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Thursday Dec. 12, 2024

Various

Meet Santa at Lehigh Valley Mall for the Holidays

Free

Lehigh Valley MallWhitehall

Various

Christmas Underwater

Adventure Aquarium1 Riverside Drive

10 am – 8 pm

Santa’s Wonderland at Bass Pro Shops in Atlantic City

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Bass Pro Shops- Atlantic CityAtlantic City

10 am – 5:30 pm

LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Holiday Bricktacular

LEGOLAND Discovery Center New Jersey at American DreamEast Rutherford

10 am – 7 pm

SEA LIFE Twinkling Tides

SEALIFE New Jersey at American DreamEast Rutherford

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Noon – 8 pm

Festival of Trees at Christmas Village in Philadelphia

Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphia

4 – 8 pm

“LET IT GLOW!” A Holiday Lantern Spectacular

Bergen County ZooParamus

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5 – 9 pm

Orchard of Lights

Demarest FarmsHillsdale

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5 – 8 pm

Thirsty Thursdays Spirits Tastings

JFK PlazaPhiladelphia

5 – 8 pm

Astra Lumina: An Enchanted Night Walk Amongst the Stars

Abington Art CenterJenkintown

5 – 7 pm

Sensory Santa Event at Bierman Autism Centers in Berkeley Heights!

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Bierman Autism Centers – Berkeley HeightsBerkeley Heights

Entrance

5:30 pm

Winter WonderLights Annual Holiday Light Show Drive Thru

Winter WonderLightsEast Brunswick

Friday Dec. 13

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Various

Blue Whale: The World’s Biggest Animal

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Liberty Science CenterJersey City

Beat The Bomb

All day

Beat The Bomb Philadelphia

Attractions

Philadelphia

Various

Santa Photo Experience

The Shops at RiversideHackensack

Various

Meet Santa at Lehigh Valley Mall for the Holidays

Free

Lehigh Valley MallWhitehall

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All day

Holiday Weekends in West Chester

Holiday

West Chester

Various

Christmas Underwater

Adventure Aquarium1 Riverside Drive

8 am – 7 pm

Grand Kyiv Ballet Presents the Nutcracker Ballet

Annenberg CenterPhiladelphia

10 am – 8 pm

Santa’s Wonderland at Bass Pro Shops in Atlantic City

Ages: All
Christmas
Family
Free

Bass Pro Shops- Atlantic CityAtlantic City

10 am – 5:30 pm

LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Holiday Bricktacular

LEGOLAND Discovery Center New Jersey at American DreamEast Rutherford

10 am – 7 pm

SEA LIFE Twinkling Tides

SEALIFE New Jersey at American DreamEast Rutherford

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Noon – 9 pm

Festival of Trees at Christmas Village in Philadelphia

Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphia

1 – 8 pm

Philadelphia Sports Card & Memorabilia Show

Ages: All
Community
Family
Sports

Greater Philadelphia Expo CenterOaks

4 – 9 pm

“LET IT GLOW!” A Holiday Lantern Spectacular

Bergen County ZooParamus

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5 – 9 pm

Orchard of Lights

Demarest FarmsHillsdale

5 – 8 pm

Astra Lumina: An Enchanted Night Walk Amongst the Stars

Abington Art CenterJenkintown

Entrance

5:30 pm

Winter WonderLights Annual Holiday Light Show Drive Thru

Winter WonderLightsEast Brunswick

Saturday Dec. 14

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Various

Blue Whale: The World’s Biggest Animal

Ages: All
Attractions
Family

Liberty Science CenterJersey City

Beat The Bomb

All day

Beat The Bomb Philadelphia

Attractions

Philadelphia

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All day

German American Weekend at Christmas Village in Philadelphia

Dance
Free

Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal ChurchPhiladelphia

Various

Santa Photo Experience

The Shops at RiversideHackensack

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