Hersheypark Christmas Candylane

Hersheypark Christmas Candylane opens to the public on select dates and all weekends from Nov. 14, 2025, through Jan. 4, 2026. Extended hours are offered around Thanksgiving week, with daily operations starting Dec. 18 (closed on Christmas Day). Hours vary by day and are available at www.Hersheypark.com/plan-your-visit/hours. 

The USA TODAY 10 Best-nominated theme park holiday event features five million lights, including the NOEL light show timed to music, for guests to enjoy while walking around with signature hot chocolate or taking a ride on 40 family favorites, including seven coasters, weather permitting. Christmas Candylane marks the first winter for Twizzlers Twisted Gravity Screamin’ Swing and the holiday-tastic Shaq-A-Licious Laff Trakk indoor coaster.

For the first time since 2019, Hersheypark will offer an all-new holiday stage show, Twinkling Thru Time, inside the heated Chevrolet Music Box Theatre venue. Guests can turn back the clock and step into a wondrous world where timeless holiday traditions meet iconic Christmas hits! 

Other festive entertainment offerings include seeing Santa and all nine of his live reindeer in the themed Mary N. Bright Airfield experience near Fahrenheit coaster, Holly Jolly Sweet Greets meetups with the Hershey Characters in a new location at Overlook Arcade, Our Friends From The Sea Shows in the Aquatheatre, and TREEville Trail, starting Nov. 26, throughout the water park. 

Delicious seasonal food and beverage offerings include new flavors of King Size Shakes and Holidogs hot dogs, as well as the return of the popular Hot Chocolate Bar and boozy hot chocolate offerings for guests 21 and older. On select days after Thanksgiving, Overlook food court will feature a new pop-up station with specialty holiday offerings, including meatballs with red pepper marinara, apple & brie egg rolls, and a holiday meal plate. A sweet souvenir, the Kissmas TREEts Collectible is back by popular demand, featuring a second new version that includes a cookie decorating kit.