City of Lights Christmas Tree Farm

Our take

City of Lights is a family-owned self-cut farm in Natchitoches Parish, and its tree selection is more specific than most records in this batch: research describes several distinct Leyland Cypress cultivars — Castlewellan Gold, Green Giant, and Ovensii among them — alongside Arizona Cypress, rather than a single generic “Leyland Cypress” line item.

Real cultivar variety, if you care about the distinction

For most visitors, a Leyland Cypress is a Leyland Cypress, but the cultivar-level detail here is a genuine point of interest for anyone who’s shopped for one before and knows that different cultivars vary in color, density, and growth habit. That’s a level of specificity this record doesn’t have for several other farms in the batch.

A schedule with real limits

The farm is open Friday through Sunday, 9am-5pm, until sold out — no weekday hours, and no confirmed closing date beyond running out of inventory. Santa’s visit schedule adds another layer: it’s posted to the farm’s Facebook page rather than fixed on a set weekend, per the farm’s own posts, so if a Santa visit is the reason for the trip, check there first rather than assuming a specific date. Tree tagging is also offered, useful if you’d rather lock in a specific tree in advance than take your chances on a busy Saturday.

The bigger question: is it still open?

This is worth stating plainly. Beyond the base listing (cross-checked against an AARP local-business page) and a Facebook page that looks active, no 2024 or 2025-specific confirmation — a dated post describing that season, a news mention, an updated directory entry — was found for this farm. That’s a real gap in currency, even though nothing found suggests the farm has closed. It just means the confirmation here is thinner than for farms with a clearly dated recent Facebook post or news feature.

An address quirk, not a discrepancy

Google Maps resolves the farm’s street address to “Parish Road 543” rather than the “Mount Olive Church Road” name used in the base listing. That reads as the same road under a different official designation rather than any real uncertainty about where the farm actually is.

No pricing found

As with several farms in this batch, no pricing figure of any kind was found in any source checked, so there’s no honest dollar amount to offer here.

The honest bottom line

City of Lights offers real cultivar-level variety and a homegrown Santa-visit tradition, but its current operating status rests on thinner confirmation than several other farms in this file — a quick call to 318-352-6048 is worth it before you make the drive.