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Each year the MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights begins the first Friday in December with an opening ceremony at 6:00 p.m. on the Hardin lawn. At 7:00 p.m. the MSU Marching Band performs a free concert in Akin Auditorium.

The lights are turned on at dusk each evening through January 1, weather permitting. They are turned off at 10:00 p.m. weekdays and 11:00 p.m. on the weekends.

There is no charge to drive or walk through the display; however, donations are requested to keep the Fantasy of Lights a tradition for years to come. Donations may be sent to:

Fantasy of Lights
Midwestern State University
3410 Taft Blvd.
Wichita Falls, TX 76308-2099

Story Of...


As it now stands on the campus of Midwestern State University, the MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights is probably the most spectacular Christmas display of its kind anywhere in the United States. It has been featured several times on national television, and each year thousands of visitors come from all parts of the country to enjoy the truly dazzling sight created by the more than 34 brightly-lit scenes and 20,000 lights...

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Adopted Displays

Cinderella
Sue, Thomas, Sadie Thacker

Covered Wagon
Wells Fargo

Dickens's Christmas Carol
United Supermarkets

Dumbo
Wichita Falls Chapter of TSCPA

Eskimo Village
Senior-Junior Forum

Flipper
Johnson & Ernst Operating Company

Gingerbread House
Family Practice Associates

Humpty Dumpty
Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Riddle Jr.

Lion
Wichita Falls Founder Lions Club

Little Engine that Could
Rotary Club North

Nativity Scene with Camels
The Burns Family

Old Woman in Shoe
Cindy and Blake Laing

Peter Pan
Rotary Club of Wichita Falls

Raggedy Ann and Andy
Union Square Federal Credit Union

Red Baron (Snoopy)
Cremeens, Harris and Co.

Robot
Times Record News

Santa in the Chimney
Spa Bella

Santa's House
Thacker Family Adoptions

Santa and the Flying Reindeer
Work Services Coporation

Skaters Table & Santa at piano
McGaha Smith Family Fund

Snow White & 7 Dwarfs
American National Bank

Snowman
Ms. Abbie Johnson

Toy Castle
Mr. Mark Hood

Three Little Pigs
Chase Bank Tower

Wizard of Oz
Mary Helen & Walter Coppage, Scotty Coppage & Stacy Seigler