Guide to Holiday and Christmas Events for NJ Families

We've got your ultimate guide to the best Christmas events and holiday activities throughout New Jersey during the holiday and Christmas season!

Here you'll find the best Nutcrackers and other holiday shows, spectacular Christmas light displays, Polar Express and Christmas train rides, pictures with Santa, and much, much more.

 

Guide to Holiday and Christmas Events for NJ Families
The Turtle Back Zoo holiday lights show in West Orange is one of our top picks for family fun this Christmas. Photo by Kaylynn Ebner
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Join a magical trip on the Polar Express powered by the Morristown & Erie Railway. Photo courtesy of the railway
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There's nothing quite like Christmastime at Congress Hall's Winter Wonderland in Cape May. Photo courtesy Cape Resorts
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It costs nothing to take in the display at Fanwood's Famous Christmas House. Photo courtesy of Fanwood's Famous Christmas House
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There is fun to be had on Christmas Day 2025 in Boston! Snowtubing at Fruitlands, photo courtesy of the Massachusetts Office of Tourism.
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Head to Concord for an Old Fashioned Christmas at Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House. Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism
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From the streets of Portland to the shops in Freeport, find holiday fun on a 3-day Christmas trip to Maine!
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Concord's Colonial Inn is one of Greater Boston's coziest restaurants open on Christmas 2025. Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism
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See some wild sights during the 2025 holiday season in Boston. Photo courtesy of the Urban Nutcracker by Golden Lion Photography
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Make the season bright with best holiday lights drive-thrus and Christmas light shows in Boston! Naumkeag Winterlights photo by Stephanie Zollshan Photography, courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations
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