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Christmas Light Fight Returns to Columbia County

Get ready to deck the halls…and your house for the return of Columbia County’s Christmas Light Fight. At least six houses are needed to participate in the contest.  Get the…

Christmas Light Fight

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Get ready to deck the halls...and your house for the return of Columbia County's Christmas Light Fight.

At least six houses are needed to participate in the contest.  Get the Christmas decorations out of the attic, untangle all those Christmas lights and register to participate in the contest by Friday, November 3.

The first ten people to register will go head-to-head in a competition to determine who has the biggest, brightest and best Christmas light display in Columbia County.

A crew will come to your house at a pre-arranged time to capture a video of you flipping the switch on your holiday light display that will be available for viewing on the Columbia County, GA-GovernmentColumbia County, GA-Government Facebook page.  In addition, all participating houses will be listed on Columbia County's Christmas Light map.

The videos will be published to Facebook Thursday, December 4 and voting will be open for two weeks before three finalists are announced.  The winner of the Christmas Light Fight will be announced on Wednesday, December 20 and will receive a winter surprise package.

To participate in the contest, send an email to publicrelations@columbiacountyga.gov. by November 3.

The inaugural Christmas Light Fight was held in 2021 with the James Smith family winning top honors.  The display featured more than 65,000 lights, inflatables and music.  Smith said neighbors even joined in setting up the holiday display.


Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.