Philadelphia Christmas Activities & Displays 050

The Philadelphia area is alive with the spirit of the Christmas season, offering a wide array of window displays, special holiday exhibits, Christmas lights, and more.

A winter wonderland awaits at Hershey Sweet Lights, a holiday drive-through spectacular featuring nearly 600 illuminated and animated displays in Hershey, PA. Dauphin County

The Winter Walk at Hershey Gardens offers visitors the opportunity to view dramatically different winter vistas and enjoy special moments under mistletoe archways while strolling garden path. Dauphin County

The annual Gingerbread House Display at Peddler's Village features more than 100 gingerbread house entries in categories such as traditional, authentic reproduction of a significant building, amateur, unusual 3-D creation, and children's. Central Bucks County

Families can stroll through the Winterthur Museum and delight in holiday ambiance and festive decorations of yore, including traditional trees and 18 period rooms that interpret holiday celebrations from the 1700s through today during Yuletide at Winterthur. Wilmington/Delaware

Guests can experience the magic of more than a million lights illuminating acres of farmland during a drive-through tour of Shady Brook Farm's annual Holiday Light Show. Lower Bucks County

Christmas Village, an outdoor holiday market situated in Dilworth Plaza (on the west side of Philadelphia's City Hall), features more than 50 wooden vendor booths and timber houses that form a medieval village where merchants sell European food, sweets, and beverages, as well as international gifts, ornaments, and crafts. Live entertainment is featured on the village's central stage throughout the season. Center City

A Longwood Christmas at Longwood Gardens features thousands of poinsettias, a 20-foot Christmas tree, decorative lights illuminating the trees outside, and colorful fountain displays set to music. Chester County

Families can take a hayride through the fields to cut their Christmas trees at Linvilla Orchards. Trees are available while supplies last. Delaware County

Macy's Center City stocks plenty of Christmas spirit, including the store's annual Holiday Light Show and The Dickens Village holiday display of animated figures that reenact memorable scenes from A Christmas Carol. Organ concerts begin at the end of each light show, and guests can enjoy the store's spectacular holiday window displays at street level. Center City

The 1803 du Pont ancestral home at the Hagley Museum and Library is decorated for the holidays during Christmas at Hagley. Wilmington/Delaware

Kids of all ages can be amazed by a 500-square-foot miniature world with a dozen working train lines running through a wonderland of scenes in Reading Terminal Market. Center City

The Morris Arboretum's annual Holiday Garden Railway display features a collection of model trains running through a miniature village of Philadelphia historic buildings, twinkling lights, and holiday decor. Chestnut Hill

Adventure Aquarium's Winter Wonderland Celebration offers Santa scuba diving in the aquarium's 760,000-gallon Ocean Realm exhibit, and more. Camden

A Brandywine Christmas at the Brandywine River Museum includes an extensive O-gauge model railroad layout, a Victorian dollhouse, whimsical critter ornaments on holiday trees, and dolls poised in a festive outdoor holiday setting. Delaware County

The Fort Hunter Mansion is decorated for the holiday season with natural trimmings and guided tours are available during Christmas at Fort Hunter. Dauphin County