lake Avenue, Edgewater and West Clifton. Dinner at nearby Herbs Tavern or Sweet Melissas in Rocky River would make a nice follow up for a family meal. Fairmount Boulevard in Cleveland Heights and Shaker Boulevard in Shaker Heights are some beautiful streets also. Dinner at Yours Truly or Balaton on Shaker Square would make a nice follow up for a family meal as well. Lifestyle centers like Crocker Park in Westlake, or Legacy Village in Lyndhurst combine some of the best of Christmas: outdoor lights, shopping, Santa Claus, hot chocolate, etc.

Neala park always has a nice display out.This would be the only time I would tell someone to go into East Cleveland. Start on in Cleveland Heights on Noble Road and just keep going down the hill and you will see on your right hand side a nice display. My grandparents used to take us every year to look at the lights, we used to drive down the hill real slowly and look. A lot people do it.