3 N.J. farms named among best in nation for holiday lights

Three New Jersey farms have been selected by USA TODAY 10Best experts for its list of the 20 farms with the best holiday lights in the United States.

Holidays at Johnson's Corner Farm in Medford, U-Pick Tulips: Winter Wonderland at Holland Ridge Farms in Cream Ridge, and The Village at Anne Ellen Christmas Tree Farm in Manalapan made the national list.

According to the USA TODAY 10Best panel, "When the sun goes down, these farms light up. Thousands of colorful bulbs transform barns, tractors, fields, and pathways into sparkling holiday wonderlands, giving families a festive change of scenery beyond the usual neighborhood decorations."

Holidays at Johnson's Corner Farm feature a musical light show set to Christmas tunes. Visitors board a wagon for a musical hayride around the farm before viewing thousands of synchronized lights on the farm's lake.

The farm offers s'mores kits at a fire pit, a starlit animal farm with goats and cows, and weekend breakfast visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus.

Weeknight visitors receive free 3D snowflake glasses with their entry package.

Holland Ridge Farms transforms over 80,000 tulips into a rainbow-lit display for its U-Pick Tulips: Winter Wonderland event. The farm features a windmill music-and-light show and a 200-drone light show set to festive music.

Activities include a giant igloo snowball pit, pony rides, a petting zoo, interactive lit-up seesaws and slides, and Christmas character meet and greets.

Hot chocolate stations are scattered throughout the farm, and visitors can purchase freshly cut tulips.

A visit to the Village at Anne Ellen Christmas Tree Farm begins with a hayride through Christmas tree fields where visitors can cut their own trees.

The hayride leads to a village with hundreds of thousands of lights, a life-sized gingerbread house and giant igloo. The walk-through experience includes visits with Santa, the North Pole Postal Company where children can send letters, Santa's 4D Sleigh Ride and a candy cane factory.

The complete list includes farms from 17 states:

• A Country Christmas at Pettit Creek Farms in Cartersville, Georgia

• Christmas at The Farm in Dobson, North Carolina

• Christmas at Schnepf Farms in Queen Creek, Arizona

• Christmas Lights on the Farm at Big Daddy's Farms in Middlesex, North Carolina

• Christmas Nights at 123 Farm in Cherry Valley, California

• Christmas Wonderland Spectacular at Minard's Family Farm in Clintondale, New York

• Crane Orchards Lightshow in Fennville, Michigan

• The Desert Lights Festival in Surprise, Arizona

• Hikari: Festival of Lights at Tanaka Farms in Irvine, California

• Holiday Light Show at Shady Brook Farm in Yardley, Pennsylvania

• Holiday Light Stroll at McCray's Farm in South Hadley, Massachusetts

• Holidays on the Farm at Winton Woods Farm & Equestrian Center in Cincinnati, Ohio

• Lazy Acres in Lights in Chunky, Mississippi

• Lumina at Harvest Moon in North Salem, New York

• Trail of Lights at Chatfield Farms in Littleton, Colorado

• Winter Lights at Red Apple Farm in Phillipston, Massachusetts

• Winter Wonders at Sandy Hill Farm in Eliot, Maine

Public voting will determine the top 10 farms from the list. Voting is open once a day until noon Nov. 30. The 10 winning farms will be announced Dec. 3.

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