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Shadrack’s Christmas features fairy tale theme

Ben Kiser, 51, general manager of Shadrack's Christmas Wonderland, uses a utility lift to access a bulb in the Christmas display at Cooper's Campground in Worth Township on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The display has an estimated one million lights. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland returned to Butler County once again this holiday season, but instead of being set up at the Big Butler Fairgrounds on New Caste Road, the show is laid out at Cooper’s Lake Campground for the first time.

The holiday light display features about a million lights stretching about a mile and a half long dance every night to Christmas carols at Cooper’s Lake Campground.

The lights are synchronized to Christmas songs that play over a radio station every night, creating a light show almost a year in the making.

This year’s theme for the light show is “fairy tale favorites.”

The light show pairs with a Christmas village, which features visits from Santa Claus.

The show is open from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 6 p.m. “or later” on Saturdays and Sundays until Jan. 1, including holidays and even in the rain. Ticket prices range from $30 to $40 per carload.

One of the cars passing through the 30- to 40-minute drive around Shadrack's Christmas Wonderland at Cooper's Lake Campground on Monday, Nov. 21. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
DJ Slater, 40, of Butler, uses a radio during final light checks at Shadrack's Christmas Wonderland at Cooper's Campground in Worth Township on Tuesday, Nov. 22. The Shadrock Productions crew started set up for the display in early October. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle
Nearly one million lights are on display at Shadrack's Christmas Wonderland at Cooper's Lake Campground. A small line of cars pass through a light tunnel along the drive on Monday, Nov. 21. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Shownb is one of the many sets of lights on display at Shadrack's Christmas Wonderland at Cooper's Lake Campground on Monday, Nov. 21. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
Nearly 1 million lights are on display at Shadrack's Christmas Wonderland, at Cooper's Lake Campground. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

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