We track 1 display in Lahaska — the 5th-densest city for lights in Pennsylvania. Every one of them is free to visit.
When to go
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Lahaska that means about 4:35 PM in early December and 4:35 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:05 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Lahaska typically drop to around 23°F.
Date
Sunset
Fully dark
Dec 1
4:35 PM
5:05 PM
Dec 15
4:35 PM
5:05 PM
Dec 25
4:39 PM
5:10 PM
Practicalities
Residential displays have no facilities of their own — no parking, no toilets, nowhere to warm up — so it is worth knowing what is around. Within about three miles of the Lahaska cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 0 public car parks and 3 public toilets. Only 4 cafés or takeaways nearby, so bring a flask if you want one.
November 14 through mid-January · typically dusk – 10 PM
Freeattractionmillions of lights across a shopping villageGrand Illumination kickoffgingerbread competition1920s carousel
This Bucks County shopping village blankets its grounds and dozens of shops in millions of lights, switched on at a Grand Illumination celebration the Friday before Thanksgiving. Themed weekends follow through mid-January, including Holly Jolly Weekend and the Fire & Frost festival.