Category: holiday
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Byers Choice Day Trip
A visit to Byers Choice is our new family holiday tradition! Byers is a family business that custom handcrafts holiday figurines, notably their Carolers. Byers is less than an hour’s drive from Philly with ample free onsite parking and free access to their exhibit rooms. No reservation is necessary but check their website: visiting hours…
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Miracle on 13th Street
Our shiba Apollo joined us on a family walk around South Philly to enjoy the spectacle that is the Miracle on South 13th Street. It’s a free holiday lights extravaganza on the 1600 block of 13th St. between Morris and Taskers Streets by Passyunk. It’s a tribute to Philly that all the 50+ homes on…
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Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival
[envira-gallery id=”1116″]This year will mark our family’s third annual visit to the spectacular Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival in Franklin Square Park. This spring event features 29 towering illuminated lantern sculptures. There are animated and color-changing lantern designs ranging from whimsical to jaw-dropping in their intricacy. The sculptures are constructed onsite by 100+ amazingly skilled artisans…
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Franklin Square Holiday Lights
If you love Christmas lights, one of our family’s top 10 suggestions is to visit the Franklin Square Holiday Lights show. The park’s free annual Electrical Spectacular boasts 75,000 twinkling lights. Twice every hour, at the Kite Fountain centerpiece, the park comes alive with a high-energy music show. Colorful LED lights pulse in rhythm to a…
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Chinese New Year
This was our first year joining the Chinese New Year celebration in Philadelphia’s Chinatown. Happy Year of the Rooster and Gung Hay Fat Choy. Philadelphia Suns parade We headed to Chinatown to see the Philadelphia Suns‘ annual Lion Dance celebration. We arrived 10:30am on Sunday to an almost deserted street. As we took a walk around the block, the…
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Mummers Parade
This was my second year celebrating New Years Day with the full Mummers Parade experience (minus the morning alcohol). For the best views, head up Broad Street before 11 and stake out a spot on the left side near City Hall. All in the Family The parade features lots of marching Mummer families, with kids in matching costumes and babies in…