Members of the Folsom City Council have completed their judging and named the winners of the 2025 Holiday Lighting Contest, presented by the City of Folsom in partnership with Folsom Times.
The city will soon coordinate the delivery of official “winner” yard signs, along with photos of the winners. Folsom Times staff will contact each winner to arrange delivery of prize packages containing gift certificates from various local businesses and Folsom Times advertising partners. Together, these prizes total more than $3,000.
Additionally, this year’s winners will be recognized by the City of Folsom and Folsom Times during an upcoming Folsom City Council meeting presentation. This year, over 50 homes entered the spirited competition. Judging was conducted over the past week by city officials, who announced the winners as follows:
| Illuminate the Block – Best Multi-House Display: Darvel Court (pictured above) Holly Jolly Residence – Best Overall Residence: 530 Flower Drive Clark Griswold – Best Use of Holiday Lights (Residential): 1530 Freswick Drive Hollywood Christmas – Best Use of Theme and/or Fictional Characters (Residential): 105 Ledgemont Court Merry and Bright Business – Festive Commercial Business Display: Folsom Historic District Association (Sutter Street) |
Prize packages provided by Folsom Times and its community partners include dining at Bacchus House Bistro and Scott’s Seafood Roundhouse. Gift certificates were provided by Green Acres, The Apex Entertainment Venue at Red Hawk Casino, Dorothea’s Christmas Shoppe, and Snooks Candies. Winners also received complimentary skating packages from the Folsom Holiday Ice Rink, wine from Crystal Basin Cellars, and gift certificates from Dave & Buster’s at The Palladio.
Winners in the “Illuminate the Block” category will each receive dining gift certificates for Visconti’s Ristorante, which teamed with Folsom Times specifically for this category for the second consecutive year.In addition, Folsom Times will hold a drawing including all entrants for bonus gift certificates provided by the businesses mentioned above.
“We would like to thank all of the local businesses that came together and joined with us to collaboratively provide the largest collection of unique prizes for this year’s contest. It is the generosity of our community that truly made this event bigger and better than before. We could not have done this alone,” said Bill Sullivan, co-founder and CEO of Folsom Times and All Town Media LLC, alongside Adam Frick.
“We would also like to thank the City of Folsom for inviting us to be their partner in this spirited community event for the second consecutive year. We love being a part of this community far beyond just keeping it informed with local news.”
This marks the fourth year the City of Folsom has organized a community contest of this type. It is also the first year the event included sponsorship, thanks to the city’s partnership with Folsom Times. The partnership rallied local businesses to provide hearty prize packages and has already generated more interest for next year’s event.
The annual City of Folsom Holiday Lighting Contest began in 2020 after longtime Folsom City Council member YK Chalamcherla proposed the idea just before the holiday season. Initially a fast-paced contest during the pandemic, the event has since become an annual tradition, bringing residents and businesses together to celebrate the holidays with friendly, festive competition.
Residents interested in cruising neighborhoods to view all participating homes can find the official map on the City of Folsom’s website here. © Folsom Times, All Town Media LLC.
