Lorenz Family Holiday Tours

25/12/2021

Our 12th and final winner is full of Christmas cheer with their Christmas dino, Santa on the roof, and beautiful icicles.
Thank you for following along on our tour! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

25/12/2021

Our next winner is none other than Ridgewood Lights. We love your display and all that you do for the community. We love to eat candy canes and watch your lights!

25/12/2021

This winner's icicle heaven captured our hearts like freshly fallen snow.

25/12/2021

Our next winner has some beautifully decorated trees and classy lights full of Christmas spirit!

25/12/2021

Winner #5! We always love going to Judy's house and seeing her homemade decorations! It's always a sweet treat.

25/12/2021

Winner number 4's home was absolutely gorgeous. We loved their beautifully composed decor and cutout scenes. We also loved the Santa in the window and the lights on their fence!

25/12/2021

Winner number 3 captured our hearts with their carousel of fun Christmas characters!

25/12/2021

Winner number 2 is none other than Charlie's House! A favorite year after year, and we love the new additions!

25/12/2021

Our first winner! The different themed sections were so unique and we loved the train and the tree!

21/12/2021

CONTEST AHEAD!

We're keeping track of some of our favorite decorations this year and you get to guess how many we saw over our 6 nights of touring!

6 lucky winners will receive a $10 QuikTrip gift card (In honor of our traditional stop for Quiktrip drinks before touring)

What to do: Make sure you're following us and like this post! Then, keep an eye out on our Instagram story for the questions!

What we counted: Grinches, Leg Lamps, Christmas Dinos, Grogus, Bumbles, and Christmas Unicorns

How to Win: Guess the closest to our actual number of items counted and keep an eye on your messages! We will contact the winners on December 26th.

20/12/2021

We were so lucky to be chosen for an article in In Kansas City Magazine!

https://www.inkansascity.com/innovators-influencers/people/local-family-shares-kcs-best-kept-holiday-light-secrets/

For many Kansas City families, the Plaza’s holiday lights are an annual must-see, but one local family turned their annual Plaza-light viewing into scouring the KC metro for the best neighborhood displays. Based in Independence, the Lorenz family also ventures through Liberty, Lenexa, Lee’s Summ...

02/12/2021

It has begun! Our team of judges has begun touring the Lee's Summit area!

26/11/2021

Do you have the best Christmas Lights on the block? Do you have a favorite Christmas light display in the KCMO area? Send us the address! Our panel of judges will begin touring next week, looking for the best and brightest displays in the area and we want you to send us your faves!

25/11/2021

We are very thankful for all the wonderful people in the KCMO area that make our tour extra special every year and rejoice in the Holiday season with us.

How soon after Thanksgiving do your Christmas decorations go up (or are they already)? Are you listening to Christmas tunes today?

23/11/2021

Hello everyone! As we gear up for the Holiday season, we are once again looking for Small Business Sponsors to feature in our lovely prize bags! If you know anyone that owns a small business that would like to feature their product in our bags (as well as get free advertising on our pages), don't hesitate to email us at [email protected] or message us! We had many wonderful local sponsors last year and our bags were brimming with Christmas cheer, let's outdo ourselves!

01/11/2021

Our last judge is none other than your ghost host for the evening, Jess Lorenz!

Jess is the middle Lorenz sister and loves planning things! She happens to be the co-planner of our tours, as well as the gift goblin. She has a degree in Technical theatre and specializes in Scenic and Sound design. However, her ultimate dream is to one day open a historically immersive bed and breakfast. She loves tea parties and all kinds of culinary fun, as well as hosting.

When it comes to Halloween decor, Jess likes bright orange and purple lights, especially when they are in trees and bushes. She also loves any sort of vintage Halloween decor and Dracula! 🧛‍♀️

01/11/2021

Our second to last judge is none other than Alexis Lorenz!

Alexis is a recent graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, where she was a sculpture and creative writing double major. She is a writer, freelance copyeditor and the eldest Lorenz sister.

When it comes to Halloween decorations, she loves skeletons: funny skeletons, scary skeletons, pirate skeletons, all of the skeletons. She also loves pumpkins and ghosts. A good jack-o'-lantern is sure to get her attention. Her favorite color is orange, so make sure you've got some orange lights for your display! She also loves to see community involvement taken into acccount for Halloween and Christmas displays; after all, decorations are meant to share.

31/10/2021

Meet our 4th judge, Kaley Lorenz!

Kaley is very chill and likes to spend time by herself. She's an artist who posts art and memes to her social media pages and her YouTube. She enjoys Halloween candy that has any kind of crunchy element to them.

Her favorite Halloween decor is anything that puts on a show. She loves little scenes that people make.

29/10/2021

Time to meet another judge! Say hi to Bree, one of the oldest Lorenz sisters!

Bree is a facepainter and a cartoon artist. She loves fall but hates the cold so sweaters and turtlenecks are her go to.
She's a big fan of horror movies and enjoys a display with lots of fun references. Bree loves decorations that show lots of creativity and love were put in.
Also she likes cats. Like a lot. Black cats specifically.

28/10/2021

It's time to meet another one of our judges, Kory Lorenz aka "The Pirate King"!

The Pirate King enjoys Halloween decorations that lean towards the horror aspect, since they are so rare. However he can be swayed by cute displays sometimes. For Christmas, he is very particular about how a display looks over all. It has to be cohesive or have a theme. He thinks anyone who has "Christmas vomit" decorating style should be forced to walk the plank! Fun fact, the Pirate king is not really a king at all, he just claims to be and no has yet to dispute it!

26/10/2021

It's time to meet our Judges! First up we have Julia Bailey, newest addition to the Lorenz family!

Julia loves all things spooky and Christmas-y. Christmas and Halloween are her favorite holidays! She loves watching scary movies, reading, journaling, drinking tea, collecting cute mugs, singing, and dancing. She'd describe her overall aesthetic as spooky cottagecore. She's an enneagram 4 and a Sagittarius!

Her favorite Halloween decor is either really spooky or really cute. She loves ghosts and paranormal things, so any display that incorporates that is definitely something she'll be into. On the opposite side, she loves when people decorate with fun Halloween colors or cute pumpkins. Some of her favorite Halloween displays have been pumpkin themed!

17/10/2021

You can now find us on TikTok! We're fairly new at this, but we'll give it a whirl!

17/10/2021

We're back at it again! We're headed to Jack's Hollow on Gardner, KS to begin our holiday touring season! 🎃👻🦇🧛‍♀️🌩🕯

26/12/2020

Winner #11 caught our attention with it's simple and classy decor. We love the gingerbread feel at the front of their house!

26/12/2020

Our final winner! Kudos on decorating all the way to the top of the trees and maintaining a classic Christmas color scheme!

26/12/2020

Our panel of judges absolutely loved this display! Congratulations to winner #10 🥳

26/12/2020

The tour continues! Congratulations to winner #9, who we were not able to get a picture of due to the lights being off when we dropped off their gift!

25/12/2020

Our tour would not be complete without our special stop at The Plaza!

25/12/2020

Winner #8 has outshined it's neighbors once again and captured our hearts. Congratulations!