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Visions of the Holidays

Pictured: The Nutcracker

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Macy’s Christmas Light Show

Macy’s Christmas Light Show at Macy’s Center City

Macy's Christmas Light Show Credit: G. Widman for GPTMC

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Holiday lights, spectacular events and family traditions are just a few ways to celebrate Christmas in Philadelphia.

Don’t miss annual holiday traditions, like the long-running Christmas Light Show at Macy’s, brilliant holiday displays during A Longwood Gardens Christmas and the sensational strutting during the Mummers Parade on New Year’s Day.

Create new memories with your family at the Comcast Holiday Spectacular, shopping at the Christmas Village in Philadelphia and the always incredible New Year’s fireworks show along the Delaware River.

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  • The Macy’s Christmas Light Show
    at Macy’s Center City

    A Philadelphia holiday tradition since 1955

    Macy’s Holiday Light show

    A perfect family outing, the Christmas Light Show and Wanamaker Organ Concert at Macy’s is a Philadelphia tradition that dates back half a century.

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  • The Comcast Holiday Spectacular

    A 15-minute holiday spectacle at the Comcast Center

    Watching the Comcast Holiday Spectacular in 3D

    A holiday spectacle unlike any other returns for its fifth year. Shown on the state-of-the-art Comcast Experience Video Wall at The Comcast Center, the Holiday Spectacular is filled with sights and sounds of the season.

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  • New Year’s Eve Fireworks In Philadelphia

    Ring in the New Year with two fireworks shows on the Delaware River Waterfront

    New Year’s Fireworks along the Delaware River

    Philadelphia will ring in 2013 not once, but two times during the SugarHouse New Year’s Eve Fireworks on the Delaware River Waterfront.

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  • Christmas In Peddler’s Village

    Celebrate the holiday season at Peddler’s Village

    Good times for the whole family at Peddler’s Village

    Visit Peddler’s Village in beautiful Bucks County to celebrate the holidays! With more than 70 specialty shops — perfect for your holiday shopping — and eight restaurants, you will love the Village’s charm and beautiful, festive decorations.

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  • The Christmas Village in Philadelphia

    Get into the holiday spirit in the heart of Philadelphia

    The Christmas Village on Dilworth Plaza

    Philadelphia will once again transform into European wonderland for the annual Christmas Village at Love Park.

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  • Pennsylvania Ballet’s The Nutcracker

    Celebrate the 25th anniversary of a Philadelphia holiday tradition

    Pennsylvania Ballet dancers perform “The Nutcracker”

    This holiday season, celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of Philadelphia’s greatest family traditions—the Pennsylvania Ballet’s performance of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ at the Academy of Music.

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  • Blue Cross RiverRink

    A Philadelphia wintertime tradition at Penn’s Landing

    Blue Cross RiverRink

    Enjoy a rejuvenating outdoor adventure at the Blue Cross RiverRink, an Olympic-sized ice rink at Penn’s Landing.

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  • Fancy Brigade Finale and MummersFest

    Head indoors to see the Mummers strut at the Pennsylvania Convention Center

    Mummers Fancy Brigade Finale at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

    A spectacular Philadelphia’s New Year’s Day tradition heads indoors during the Mummers Fancy Brigade Finale at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

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  • New Year’s Eve Fireworks In Philadelphia

    Ring in the New Year with two fireworks shows on the Delaware River Waterfront

    New Year’s Fireworks along the Delaware River

    Philadelphia will ring in 2013 not once, but two times during the SugarHouse New Year’s Eve Fireworks on the Delaware River Waterfront.

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  • The Macy’s Christmas Light Show
    at Macy’s Center City

    A Philadelphia holiday tradition since 1955

    Macy’s Holiday Light show

    A perfect family outing, the Christmas Light Show and Wanamaker Organ Concert at Macy’s is a Philadelphia tradition that dates back half a century.

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  • The Comcast Holiday Spectacular

    A 15-minute holiday spectacle at the Comcast Center

    Watching the Comcast Holiday Spectacular in 3D

    A holiday spectacle unlike any other returns for its fifth year. Shown on the state-of-the-art Comcast Experience Video Wall at The Comcast Center, the Holiday Spectacular is filled with sights and sounds of the season.

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  • Adventure Aquarium’s Christmas Celebration

    Feel the magic of the holiday season at Adventure Aquarium in Camden

    The Shark Tunnel at the Adventure Aquarium

    Enjoy the magic of the holiday season during Adventure Aquarium’s Christmas Celebration! Get into the yuletide spirit with Scuba Santa and his elves, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer — and, of course, plenty of sharks, fish and sea turtles!

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  • Christmas Tree Lighting in Rittenhouse Square

    Rittenhouse Square Gets Illuminated for the Holidays

    The holiday lights of Rittenhouse Square

    Over 5,000 holiday lights and Philadelphia’s largest Christmas Tree turn Rittenhouse Square one of Center City’s most festive public spaces for the holidays.

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  • The Christmas Village in Philadelphia

    Get into the holiday spirit in the heart of Philadelphia

    The Christmas Village on Dilworth Plaza

    Philadelphia will once again transform into European wonderland for the annual Christmas Village at Love Park.

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  • The Mummers Parade

    Mummers strut up Broad Street, leaving behind a trail of glitter, feathers and fun

    The Mummers Parade

    Philadelphia struts like no place else on New Year’s Day.

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  • Holiday POPS!

    Enjoy the holiday season with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops

    The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

    Performing both delightful seasonal classics and glorious gospel music, Holiday POPS! is a marvelous way for the whole family to enjoy the holidays together.

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  • Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade

    The oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade in the country is in Philadelphia

    Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade

    Philadelphia hosts the oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade in the country.

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