We found 6 Santa outings for little kids in and around Philadelphia with 2026 dates: all photo spots and visits. None are free on their own, though some come with admission you may already have. The first visits start Nov 14. Each listing has the time, price and a link to book.
Last checked · none is free on its own · How we choose
Shaded days fall inside at least one listing’s dates (check each card for days off and hours). Dots mark set dates, like breakfasts and one-day visits.
4 daytime spots · Nov 14 – Jan 3
Frosty’s Fireside Lodge, Franklin Square · 200 N. 6th St., Philadelphia, PA 19106
Checked Oct 26 on the official page
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Adventure Aquarium · 1 Riverside Drive, Camden, NJ 08103
Checked Oct 26 on the official page
Report a problemLinvilla Orchards · 137 West Knowlton Road, Media, PA 19063
Checked Oct 26 on the official page
Report a problemSesame Place Philadelphia · 100 Sesame Road, Langhorne, PA 19047
Checked Oct 26 on the official page
Report a problem2 evening spots · Nov 20 – Dec 23
Franklin Square · 200 N. 6th St., Philadelphia, PA 19106
Checked Oct 26 on the official page
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Elmwood Park Zoo · 1661 Harding Blvd., Norristown, PA 19401
Checked Oct 26 on the official page
Report a problemEach venue’s own listing mentions cookie decorating or gingerbread. Tap a name for times and prices.
See all 9 light displays in and around Philadelphia with 2026 dates, sorted for little kids, with early start times.
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None of the 2026 visits we found is free on its own. Scuba Santa at Christmas Underwater is included with admission; Santa in his Furry Workshop at Sesame Place is included with park admission, so it costs nothing extra if you’re going anyway. We add free visits as soon as their dates are posted.
Two listings start in the morning, including Stories, Cookies & Milk with Santa and Santa at Linvilla Orchards. Two are evening visits (5 p.m. or later), which work best on a late-nap day.
Each listing comes from the venue’s or organizer’s own page, and links to it. We list dates, times and prices only when that page shows them for 2026; anything without posted dates goes in “Dates not posted yet” instead. These were last checked Oct 26, 2026, and we recheck them in early November and again in early December. How we choose and check.
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Each of these comes back every year. Its page keeps the last confirmed dates, and the new ones go up there once they’re posted. Every year in Philadelphia
Christmas Underwater at Adventure AquariumNext: Nov 20 – Dec 24, 2026Santa’s Workshop at Wild LightsNext: Nov 20 – Dec 23, 2026Jingle & Mingle with Santa in Franklin SquareNext: Nov 27 – Dec 19, 2026Santa at Linvilla OrchardsNext: Nov 27 – Dec 20, 2026Stories, Cookies & Milk with SantaNext: Dec 19, 2026By month
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