Smith County KS Convention & Visitors Bureau

01/04/2025

12/28/2024

12/24/2024

Merry Christmas Eve everyone! The 2024 Smith County,KS Christmas Light Contest PEOPLE'S CHOICE winner (much closer race this year) is 'North Pole Glow ' 216 West Kansas Ave, Smith Center. The judges are still sending in the votes for Grand - 3rd. Thank you to everyone for the decorations and the votes.

12/18/2024

Our Christmas and New Year's Plans. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and come see us New Years Day to start 2025 off right. Menu to come soon.

12/18/2024

We want to thank EVERYONE that takes time to decorate for Smith County - THIS is the idea behind our 'contest'. We hope everyone can enjoy our county and spend time during the season enjoying all that delights you. See our event for more details...and if you can't make it out to see the decorations maybe vote in our 2024 People's Choice album for your favorite.

We decorate for our neighbors, for the passersby, for the walkers. When we decorate the exterior of our homes, we are doing it for our fellow community members, we do it because we want them to feel festive. We aim to delight and it’s fun to get into the spirt of the season with other people. It lifts everyone up.

Outdoor decorations are such a great reminder of how why aesthetics matter- which is a reminder we desperately need. Holiday lights are so much more than a celebration of a particular day, they are a celebration of a community, a gift we give to one another to brighten up the season and provide one another with a little more joy.

Consider the amount of time and money some people put into decorating their homes for the holidays, the real Clark Griswolds out there, they do it all for you. All the exterior decorations were done with other people in mind. It’s the most thoughtful of gifts and never fails to bring people a little more light and happiness during a dark time of year.

Decorating your home for others is such selfless act and it is incredible how many people do it. These festive bringers of joy risk life and limb to add a little beauty to the lives of a bunch of people they will never see, never greet and that will never tell them thanks. This is the epitome of being community minded.

12/18/2024

People's Choice 2024 Voting Vote with a like on the display you like the best. Merry Christmas. All likes from each set of 3 for locations will be counted. Winner will be announced Dec 23

12/18/2024

12/06/2024

Oh Grinch! Our link to sign up for the light contest is causing us trouble.... perhaps its heart is 2 sizes to small! PLEASE send us a message here on Facebook if you want to sign up and are not sure if we have your information. We need a Name / Contact number, the location of decorations / lights and a Nickname to put on the public list. Please do not put in the comments, but in a private message here on Facebook. Thank you We will try and have a list on here later tonight 12/6 to preview. Sorry and thanks again

12/05/2024

Be sure and sign up for our county wide Christmas Decoration Contest. We only have a few signed up so far this year. Reminder that the Grand Prize winner from previous year can not win Grand Prize again this year. Sign up today or simply Message us here on Facebook you want in...with the details of name and location and we will get things rolling with the judge crew - They can start This Saturday Evening. Message us today !!

12/04/2024

Here’s a sneak peak at the prizes for the Scavenger Hunt which is Saturday December 7. Register and pick up the challenges 11am -12- pm at Flawless Fawn. Also check out the post for other activities that day.

11/16/2024

11/14/2024

11/13/2024

These were the 2023 Winners!! Watch this page for information on 2024. If you would like to be a 2024 judge please reach out to us on this page on contact one of the following on the Smith County Convention and Visitors Bureau CVB Edith McClain, Denise Marcum, Nadine Holmes People's Choice will be by vote on the pictures on this page.