Dates, prices and ages from each venue's own site. Check there before you go: weather closes these.
Sesame Place's holiday season, with millions of lights, a Sesame Street holiday parade, shows and Santa's workshop.
The fairy-tale kiddie park switches on its holiday lights at dusk, with Santa through Dec 23.
A free light show set to music every half hour, beside the square's carousel, mini golf and a winter garden; Santa visits on select nights.
An evening walk through the zoo lit with about a million lights, with interactive stops, food and the zoo's Ferris wheel.
The conservatory and gardens dressed for Christmas, with outdoor lights, a light tunnel, holiday fountain shows and model trains.
A 1.5-mile drive-through course of lights on the construction theme park's grounds; cars and minivans only, no RVs, buses or trailers.
The Bucks County shopping village strung with about a million lights, with more than 100 gingerbread competition houses on show.
A walk through the zoo past illuminated animal figures, with live entertainment and cookie decorating with Mrs. Claus as an add-on.
Great Adventure's holiday season: millions of lights, holiday villages, a nightly tree lighting, shows, rides and photos with Santa.
A two-mile drive through more than 4 million lights with music on the radio, plus wagon rides and a free Santa's Village; this is the classic drive-through's last season.
Santa's set in the mall's Grand Court; book a time online or walk up when there's room.
Santa in Center Court on the lower level; seeing him costs nothing, and booking a time skips the line.
Santa's set in HomeSense Court; booking a time is recommended, and walk-ups are taken when there's room.
Santa photos at the Willow Grove mall; it says time slots fill, so book early.
A family-style farm breakfast with a story from Mrs. Claus and photos with Santa.
Santa on Level 1 of the Market Street mall from Dec 4; the visit is free and photos are optional.
A buffet brunch at the zoo with a Santa visit and photo and an animal meet-and-greet.
The museum's huge model railroad, a holiday tradition since 1972, running through a miniature countryside.
An evening ride on the fun center's outdoor railway through Christmas lights, with Santa's workshop, Mrs. Claus, a gift for each child and cocoa.
Model trains on a third of a mile of outdoor track through tunnels and over bridges, lit with thousands of lights.
Local makers sell handmade gifts and treats from stalls around Dilworth Park, next to the rink.
A German-style outdoor Christmas market of wooden stalls, holiday food and kids' rides around LOVE Park and City Hall.
The shopping center's tree lighting, a benefit for the Mount Laurel YMCA, with Santa, a petting zoo, a high school choir, inflatables and a train.
Barrington lights the borough tree outside Borough Hall, then holds its Holiday Parade of Lights the same evening.
Santa rides the fire company's ladder truck down from Borough Hall's roof, choirs sing and the tree goes on, with an ice-carving demo at the Millennium Clock after.
Swedesboro lights its Christmas tree at Borough Hall on the evening of the parade.
The city lights the Philly Holiday Tree outside City Hall with an evening of live performances.
Glassboro's downtown tree lighting, with food trucks, music and photo spots; parking is free in the Rowan Boulevard and Mick Drive garages.
Deptford's outdoor tree lighting at the Recreation Center, with photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, hayrides, an inflatable slide, a movie and a school choir.
Florence Township's Christmas tree lighting at the municipal complex on Broad Street.
Santa rides in the fire company's lighted parade down Haddon Avenue to the township tree, then sees children at the firehouse; bring an unwrapped toy or food for the township drive.
Santa arrives with the borough's evening parade, which ends at the library for the tree lighting, cookies and hot chocolate.
Santa arrives on a fire truck for the lighting at the municipal complex, then it's indoors for student performances, kids' activities and visits with the Clauses.
The borough lights its tree at the band shell, then moves inside the Community Center for pictures with Santa.
Pemberton Borough's tree lighting in Mill Creek Park, with food trucks an hour before.
A vendor village, choir and dance performances, cocoa and cookies, and Santa and Mrs. Claus arriving for the lighting.
Fire, EMS and police escort Santa in, Mrs. Claus reads a story, and there's music, photos with the Clauses and cocoa; no pets.
Hainesport Township's tree lighting at the municipal building on Marne Highway.
The Lions Club lights the tree in Wenonah Park on the evening of the borough's holiday market.
Willingboro lights its tree in front of the Municipal Complex, with Santa, local performers, hot chocolate and cookies.
A free tree lighting with photos with Santa, moon bounces, hot chocolate and cookies, finishing with fireworks.
The tree and menorah are lit at the Rancocas Woods shops on Creek Road, where Santa arrives on a fire truck for photos, with free hot chocolate.
A one-day holiday market in Veterans Park with food trucks, music, photos with Santa and free carousel rides, ending with a choir and the township tree lighting.
The village lights its tree in the middle of town, with a concert later that evening and a pay-what-you-wish craft session for kids beforehand.
Santa's parade heads down Broadway from Lambs Road to Ballard Park, where the tree is lit; a stretch of North Broadway is kept quiet for anyone bothered by loud noise.
The 38th annual parade down Haddon Avenue from Zane to West Linden Avenue: marching bands, mummers, floats, stilt walkers and Santa at the end.
Floats, marching bands and Santa along downtown Kings Highway, the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Fire trucks and floats from around the region, strung with lights, circle Knight Park for prizes; watch from the park side of Park Avenue and bring a flashlight.
Merchantville's evening holiday parade, lining up at Maple and Lexington Avenues.
The City of Burlington's holiday parade along High Street in the historic downtown.
A lighted parade down Marlton's Main Street after two hours of photos with Santa, free hot chocolate, music, games and a train ride, ending with the township tree lighting.
The Lions Club's 65th annual holiday parade on Main Street, between Union Street and Chester Avenue.
An outdoor rink beside City Hall under string lights, with a lodge alongside and the free, lit Wintergarden next door.
A winter park on the waterfront with an outdoor rink, fire pits, a Ferris wheel, games and food.
Pack the month's food boxes for families in need around Philadelphia; volunteer drivers then pick them up, Sunday to Tuesday, and deliver them.
Lay wreaths on veterans' graves with the local committee, Washington Crossing Wreaths for Veterans, saying each veteran's rank and name aloud. Traffic runs one way all day: come in by the Maintenance Entrance at the lower end of Highland Road, and carpool if you can.
A Cherry Hill accounting firm's holiday drive matches you, through partner agencies, with one of more than 50 South Jersey families in need, and you shop from the family's wish list: toys, or ShopRite and Walmart gift cards. Pick a family size, from one or two children to five or more.
Gifts for children, teens and young adults in Center For Family Services' group homes and shelters, and for families it serves. It asks first for money, so its staff can shop from each child's list and wrap; you or your company can sponsor the wish list of a whole safe home's children through the address on its page.
Serve the daily meal restaurant-style, to guests seated at tables, or sort mail for the more than 5,000 people who use Broad Street Love as their address. Expect to be on your feet the whole shift.
Help in the kitchen or pack snack bags and Caring Bags for neighbors in need. Make an account in the volunteer portal, then pick a shift.
Help serve meals in Camden, or bring in a family project: decorated placemats or centerpieces for the dining room, utensil packets or sandwiches for to-go meals. Email before dropping projects off.
Sort and pack donated essentials into bundles for kids in need. Register in the volunteer portal first: only pre-registered volunteers get in.
Pack and sort donated food in the warehouse, from assembling food boxes to repacking donations for the food bank's partner pantries in Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties. Closed-toe shoes required.
Prepare and serve breakfast or dinner at Camden's shelter for people who are homeless, and stay for coffee and conversation with guests if you like. Groups can bring a casserole ready to heat, though food isn't required.
Prepare food and pack meals in MANNA's kitchen, or drive meals to people's doorsteps around Philadelphia.
Serve lunch or dinner to people who are homeless or hungry, then sit down and share the meal with a guest. Wear closed-toe shoes, long pants and a shirt with sleeves, tie long hair back, and take no photos of guests.
Seat, serve and bus tables at the Kensington meal that feeds about 300 people a day. Sign up through the volunteer email or group form on its page.
The farm's holiday season: a wagon out to cut your own tree, a weekend makers market, a small rink, pony rides and Santa on weekends.
More than two dozen local artists and makers join the Saturday farmers market under the PATCO line for a morning of handmade gift shopping.
The business association's holiday kickoff on a luminaria-lined Main Street, with carriage rides, music, a pie contest, kids' activities and Santa; park on side streets or in the library lot.
Tours of the du Pont house museum's rooms decorated for the holidays, with Holiday Nights on Friday and Saturday evenings.
The du Pont mansion and gardens decorated for the season, with live music and holiday lights on the late Saturdays.
A Victorian Christmas in the mill village on the Brandywine: holiday tours, ornament and card making, and gingerbread baked on a wood stove.
Mullica Hill's Main Street festival with music, food trucks, carriage rides, a makers' market and Santa arriving by sleigh; Main Street is closed to cars, so take the shuttle from the municipal building or Ella Harris Park.
Five 18th- and 19th-century mansions in East Fairmount Park decorated for the holidays and open for tours.
Franklin Township's annual Christmas afternoon at Franklinville Lake, run by its Recreation Commission.
Maple Shade's Hometown Holiday celebration at Gazebo Park on Main Street.
The Woman's Club's one-day holiday market in Wenonah Park, the day of the tree lighting.
Cherry Hill Township's winter festival at historic Croft Farm, off Brace Road.
An afternoon holiday fair at the Community House with a children's gift shop, an artisan market, carolers and Santa, ending with the town's tree and menorah lighting.
An evening holiday market in a Market Street pocket park, with local craft vendors and food trucks.
West Deptford's evening holiday celebration at the RiverWinds Community Center.
An evening in the decorated historic village with a tree lighting, Polar Express readings, crafts, music and photos with Santa.
A free holiday evening with Santa, a petting zoo, train rides, face painting, hot cocoa and bike raffles.