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The Crystal Coast Christmas Flotilla features boats, yachts, oars, kayaks and commercial vessels decorated for the season. The decorated boats can be seen at 5:30 p.m., on the Morehead City waterfront and at 6:15 p.m., on the Beaufort waterfront.

Join us for a wonderful & festive evening with activities including a Light-up Christmas Parade, Town Christmas Tree Lighting, Christmas Carolers, Business Open House, Arts & Crafts Fair, Cooking making and pictures with Santa, Ice Sculpting Competition, Live Nativity, Hot Cocoa and sweet treats, and much more.

Begin a new Christmas family tradition caroling on horse-drawn wagon through Walsh University's Hoover Park. Free hot chocolate and Christmas cookies. Visit with Santa and enjoy holiday décor in Hoover family home, take photos, listen to musician providing holiday melodies.Ladies in vintage attire bake cookies in old-fashioned stove.

Holiday trees decorated and gingerbread houses in each display room and foyer in Hoover family home.Musician provides holiday selections.Bring camera or phone for family photos with Santa. Free gingerbread house and t-shirt raffles. Ladies in vintage attire bake cookies in old-fashioned stove.Refreshments served. Tickets available for purchase to Christmas carol through Hoover Park on horse-drawn wagon.

1:30 pm. Since 1996, Burning River Brass has been dazzling audiences from Alaska to Taiwan with power and virtuosity, harmonious blend, and consistently stirring performances. Composed of twelve of the finest brass and percussion players in the country, Burning River Brass is an ensemble on fire.

70 booths with a variety of hand made and home made items. Three booth sizes are available for the show. There will be fabric, glassware, jewelry, woodworked items, plus more.

Holiday House is a gathering of quality handcrafted gifts with something for everyone, home décor items, and baked goods created by Oregon craftspeople. All crafts are juried prior to the sale. Many of our customers have returned year after year to find a new treasured item or gift.

Enjoy vendors and crafters hawking Christmas wares, wassailing in quaint neighborhoods, ice carving, antique shopping, a fashion show, model railroad, a Christmas Parade, children's events, a strings concert, sleigh and carriage rides, Victorian teas, and a holiday production by Cresson Lake Playhouse.

Have a true Victorian Christmas experience: a bell choir serenading you on the mansion porch, meet our Victorian Santa Claus, see living historians portraying family and friends inside, discover how to make clear toy candy, a Victorian favorite here in Pennsylvania and more. Museum stocked with great vintage inspired gifts, toys, decorations, and holiday sweets.

Join the Alburtis Lockridge Historical Society on December 6th and 7th for their Holiday Open House. Doors open at 10:30 am, close at 4:30 pm. Come visit us and browse through our displays and artifacts. Light refreshments will be served. The event is free, donations are greatly appreciated. On December 6th and 7th, The Society will host our winter Open House. On December 7th help celebrate winter with the Alburtis Holiday Festival.

Enjoy a docent-led tour focusing on the challenges and enjoyments of Victorian women across all socio-economic levels. Downstairs tour conducted by Victorian maid; Upstairs, the lady of the house will guide the tour. Champagne reception is included. Reservations are required.

Before Ebenezer Scrooge, there was Gabriel Grubb. Before Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas, there were the Goblins. Come hear Dickens’ original tale of Christmas, “The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton”, by Philadelphia’s Dickens Ambassador, Edward G. Pettit. Enjoy a special Dickensian toast amid magnificent Victorian decorations.

Visit the Mansion decorated in holiday splendor for Josh Hitchens’ one-man performance of “A Christmas Carol” as well as readings from Louisa May Alcott and the Ghost of Christmas Present. NEW for 2015: Victorian Carolers and Santa Claus. Reservations are required.

The producers of the award-winning Philly Craft Beer Festival and Pour the Core: Hard Cider Festival return to the Philadelphia area with the Valley Forge Beer & Cider Festival being held on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Cente in Oaks, PA.

During the month of December, the Museum and its village will be adorned for the holidays with simple gifts and decorations typical of early Appalachian life. Special exhibits will honor the quiet beauty of Christmas in pioneer days, and guests will enjoy the old-fashioned atmosphere and warmth of the season.

A wonderful way to get into the Christmas spirit. Stroll through our sixty juried vendors displaying handcrafted unique gifts, crafts, jewelry and gourmet food items and enjoy a delicious luncheon served from 11 am-2pm served in three areas.

Do you have any ties to Pasadena? If so, you will not want to miss our walk down memory lane. Attend our 75th Anniversary Gala and you just might see some folks you know and you just might hear about things you were involved in during any time spent in Pasadena, Texas.

A festive combination of singing, dancing, skits with all the holiday songs you love to hear. A live orchestra along with some of the best music you have ever heard.

Rose Sawvel, soprano. Celebrate the holidays with our Symphony Orchestra, joined by the Symphony Chorale, Voices of the Permian Basin, Lone Star Brass, Permian Basin String Quartet, West Texas Winds and featuring soprano Rose Sawvel.

Baritone David Small and Soprano Priscilla Santana and the Temple Symphony Orchestra will present a selection of holiday music.

Christmas at Old Fort Concho is one of the largest holiday events in the state. Enjoy shopping, music, living history, entertainment, children's areas, merchants, artisans, military demonstrations, and children’s classes all on the grounds of Fort Concho National Historic Landmark. Be a part of this wonderful fun-filled family event.

Suehyun Ko, soprano, and Hyunwoo Cho, tenor, will sing arias and duets from beloved operas accompanied by Ah Young Kim, piano, in this second International Chamber Series Concert presented in conjunction with the College of Music at the University of North Texas.

AKS Gem Shows is a bead & jewelry show open to the public featuring jewelry, beads, beading supplies, pearls, findings, classes, and more. Show hours are 10 till 6 Fri & Sat, 10 till 4 Sunday.

This is a free event and everyone is welcome to attend. There will be free coffee, hot chocolate and cookies for all that come by to browse. There will also be hand made crafts, baked goods and fine art for sale for those last minute Christmas gifts.