Displays here switch on around sunset. In Yardley that means about 4:34 PM in early December and 4:34 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 Yardley typically drop to around 23°F.
Date
Sunset
Fully dark
Dec 1
4:34 PM
5:04 PM
Dec 15
4:34 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 Yardley cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 3 public car parks and 5 public toilets. Only 7 cafés or takeaways nearby, so bring a flask if you want one.
November 22 through January 4, nightly · 5:00pm-10:00pm nightly, until 11:00pm Friday-Saturday
$45+ per cardrive-thru1.25-mile drive-thruradio soundtrack on 90.7 FMCandy Cane Lane walkthroughopen-air wagon ridess'mores fires
One of the biggest displays in the tri-state area, Shady Brook Farm's 1.25-mile route lets drivers roll through at their own pace with the soundtrack tuned to 90.7 FM. Open-air wagon rides are offered for a higher fare, and a Candy Cane Lane walkthrough with cocoa and s'mores waits at the end.