Longwood Christmas: A Very Retro Christmas | 2023 Full Tour | Lights, Trees, Holiday Decor
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Күн бұрынWe are kicking off the holiday season at Longwood Gardens! Longwood Gardens is a special place year round, but it’s truly magical at Christmastime and they put on quite the show for their guests. This year we are stepping back in time for a retro Christmas.
Join us as we explore Longwood’s ground, gardens, and famous Conservatory to see trees shimmering from tinsel and vintage baubles to perfectly wrapped gifts and classic children’s toys. From vintage decor and jumbo sized holiday scenes to a mid-century holiday party and their classic Longwood Gardens garden railway with miniature trains, Longwood Gardens is alive with merriment. With over 500,000 twinkling lights, you are sure to enjoy the dazzling display.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that we our back at Longwood Gardens because it’s one of our favorite places. This year, we took advantage of the holiday festivities to experience their 1906 restaurant. 1906 is their upscale full-service dining option on the grounds. Named to honor the year DuPont acquired the land that would become Longwood Gardens, the restaurant offers seasonal delights and treats that are sure to impress.
We love that it doesn't matter how often you go - there is always something new to see and experience at Longwood Gardens.
Wishing you a very merry retro Christmas!
The Details
📍 Longwood Gardens | 1001 Longwood Rd, Kennett Square, PA
📅 Runs through Jan. 7
🎟️ Tickets begin at $30 per adult and timed reservations are required
⏳ Duration: minimum 90 minutes
🚗 Plenty of free and accessible parking
What we see:
▫️Conservatory
▫️Open Air Theatre Fountain Show
▫️Miniature Garden Railway
▫️Meadows Light Tunnel
▫️Italian Water Garden
▫️Canopy Cathedral Treehouse
▫️Birdhouse Treehouse
▫️Lookout Loft Treehouse
▫️Snowflake Forest
▫️Peirce-du Pont House
▫️Main Fountains Light Display
▫️Chimes Towers
▫️Organ Concert
Check out Longwood for more details on the season and tickets: longwoodgardens.org/gardens/o...
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⏱️Timestamps
0:00 Welcome to A Longwood Christmas!
1:46 Longwood Farms Christmas Tree Truck
2:12 Peirce-du Pont House Tree & Museum
3:59 A Very Retro Christmas | Longwood's Theme
4:17 Garden Railway | Thomas the Engine is back!
5:05 Main Conservatory Christmas Trees
6:19 Community Christmas Trees | Organ Ballroom Room
7:42 Conservatory Exhibition Hall Trees
8:07 Mid-Century Christmas in the Music Room
8:41 Conservatory Decor | Orangery Rotating Tree & Orchid House
10:18 Eating at The 1906 Restaurant
11:08 Open Air Theatre Fountain Show
12:09 Longwood Gardens at Night
15:27 Main Fountains Lights & Chimes Tower
16:06 Christmas in the Conservatory
17:04 Longwood Tree & Final Thoughts
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🎵Music
▫️ Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
▫️ Carol Of The Bells by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
▫️ Canon and Variation by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
▫️ Holly Dazed by RKVC
▫️ O Christmas Tree (Instrumental) by Jingle Punks
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🎞️Top Playlists
▫️ Longwood Gardens: • Longwood Gardens
▫️ Winter Videos: • Winter Videos
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@JLewTravels 8 ай бұрын
It's no surprise that we love Longwood Gardens and their Christmas celebration is the icing on the cake! This year's theme "Retro Christmas" is a nod to seasons gone by and includes some decorations and trees that might look familiar to regular Longwood Christmas visitors. Let us know your favorite below!
@jmsg52 7 ай бұрын
I was a volunteer at Longwood for many years. It was such a thrill to help decorate for Christmas. I ❤️ Longwood!
@JLewTravels 7 ай бұрын
That's awesome that you volunteered at Longwood. We love going there and the Christmas season might be among our favorite season there.
@Mark723 8 ай бұрын
Great video, perfectly capturing all the Holiday wonders of Longwood Gardens. Each tree is more beautiful than the last: it's Impossible to pick a favorite, though that massive rotating tree with the red and green theme (keeping with traditions is always a winner in my book) wins based alone on its sheer size; however, any tree with the word "champagne" in its descriptor gets an honorable mention and a nod from me. Nonetheless, the magnolia tree shaped like a Christmas tree with simple white lights at 16:49 is inspired simplistic perfection. The bulbs, lights and baubles are keeping with the times (speaking from experience). Well done Longwood on the authentic "retro" Christmas. Thanks, as always, for all the JLew tips, and it looks like you made a day of it - and why not: especially breaking the day up between daytime must-see displays and spectacularly better-at-night displays, wedging what looks to be a fantastic dining experience in between. And you go, Andrea, enjoying a bourbon cocktail to honor November - of course, any month is an excuse for a bourbon cocktail, but I digress. And well done, Jon, keeping with the Holiday spirit by enjoying a rum punch. "A Longwood Christmas never disappoints." Truer words never, spoken, Jon. And speaking of speaking words: gnocchi. Don't worry, Jon: with Andrea's patient assistance, you'll get there one day. Perhaps a return trip to Longwood for more practice. Thanks for sharing your enjoyable experience. As always, kudos to the cameraperson.
@JLewTravels 8 ай бұрын
Haha...definitely need a few more visits to Longwood to master gnocchi on camera. A Longwood Christmas really lived up to the hype this year and we both loved the retro theme.
@jcm4923 6 ай бұрын
It looks like they really outdid themselves this year! I thought nothing could top the reflecting pool of floating cranberries that they featured a few years back, but this is amazing!
@JLewTravels 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! Longwood always does a great job and we didn't get to Longwood in 2017 to see the cranberries. Clearly we missed out that year! Merry 🎄!
@joanneyankovoy6510 8 ай бұрын
Spectacular!
@JLewTravels 8 ай бұрын
It’s such a great event to see. Thanks for watching!
@BetsyH 6 ай бұрын
I am planning on visiting for the first time this coming Christmas and earlier in this year Longwood Gardens. A real Christmas display at Christmas will be nice and this is the place to see them with grandchildren. Sorry I missed seeing the retro Christmas display. The tree dripping with silver tinsel is just so pretty along with the silver garland.
@JLewTravels 6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! Longwood does a really great job with their decorations and it is a great place to take the whole family. We did really enjoy their retro theme this year and we are looking forward to see what next year's theme will be.
@phillypurrfect 8 ай бұрын
Absolutely beautiful!!! Love it!! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!! ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
@JLewTravels 8 ай бұрын
Thank you!!! Are you going to Longwood this year? Hope you have a great Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas as well!!!🥳🥳🥳🎅🎅🎅
@phillypurrfect 8 ай бұрын
@@JLewTravels Thank you so much! I can’t wait to go to Longwood this winter! Thank you so much for sharing this awesome video. Such a wonderful job!! Stay healthy this winter! 😁😊😀
@marymcenroe2612 8 ай бұрын
The trees and lights are spectacular especially when you got a close up, the trees seemed to come alive. The colorful lights throughout made the tour magical. Thank you.
@JLewTravels 8 ай бұрын
Longwood during the holidays is magical. We love visiting! Thanks for watching.
@brianbrian4317 7 ай бұрын
This looks very similar to last year around the main fountain garden , is it
@JLewTravels 7 ай бұрын
Yes, we actually think that the main fountains were exactly the same. With the retro theme, they took a bit of liberty in repeating past decorations. Chimes Tower was a bit different, but repeated elements from different sections.
@brianbrian4317 7 ай бұрын
@@JLewTravels it’s sad they did that in a way. fire and ice was perhaps my favorite , loved the led “fountains. Last year was marginal at best. Don’t get me wrong it’s all beautiful but I hope for my yearly 3 hour trip it’s worth it. I’m a member so I come anyway just don’t want a disappointment
@JLewTravels 7 ай бұрын
We still think it’s worth it, but agree that Fire and Ice was the best in recent years. The Conservatory and DuPont are still beautiful and you can almost forget that outside is the same. We have been thinking about what they could be planning with the opening of the West conservatory next year. Maybe they held off this year for something spectacular next?
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