Longwood Gardens is taking its Christmas lights to another galaxy this year. More than 500,000 lights will fill the grounds of the Kennett Square attraction, along with giant glowing stars, rotating Christmas trees and decorations inspired by outer space.
A Longwood Christmas runs from Nov. 20 through Jan. 10, 2027, with a new theme that brings the stars and planets indoors and out. Some of Longwood’s familiar holiday attractions will return, but there will be plenty of new things to see, including a room modeled after an old-fashioned astronomer’s observatory.
Inside the Music Room, an 18-foot Christmas tree will slowly rotate among books, scientific instruments and a 1923 telescope once owned by Longwood founder Pierre S. du Pont. A floor-to-ceiling backdrop of the cosmos will complete the room, which is designed to look like an astronomer’s workspace…