Christmas by Candlelight at Old Sturbridge Village
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
When: weekend after Thanksgiving through end of December (Fridays-Sundays)
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: tickets required
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Old Sturbridge Village's Christmas by Candlelight offers a nightly tree lighting, a trail of lit trees leading to the Wish covered bridge, horse-drawn sleigh or wagon rides, gingerbread history, and live music at the living-history museum.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Sturbridge is around 4:17 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 4:49 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 22°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 0 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 1 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.