'Nightmare Before Christmas on Palm Avenue' Celebrates 10th Year
Oct 25, 2019 08:47AM ● By Jeanne FratelloThe Zipperman family outside their home.
Manhattan Beach's most popular Halloween light show is back for its tenth year - and it's better than ever, with a few new twists.
The Zippermans' astonishingly high-end display of lights, characters, and music, is known for attracting neighbors and families from all over Manhattan Beach.
According to Steve Zipperman, the light shows started with inspiration from the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. "It started out as some lights and a couple songs and has evolved into a 25-minute light show with characters, different themes from the Nightmare Before Christmas movie, bubbles and even snow," he said.
The
"Nightmare Before Christmas on Palm Avenue," produced by the Zipperman
family, is running shows on Palm Avenue in the Tree Section every night
from now through Halloween. Held at the corner of 19th
St. and Palm Ave., the show runs at 6:30,
7:00, and 7:30 p.m (plus an 8:00 p.m. show on Friday and Saturday).
This year's twist is that there are actually two different shows, according to Brooke Zipperman.
"Our 6:30 and 7:30 pm shows are our more traditional Halloween and
Nightmare Before Christmas songs, and our 7 pm show is more of a rock and
dance music show," she said. "Our lights are all new and timed with the songs."
Zipperman added: "We also have a few new light accessories including a Jack Skellington
singing face and two pumpkin singing faces, as well as a video screen that
plays fun clips that go along with the songs."
What's also new for this year is that the family is doing a fundraiser for Pacific Elementary School. A donation box is set up at each show, said Zipperman.
The Zippermans' astonishingly high-end display of lights, characters, and music, is known for attracting neighbors and families from all over Manhattan Beach.
According to Steve Zipperman, the light shows started with inspiration from the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. "It started out as some lights and a couple songs and has evolved into a 25-minute light show with characters, different themes from the Nightmare Before Christmas movie, bubbles and even snow," he said.
Zipperman added, "The show has grown
because we love seeing the smiling faces and the dancing kids every
night. We have people that come to the house almost every evening and it
makes us so happy."
As always, the show is free and open to all ages.