Recently I had the opportunity to go to Kennywood’s new Holiday Lights event. Similar to Hersheypark’s Candylane, Holiday Lights is Kennywood’s first try at a Christmas-themed seasonal event, with thousands of twinkling lights, a synchronized light show, select rides, caroling, chestnuts on an open fire, a train exhibit and plenty of yummy foods. It is a beautiful event. Bundle up and check it out! Tickets are a reasonable $13 and parking is free. Some of my favorite highlights:

Gingerbread Express Train: a train ride through the “magical land of Gingerbread.”  This popular attraction takes guests past Christmas exhibits and comes complete with a holiday soundtrack.  It’s worth the wait!

Train display inside the Cafeteria: a local model railroad group put together the Lionel train exhibit complete with a Christmas village, Steelers train, awesome scenery and bridges, and even an extraterrestrial UFO crash.

Jimmy Stewart Exhibit: apparently there is a museum in Indiana, PA dedicated to Jimmy Stewart, the legendary star of the Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life.

Make-your-own-cookie: although I didn’t try doing this, it looked like a lot of fun!

Rides: plenty of kiddie rides, carousel, train, Kangaroo, Cosmic Chaos

Live entertainment: there appeared to be a caroling group performing when I was there. Also there was a well-done holiday lights show around the lake:

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