Christmas Lights in Grand Haven, Michigan: Musical Lights Display on Harbor Island

Along the shores of lovely Lake Michigan is nestled the small, but vibrant town known as Grand Haven, Michigan. In Michigan the Water Wonderland, Grand Haven has always boasted the best of the best beaches, swimming, boating, water sports and dune preserves. Grand Haven is also home to the World's Largest Musical Fountain and those of us lucky enough to dwell here, can stroll downtown on a summer evening and enjoy the beautiful music and lights.

At Christmas when the Musical Fountain hibernates, she hosts another spectacle; The Musical Fountain sits at the foot of Dewey Hill During the Yuletide season a huge lighted musical Nativity cascades down Dewey Hill. Viewers look out across the channel of the Grand river as they do with the fountain. Dewey creates a perfect outdoor amphitheater and staging area. Sit in the grandstand seating area, park or walk along the boardwalk. You can delight in the wonder and majesty of the Christmas story as told from the gospel of Luke. Each evening from Thanksgiving to December 26th, the story is sung and told repeatedly from 7-9pm.

The story is told using large intricately painted, lighted wooden figures. The artwork is renaissance or baroque which gives the figures a lavish ornate spirituality. The shepherds, angels, creche and wise men are arranged in tableaux, each of which is lit as it is referred to in the gospel. An appropriate carol is sung for each scene. In years past the river is a frozen vista with huge ice floes. The lights glow off the ice and it's like being in the land of the Northern lights. As with all our lovely outdoor light displays, this is free show.