SJ Christmas Lights Competition 2025 ✨🎅

It's time to unravel your tinsel and dust off your decorations because the FREE SJ Christmas Lights Competition is back for 2025!

This year, we're searching for the best lights in the following categories:

  • Best Christmas Lights Display – Public Choice
  • Best Decorated Street – Public Choice
  • Best Overall Display – Judges Choice
  • Best First-Time Entry – Judges Choice

Enter the Christmas Lights Competition

Individual Entry Form

Street Entry Form

What prizes are up for grabs?

Best Christmas Lights Display – Public Choice

This category has three prizes available and is open to all residential and commercial properties.

  • 1st - $1,000
  • 2nd - $500
  • 3rd - $250

Best Decorated Street – Public Choice

Is your street a Christmas Wonderland? Nominate with a minimum of 4 houses for your chance to be crowned "Best Decorated Street".

  • $1,000 prize to be split evenly among nominated addresses

Best Overall Display – Judges Choice

Chosen by our judges from all the entries nominated.

  • $500

Best First-Time Entry – Judges Choice

Have you been thinking about registering but haven‘t been ready in previous years? Join in the Christmas spirit for your chance to win this Judges Choice award. Your entry will need to be verified by Shire staff.

  • $500

What are the key dates?

Registrations

  • Registrations open: 9am, Monday 17 November
  • Registrations close: 11:59pm, Sunday 30 November
  • Displays photographed: Monday 1 December - Thursday 4 December 2025

Voting

  • Voting opens: 12pm, Friday 5 December
  • Voting closes: 11:59pm, Sunday 14 December

Winners

  • Winners receive prizes and get photos taken: Wednesday night, 17 December 
  • Winners announced: Friday 19 December

Terms and conditions

SJ Christmas Lights Competition Terms and Conditions