Chicago's Only Woman-Owned Holiday Lighting Company
For over 20 years, we’ve been designing and installing Christmas and holiday lighting for Chicago-area families.
From classic Christmas displays and Halloween scenes to interior decorating, permanent architectural lighting, and year-round bistro and patio lighting, our team handles everything so you don’t have to lift a finger.
We celebrate every holiday tradition: Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter Wonderland, and everything in between. Whether you want a classic, elegant look or something playful and colorful for the kids, we’ll design something you’ll love coming home to.
Trusted by Homeowners & Commercial Clients Alike and Featured In
20+ Years
Serving Chicago families
Only Woman-Owned
Holiday Lighting Co.
in Chicagoland
400+ Reviews
5 stars on Google
Fully Insured
Licensed and professional
Featured Services
Christmas Holiday & Lighting
Front yard, back yard, and interior. Classic garlands, wreaths, and custom LED displays for the full holiday experience. We handle every detail from design to removal.
Halloween Design & Decorating
Outdoor LED displays, themed lighting, and full decor installation. We'll even set up your personal collection. Make your house the one the whole neighborhood talks about.
Interior Holiday Decorating
Christmas trees, mantels, staircase garlands, tableaux, and interior lighting. Walk into your home and feel like the holidays without spending your weekend decorating.
Our Services
Lighting Contractor
Our installation team handles every type of holiday and specialty lighting project across the greater Chicago area. From Christmas and Halloween to commercial displays for restaurants, cafes, and retail, we bring the crew, the equipment, and the commercial-grade materials. You tell us what you want, and we make it happen. Design, installation, season-long service, and complete removal are all included.
Lighting Consultant
Every project starts with a conversation. Our design team works with you to create a custom lighting plan that fits your home, your style, and your budget. We’ll walk through options, show you examples of our work, and put together a personalized design before a single light goes up. Our free design consultation is the first step.
Holiday Home
We don’t just do the outside. Our interior holiday decorating service covers Christmas trees, mantels, staircase garlands, tableaux, and interior lighting. Imagine walking into your home and everything already feels like the holidays. The tree is perfect, the mantel looks incredible, and you didn’t have to spend a weekend doing it. We handle the entire interior, and it pairs beautifully with our exterior lighting for a full-home holiday experience.
Architectural Designer (Permanent Lighting)
Permanent architectural lighting is a one-time installation of smart LED lights along your roofline that you control from an app on your phone. Change colors for Christmas, Halloween, 4th of July, or everyday ambiance. One install, zero seasonal setup. We install permanent bistro and patio lighting and landscape lighting as part of our year-round lighting packages.
Our Fleet & Team
We’re not a one-person operation with a ladder and a pickup truck. Our team includes trained artists, photographers, architects, and decorators, plus full-time installers who are skilled at working 40 feet up.
We show up in branded vehicles with the right equipment for every job, every time.
How It Works

Schedule a Free Design Call. Tell us what you're envisioning. We'll talk through options, timing, and budget.

We Create Your Custom Design. You'll see a personalized mockup before we install a single light.

Our Crew Installs Everything. We arrive on your preferred date and handle every detail.

We Maintain All Season and Handle Removal. Something go out? We'll be there within 48 hours. When the season's over, we take it all down and store it.
Meet Kelly Christmas
Owner
I started this business out of the trunk of my car over 20 years ago. What began as decorating a few friends’ houses turned into something I never expected.
My friends call me Kelly Christmas, and the name stuck. I still get just as excited about install day as I did on my very first job. If you see a woman in red glasses obsessing over the exact angle of your garland, that’s me.
What Our Clients Say
EXCELLENT Based on 184 reviews Posted on Google Kerri-Simone AdedejiTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We gave used Light up your Holidays for two previous Christmases and have had great experiences. The from the design team to to the installation crew to troubleshooting during the season, everyone was great! And, most importantly, the lights look beautiful. The perfect touch to usher in the season and make it feel like the holidays. Our family loves the way the house looks and we get lots of compliments from our neighbors.( It’s also nice not to have to store the lights and wreath in the off-season. ;-). ) We will definitely continue to work with Light Up Your Holidays for Christmases to come.Posted on Google Katie McIntyreTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Karla with Light Up Your Holidays was incredibly responsive, professional, and most of all creative with our somewhat unique request; a 3-story plain brick wall that needed some holiday cheer. Her team came up with a wonderful design and implemented their plan beautifully. We will be using them for years to come! Update 2025: We used Karla's team this year again and we are so happy with the results! We've gotten countless compliments from our neighbors and it was so easy to work with Light Up Your Holidays again. Thank you!Posted on Google Robyn-Ashley TaylorTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We reached out to Light Up Your Holidays to decorate the exterior of our home for Christmas, and they did a beautiful job. After sending them a photo of our home, they worked with us to develop several design options and refined the final plan until it perfectly matched both our vision and our budget. They handled the full install and uninstall, and the lights are set on a timer, making the entire process incredibly easy and stress-free for busy homeowners. I’ll definitely be using them again.Posted on Google Shanequia & Jarvis SeymoreTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We love having Light Up Your Holidays decorate our home for Christmas. It's the most talked about thing from our loved ones and our neighbors every year. We look forward to working with them again this year.Posted on Google Christina AlexTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Best decorating experience. Super responsive and love the decor!Posted on Google Marleyna CarrilloTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We finished our initial consultation, and I’m already beyond impressed! From the very first phone call, the team was warm, attentive, and incredibly thoughtful. They truly listened to what was important to us and found creative ways to maximize our holiday décor while staying within budget,something we really appreciate. We’re especially excited to have everything set up early this year so we can enjoy it with our family for even longer. It’s such a special feeling knowing it’s all in motion, and we can’t wait to see the final result. Thank you for making this process feel easy, exciting, and personal!Posted on Google Patti SaltielTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I’ve used Light up your Holidays for my outdoor Christmas lighting for the past 3 yrs and each year the display gets better and better! I get so many compliments on my “Christmas house”.Posted on Google liliana minkowyczTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. We've used Light Up Your Holidays for the 2nd time this year for all of our Christmas holiday decorating. Not only were we super pleased with the outcome, attention to detail, and professionalism, but we are also excited to already have the opportunity to book them again for the 2025 holiday season! Light Up Your Holidays offers great early booking deals, allowing us to have no worries about holiday hassles! Highly recommend!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Posted on Google Ann CostelloTrustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I’m so pleased with the holiday design that Light Up Your Holidays executed on our home in Chicago for Christmas 2024! I was fortunate enough to have a voucher from a fundraiser to put towards our holiday lighting. Karla from LUYH reached out to me in June to begin the planning process. Even though it was early, I was so happy to have my decisions made well in advance. There are too many things to worry about around the holidays! My experience with Karla was wonderful. Karla is exceptional at her job. She presented and described options to me and was very patient while I made my decision. Once decided, a payment and installation schedule were presented to me. The entire process was so easy, from start to finish. Installation was very professional, as was the communication throughout the process, through removal of decorations/lighting. Text updates and reminders were helpful and appreciated. Installation was around Thanksgiving, but it was up to me when I wanted to flip the switch. I turned everything on when the install crew was present, and it looked outstanding! In fact, my next-door neighbor noticed and came outside to compliment me on our installation. The quality of the greenery and lights is really wonderful and clearly professional grade products are used. I may change my design for next year, and even though it’s only January, I’m already thinking of fresh design ideas for our home. I look forward to my conversations with Karla and her wonderful suggestions! Description of Work: Decorated the front of the home with lights and garlands.
Giving Back to Our Community
Every year, we decorate group homes at no charge and donate to local silent auctions. It’s one of our favorite things we do. Know a family or group home that deserves a little extra light this season? Nominate them. We’d love to help.
We install across the greater Chicago area, including
North Shore
- Winnetka
- Wilmette
- Kenilworth
- Glencoe
- Evanston
- Highland Park
- Lake Forest
NW Corridor
- Arlington Heights
- Park Ridge
- Northbrook
- Glenview
- Barrington
- South Barrington
Lake County
- Vernon Hills
- Libertyville
- Lincolnshire
- Grayslake
Western
- Hinsdale
- Oak Brook
- Elmhurst
- Western Springs
- Barrington
- South Barrington
- Oak Park
- River Forest
- Burr Ridge
- Naperville
Ready to create something special for your home?
Schedule a free 15-minute design call or text us at (312) 728-8499. We’ll walk through what you’re looking for, give you a realistic idea of pricing, and find a date that works.