South Jersey truly is aglow this holiday season! Check out these family-friendly spots to watch lots of dazzling light shows and maybe even meet some of your favorite holiday characters.
Cape May
Trolley Tour
Every day in December except Dec., 7, 14, 21, 24-25
Cost: $20 for adults, $15 for children
Details: trolley picks up and drops off at the Ocean Street trolley stop; recommend buying tickets ahead of time
Historic Smithville
Holiday Light Show
5:30 – 8:30 pm, every day in December
Cost: free
Details: the town also provides Christmas train rides, a magical talking tree and bonfires with s’mores every weekend until Christmas
Storybook Land
Christmas Fantasy with Lights
Egg Harbor Township
See website for schedule
Cost: $35
Johnson’s Corner Farm
Christmas Hayride
Medford
Fri. & Sat., 4:45 – 8 pm
Sun. – Thurs., 4:45 – 7 pm
Cost: $8.95 online, $9.95 in person (Mon. – Thurs.); $10.95 online, $11.95 in person (Fri. – Sun.)
Details: S’more kits can be purchased at the fire pit for $3.75 each
Creamy Acres Farm
Night of Lights
Mullica Hill
Every night through Dec. 23
Cost: $35 per vehicle for drive-thru ($40 at gate); $18 per person for hayride (online only)
Details: drive (or ride) through a Christmas Wonderland filled with sparkling light displays, musical dancing tree light show and Christmas music. Stop at the mid-way area for fire pits, food trucks and a photo op with Santa and Christmas characters.
Sea Isle City
Holiday Lighting Contest
Judging on Dec. 19
Cost: free
Details: businesses and homes around Sea Isle City will deck their halls for the chance to win the city’s annual lighting contest.
Frostland Village
23 Euclid Ave., Pitman
Every day through Jan. 1
Cost: free
Details: This Pitman family goes out each year to try to out-do their Christmas light display from last year!
Check out these decked-out main streets all season long and wander through a small town winter wonderland while fitting in some shopping or grabbing a bite to eat:
Collingswood
Haddonfield
Moorestown
Mt. Holly
Historic Medford Village
Cape May
Pitman
