CHRISTMAS IN CAPE MAY Cape May is at its holiday best and decked out for the season! Make Cape May your destination for the holidays and revel in the city’s sparkling lights, fragrant evergreens and garland, red bows and ornaments. Holiday tours and events begin the weekend before Thanksgiving and continue through the New Year.
Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
Held the Saturday evening before Thanksgiving. (see page 14).
Christmas Candlelight House Tour & Virtual Tour
Carroll Gallery Exhibit: “An Old-fashioned Christmas”
Come along on Cape May’s Christmas Candlelight House Tour, a beloved annual tradition for nearly half a century! Since 1973, thousands of people on three nights in December have traveled to more than a dozen homes, inns, B&Bs, churches and hotels, stepping across the thresholds to take in interiors beautifully decorated for the holidays. Plan for this year’s tours are 3 days in December, or opt for the virtual video experience that can be enjoyed anytime, anywhere. Visit https://capemaymac.org/experience/ christmas-in-cape-may/christmas-candlelight-housetour/
Open the Friday before Thanksgiving through the New Year This elaborate exhibit sparks joy each holiday season for both children and adults! Bring the family and marvel at the extensive Dept. 56 Dickens Village on display underneath the boughs of a giant Christmas tree. All this plus vintage family photos, model trains and more. There’s even a spot to drop off letters to Santa! Located at the Carroll Gallery in the Carriage House. Admission is free.
A Dr. Physick Christmas Join Dr. Emlen Physick for a first-person tour of the 1879 Physick House in this interpretive step back into the Victorian era. Dr. Physick welcomes you into his stately home during the Christmas season as his personal guests for the holidays, and shares family stories and highlights of an authentic Cape May Victorian Christmas.
Breakfast with Santa Santa is the guest of honor for this delicious breakfast. Enjoy this family-friendly event that includes breakfast and a visit with Santa. Christmas lists accepted!
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