{Travel} Christmas In Philly & Historic Smithville, NJ

 We took our annual trip into Philly to enjoy the Christmas festivities. 

I had layers under my clothes because it was going to be a cold one!

We decided to stay overnight and had this view from our room.  (City Hall)

Our first stop was the Comcast Center where we met up with my sister and brother in law for a ride in the Universal Sphere.  It's a cute Shrek holiday themed ride (kind of like Soarin' in Disney).  We even saw Santa walking by and Mr. Click got a high five.

Looking down in the Comcast Center.

We were early for our next reservation and did some walking around the Christmas markets where some of the vendors were opening.

After that we headed over to the Wanamaker Building for their annual light show. It could be the last year for it so I'm glad we got to see it.

We had reservations for the Dickens Village too. This was new, though!

The Dickens Village is a walk through exhibit and story of A Christmas Carol. It's a bit creepy but we love it!

Here's a video I found of it to give you a better idea.

The building has been sold and is vacant, it's so weird seeing it like this.

We did more sightseeing and snapped this pic in front of a very festive bar.

I got some hot chocolate on the way back to the hotel.

Later that night we met up at The Four Seasons. The lobby looked so stunning. I loved these huge inflatable ornaments. 

We had a drink up in the Sky Bar. My espresso martini had gold flakes on it. Fancy!  We had dinner in town and went back to our hotel.

The view was so magical at night!

I love a hotel room coffee with a view.

We weren't ready to go home so we bundled up again and checked out of our hotel.

We took a slight detour to Historic Smithville

It's a cute little village with shops, kiddie rides and restaurants.  It was also decorated very festively. 

I did some damage in the stores before we headed home.  My favorite was Feather Your Nest.

It was a fun weekend!

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