Christmas Light Installation in Merrimack, NH

Merrimack’s Top-Rated Holiday Lighting

Merrimack is a town of four villages: Merrimack Village, Reeds Ferry, Thorntons Ferry and South Merrimack. We light homes in every one of them with our own commercial-grade lights, custom cut for each house.

Merrimack's Holiday Parade and Tree Lighting

Merrimack's holiday parade typically runs along Daniel Webster Highway; check the town calendar for this year's route. It has been a long-running tradition, and in past years it has typically brought families out along the route. That makes the weekend a natural target for having your own house lit.

Lighting Merrimack Homes from Reeds Ferry to Naticook Lake

Merrimack's villages each have their own feel. Reeds Ferry and Thorntons Ferry hold older homes near the river along with established neighborhoods of capes and colonials. Merrimack Village around the library and Town Hall has many mid-century homes that look great with a simple roofline outline. Near Naticook Lake and Horseshoe Pond, and in the newer subdivisions of South Merrimack, larger colonials with multiple gables suit full peak and ridge lighting.

Designing for Merrimack's Neighborhood Streets

Many Merrimack homes sit on neighborhood streets where lots of houses decorate, so a clean, evenly spaced professional roofline stands out. We cut our own commercial-grade lights to each run, then add trees, shrubs or columns to balance the front.

Merrimack History You Can See from the Street

Merrimack takes its name from the river, a Native word for sturgeon. The town was chartered by Governor Benning Wentworth in 1746 as Merrymac, from Pennichuck Brook to the Souhegan River, when fewer than fifty families lived here. Matthew Thornton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived in the area that became Thorntons Ferry. Ferries, mills and later suburban growth shaped each village. That's why Merrimack's homes range from older farmhouses near the river to mid-century capes and newer colonials, all of which look great with a well-planned light display.

Planning Your Merrimack Lighting Season

On parade day, floats typically roll along Daniel Webster Highway; check the town calendar for this year's route. Neighborhoods along the route and across the four villages typically light up that weekend too. Book in October or early November. We'll come out, measure your eaves and gables, ask about your favorite colors, and plan a layout that works for your lot. Then we install and test it. If a winter storm off the river knocks something loose, we come back and fix it.

Merrimack Lighting Questions We Hear Most

Will my lights be up for the Holiday Parade? Book by early November and they almost certainly will be. Do you light homes near Naticook Lake? Yes. Lake-facing homes often get both rooflines lit. Do you cover all four villages? Yes: Merrimack Village, Reeds Ferry, Thorntons Ferry and South Merrimack. My neighborhood has lots of decorated homes. What makes a pro install different? Lights cut exactly to your roofline, perfectly straight runs, and someone to call if anything goes dark.