1. Take advantage of Chestnut Hill’s Holidays on the Hill (through Dec. 31, chestnuthillpa.com) with late-night shopping on Wednesdays (Stag & Doe), featuring a live brass quartet and seasonal pop-ups, as well as horse-drawn carriage rides on Small Business Saturday. 2. Longwood Gardens is once again decking the halls with A Longwood Christmas (through Jan. 8, longwoodgardens.org)—explore more than half a million lights outside, while indoors, find exquisite floral designs, sparkling trees wrapped in garland and an abundance of bright red poinsettias. 3. Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim and everyone’s favorite A Christmas Carol characters are back to roaming downtown Narberth for the annual Narberth Dickens Festival (Dec. 4, narberthonline.com), featuring horse-drawn carriages, period vendors and a storytime show of The Nutcracker.
Photography by: COURTESY OF LONGWOOD GARDENS
