This quaint town offers huge holiday charm!
holiday season
Delight Your Tummy on the Amish Christmas Cookie Tour

This delicious daytrip will be sure to delight everyone! Even Scrooge or the Grinch would agree!
Find Joy at Phipps’ Holiday Magic

Every winter, Phipps Conservatory transforms into a magical, winter wonderland, making this a favorite holiday season tradition.
Celebrate the Holiday Season in Downtown Pittsburgh

Discovering the holiday spirit is easy in downtown Pittsburgh!
Light Up the Season at Zoo Lights at Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium

More than 100 animals shimmer and shine in the lights at this zoo lights drive through!
Shop Local and See Culpeper Like a Local

This quaint town is a great destination for daytrippers and weekenders alike.
Fire and Ice: A Longwood Christmas Celebration
We started our Christmas season with a visit to one of our favorite lights displays: Longwood Gardens. We took a year off from our now almost-annual visits because of the pandemic, which made returning this year even better. We arrived during the daylight, the better to appreciate the last rose bloom … … and the […]
The Holiday Spirit Goes Wild at Zoo Lights at the Maryland Zoo!
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas Only a hippopotamus will do Don’t want a doll, no dinky tinkertoy I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy I couldn’t stop singing this cute Christmas song by Gayla Peevy, first released in in 1953 as we approached the Maryland Zoo to see its annual Zoo Lights. […]
Winter Festival of Lights at Watkins Regional Park
Bring a little twinkle to your holiday cheer at the spectacular Winter Festival of Lights at Watkins Regional Park, featuring a variety of fun and dazzling displays. I always get a kick out of the claims of how many hundreds of thousands, or in this case, millions, of lights there are — but this holiday […]
Holiday Cheer at Bull Run Festival of Lights
Brighten your holiday season with the magical 2.5 miles of illuminated light displays of the Bull Run Festival of Lights. Because of Covid 19, the annual fair and carnival at the end of the light displays is missing. Don’t let that dissuade you from visiting this holiday lights display — I do believe it’s one […]