Be Dazzled By Holiday Lights Throughout Hackettstown This Season

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ — There are some spectacular lights being illuminated throughout Hackettstown this holiday season, with some already glowing each night.

Here’s a roundup of some of the upcoming celebrations with lights in Hackettstown:

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Wednesday, Dec. 1, Menorah Lighting - The Menorah Lighting is scheduled through the Chabad Center of Northwest NJ at 6:30 p.m. at the corner of Main and Moore Streets, according to the New Jersey Jewish News, with the lighting open to the whole community. See more details here.

Friday, Dec. 3, Hometown Holiday Lightings - There will be a “Grand Illumination” of Centenary University’s Seay Building at 5:15 p.m. The tree lighting on Main and Moore Streets at the Gazebo is planned for 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Check out all of the fun happenings during the Hometown Holiday weekend, here.

Friday, Dec. 4, Candy Cane Lane - This is a ticket-only, reservation only, drive-thru event, that was sold out. If you were lucky enough to get tickets for this drive-thru light show, here are some reminders about the details for that night.

Starting Dec. 10, “Deck The House” - Homes throughout Hackettstown will be aglow with festive holiday lighting and judged. Deck The House neighborhoods that will be illuminated include: Willow Grove, Centenary Area homes, West Valley View, Main Street, Kenwood, College View, East Prospect and the Historical District. Find out more here about entering your home in the contest.

Hackettstown Medical Center is aglow with lights for the 2021 holiday season. To find out more about this fundraising initiative for the medical center, click here.

Check out some other light displays throughout the upper half of New Jersey at these drive-through, walk through or drive-by destinations; and click the links for more information about each below:

Turtleback Zoo’s Holiday Lights Spectacular - See more than 50 winter and animal characters throughout the Turtleback Zoo for a twinkling display of holiday lights. It’s free to get in, with donations gratefully appreciated and recommended of non-perishable, shelf-stable foods, new toys and gently used coats. On Friday, Dec. 3 through Sunday, Dec. 5, the displays will be illuminated between 5 and 9 p.m. It’s open nightly after that beginning Dec. 10 and running through Dec. 31, then closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Fanwood’s Famous “Christmas House” - A spectacular light display worth seeing on 83 Paterson Road in Fanwood. On Dec. 4 from 4:30 to 7 p.m., Santa plans to stop by with gifts for the kids, with refreshments courtesy of Fanwood PBA Local 123. Donations are gratefully accepted and are give to the NJ Institute for disabilities at www.njid.org.

Orchard of Lights - At Demarest Farms in Bergen County’s Hillsdale on 244 Wieremus Road through Jan. 9, tickets and reservations are required through the 32 acre light tour. Enjoy the lights, then shop the farm market, sit by the fire pit and sip on hot chocolate.

Martorana Christmas House - Visit the Christmas House in Wayne on 396 Fairfield Road, with lights and inflatables all day. The inflatables are up from 8 a.m. to midnight, with the lights on from 4 p.m. to midnight. The family has over 1,000 of the inflatables between Halloween and Christmas, with about 700 for the Christmas season.

Winter Wonderlights - Be dazzled by more than 1.5 million holiday lights in a drive-thru spectacular, choreographed to holiday music. On 655 Cranberry Road in East Brunswick, what started over 20 years ago with a display at one home, is now their family-run business at the Middlesex County Fairgrounds. Reservations are required for the show.

Mission Holiday Lights - On 265 Mission Road Hackettstown, Washington Township, this family does their light show each year and is in the process of transitioning from Veteran’s lights to holiday ones. Stay tuned to their Facebook Page for updates.

Stickles Pond Christmas - See the light show through Jan. 2, 2022 at 131 Stickles Pond Road in Andover Township, near Newton. View from the street at a private residence, coordinated to music, tune radios to 100.1 FM, while watching. Check out their information for contests on their Facebook Page. The family coordinating the light display also hosts a contest to guess how many lights are on their display, for a $35 ShopRite gift card. They ask those who drive by to “pay it forward” and donate to a charity of choice, including a local food pantry, this holiday season.

Skylands Stadium Lights Show - There’s more than two million lights at the Stadiums’ light show on 94 Championship Place in Augusta, which there’s a fee to drive through. Purchase tickets to to the light show in advance, through Jan. 9, 2022. The Christmas Village is free to enter with hot beverages, food, games and photos with Santa an extra fee.

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