We want to know the best place in and around Atlanta to see holiday lights. Where do you go to get your dose of holiday color?

Every so often, commenters will note that some of the nominations seem to be coming from the same place. It does happen, and it is usually obvious, even without access to the IP addresses behind them. When tallying the nominations, I’ll check those that seem suspiciously similar or those comments that seem to cluster together and mention the same nominee. If they’re coming from the same address, we only count them once. In the instance of the current question, the nominations that had commenters suspicious turned out to be legit (at least as far as IP addresses were  concerned, they all came from different places). Many of the posts for another nominee, however, came from the same few addresses. We welcome all nominations, but if they smell like spam, we’ll probably only count posts from the same IP address once.

But now on to the voting. Just click the vote button on the left and choose from among the Top 5 nominees …

1) Honeybaked Ham

You say, “Honeybaked Ham! Great turkey, ham and awesome sides!”

2) Copeland’s of New Orleans

3) Maggiano’s Little Italy

4) Alon’s

5) The Mercantile

OUR PICKS

1) The Shed at Glenwood

We say, “A full meal that feeds six to eight and for $150 it includes a whole roasted turkey with sides and apple pie.”

2) Star Provisions

3) Alon’s

4) South City Kitchen

5) Rolling Bones

Donna Anderson of Acworth rides at the site of mile marker 0.0 on the Silver Comet Trail, on Sept. 27, 2009. Photo: Bob Andres, bandres@ajc.com

YOUR PICKS

1) Silver Comet Trail

You say, “Silver Comet Trail. No cars, lots of miles to ride. There’s just something about riding a bike to another state and then back home.”

2)  Stone Mountain PATH Trail

3) Chicopee Mountain Bike Trail

4) Blankets Creek Trail

5) Arabia Mountain Trail

OUR PICKS

1) Stone Mountain PATH Trail/Stone Mountain Park

We say, “Take the 17-mile trail from the Martin Luther King Center to Stone Mountain Park and once you get there, you can circle the mountain on a dedicated bike lane on Robert E. Lee Boulevard’s five-mile loop.”

2) Silver Comet Trail

3) Peachtree City

4) Georgia International Horse Park

5) Blankets Creek Trail

1) Charm Home

You say, “Atlanta interior designer Cristi Holcombe has a come up with a terrific blog. It gives you great ideas – both small and large. Really, from just sprucing up an area, to ideas/concepts for an entire house.”

2) The Broke Socialite

3) High Gloss Blue

4) You Are What You Eat…or Reheat

5) The Blissful Glutton

OUR PICKS

1) Running With Tweezers

We say, “This might be subtitled ‘tales from the frontlines of food,’ but food stylist Tami Hardeman’s blog has more heart, soul and personality than your average food blog.”

2) The Broke Socialite

3) The Coupon Diva

4) Eat It, Atlanta

5) Braves & Birds – The Atlanta Sports Blog

YOUR PICKS

1) Dunkin Donuts

You say,  “I sound like such a sell out… But seriously,  I love Dunkin Donuts, they are the best. Their regular blend … It’s like utopia in a cup.”

2) Starbucks

3) Dancing Goats

4) Aurora Coffee

5) Octane Coffee Bar

OUR PICKS

1) Octane Coffee Bar

We say, “With a new location just opened in Emory Village, the east side of Atlanta will get a taste of the beautifully brewed cups and rare, sustainably-sourced  beans that have made this spot a Westside favorite.”

2) Aurora Coffee

3) Dancing Goats

4) Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee House

5) Caribou Coffee

1) Cakes by Coco

You say, “Cakes by CoCo has the best cakes I’ve tasted since moving to Atlanta 6 years ago! I was first introduced to the rich, indulgent sweets at a gathering. Many of the attendees inquired about the desserts and several of us have been hooked ever since.”

2) Piece of Cake

3) Café Intermezzo

4) Southern Sweets

5) Metrotainment Bakery

Tres Leches cake from Tierra.

1) Tierra

Dining critic Meridith Ford Goldman says, “The tres leches cake at Tierra makes me want to cake dive my face into the plate: sweet, almost pudding like, and blanketed with swirls of soft meringue.”

2) JCT Kitchen

3) Shaun’s

4) Cakes & Ale

5) Rexall Grill

YOUR PICKS

1) Atlanta Fish Market

You say, “I love Atlanta Fish Market, the menu is really simple and really relies on the freshest fish.”

2) Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen

3) Spondivits Seafood & Steaks

4) Legal Sea Foods

5) Oceanaire Seafood Room

OUR PICKS

1) C & S Seafood and Oyster Bar

Dining critic Meridith Ford Goldman says, “For a landlocked city like Atlanta, a classic fish house is a refreshing change from the usual steak-and-sushi gig, and C & S proves its mettle when it comes to making simple preparations — broiled or chargrilled fish, elegant but simply prepared with sides of roasted fingerling potatoes and haricot verts — into big, bold plates of beauty.”

2) Kyma

3. Oceanaire Seafood Room

4. Legal Sea Foods

5. McCormick & Schmick’s

Matt's Shrimp Concoction is a sub with sauteed shrimp, red onions, mushrooms and peppers topped with melted American cheese, coleslaw and creole mayonnaise. Photo: Renee Brock / Special

YOUR PICKS (locally based)

1) New Yorker Deli

You say, “The best choice of quality sandwiches in town. Portion and quality are outstanding along with a number or delicious sides.”

2) Alon’s Bakery & Market

3) Goldberg’s Bagel Company & Deli

4)  Star Provisions

5) Muss & Turner’s

YOUR PICKS (chains)

1) Baldinos Giant Jersey Subs

You say, “Baldinos Giant Jersey Subs. Nowhere else is even close and the line out the door at lunch every day proves it.”

2) Publix

3)  Jason’s Deli

4) Firehouse Subs

5) Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches

A selection of treats from Star Provisions: hot pastrami on onion rye, smoked salmon with cucumber on toasted walnut chive, beet salad, lentils, green beans and a cola.

OUR PICKS

1)   Star Provisions

Dining critic Meridith Ford Goldman says, “Take me …

And since we had six picks from readers — due to a tie during the nomination process — we thought it was only fair to have six staff picks.

YOUR PICKS

Unhindered. Photo: David Molnar Photography (DavidMolnar.com)

1) Unhindered

You say, “The next Third Day.”

2) Rhonda Thomas

3) Wayde Powell

4)  Anthony David

5) (tie) Jaspects

5) (tie) Tealights

OUR PICKS

The Constellations. Photo: Bradley Occhipinti

1)      The Constellations

We say, “This is what Atlanta sounds like, if you put all of our city’s musical ingredients into a big funky blender. It’s soulful, psychedelic, hook-filled and, as the band’s debut album puts it, “Southern Gothic.” You’ll be hearing more from this Atlanta …