1. Candle Light Christmas: Its hard to describe the magic of Candlelight Christmas at This is the Place, Heritage Park. Wed like you to experience it! The Village is decorated like a Currier & Ives card, and youll feel like youve taken a step back in time when you join us for this enchanting event. Youll enjoy a visit with Father Christmas. In the quiet of the Village the live Nativity scene is sure to touch the hearts of young and old alike. The Heritage Village Carolers return each year for an encore presentation, providing an inspiring backdrop to the glitter of lights, the glow of warm fires and the smells of Christmas. BOGO with Utah Kids Club!! Click here for more info 2. CHRISTMAS CRUISE: Clas Ropes has a very unique Christmas Adventure - Fun for the whole Family! Come enjoy a lighted riverboat ride on the lower Provo River. It is like a hayride, but a boat ride. There are thousands of lights reflecting off the water, Holiday scenes along the shore, and Christmas music on the boat. Santa even comes to visit on his canoe. Last year close to 4,000 people enjoyed our Christmas Cruise during the month of December. We have two professional excursion boats that can accommodate 40 people per ride. Since the boats are uncovered, blankets and warm clothes are strongly encouraged. The ride is a round trip experience that takes 20-25 minutes, with departures every 30 minutes, on the hour and half-hour. For more information call our Cruise Event Line at 373-1897. Save 2.00 per ticket with your Utah Kids Club card Click Here for More Info 3. Put Santa In Your House: Have your kids every wanted to catch Santa visiting your house? Mine have, and for the last few years Santa has been leaving pictures as proof. At CaptureTheMagic It is so easy to upload a picture of your house, christmas tree, pile of presents, etc., and then add Santa to it, then download. The picture is real proof that Santa was there! Thrill your kids this Christmas! Enter Code “santa25” at check out and save 25% off your photos! Visit CaptureTheMagic 4. Sleigh Rides To Santa: Santa Sleigh Rides are located at the Homestead Resort in Midway, Utah. Come for a fun horse drawn sleigh ride around the Homestead Resort and end at the North Pole. You will be invited inside to spend some time with Santa, himself in his humble home. Rides are approx. 25-30 minutes. Use coupon code XMAS2014 here to save 5.00 per ride More info here 5. FREE Organ Recitals: Thirty-minute organ recitals are given in the Tabernacle on Temple Square Monday through Saturday at 12:00 noon and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Performances are by the Tabernacle organists and guest organists. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day, a second recital is added at the Conference Center on Monday through Saturday at 2:00 p.m Click here for more info 6. FREE Ogden’s Christmas Village: Christmas Village illuminates Ogden’s downtown area with magnificent displays and holiday lights every year from the Saturday after Thanksgiving through January 1. Spectators find themselves in a dazzling winter wonderland set aglow with Christmas lights and a unique setting of cottages modeled after Santa’s village at the North Pole. Santa greets children in his castle Monday through Friday from 6pm to 9pm and on Saturday from 5pm to 9pm. All children are invited to visit with Santa and share their wish lists and Christmas letters. Photos with Santa are available for $5 and proceeds benefit Christmas Village. Click here for more info 7. Christmas Tradition!! Plan to come down to Petersen Farm starting November 28th for a fun family tree buying experience, farm style!. High quality trees, local produce/products, wagon rides, camp fire, Christmas gifts, and most importantly FUN for the kids!! Visit with Santa! Grab some hot cocoa or hot cider from Ms. Claus Kitchen! Let the kids work on a craft in Santas Workshop. Monday - Friday, 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm Saturday, 10:00 am - 9:00 pm, Sit on Santas lap or take a wagon ride Monday, Friday and Saturday nights from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Petersen Family Farm: 11887 S & 4000 W Riverton, Utah 84096 Petersenfarm 8. FREE Elf Scavenger Hunt: Santa’s little helpers are back at Gardner Village as they prepare for the Christmas season. Enjoy our fun-filled displays and participate in our Elf Scavenger Hunt. The hunt starts on November 21st and goes through December 24th, so grab your camera and bring your kids as you make memories with the magical elves of Gardner Village. Click here for more info 9.FREE The Nutcracker, Anything Can Happen Performance: Playing at the Holladay Library, Friday at 2:00. Enter the world of Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker, and adventure with Clara through the fairytale story. Conquer the Mouse King, travel with the snowflakes, and dance with the Sugar Plum Fairy. Click here for more info 10.FREE Duct Tape Ornaments: Stop by the West Valley Library Auditorium and make your very own Duct Tape Ornament! Weve got lots of duct tape options... they should be a super awesome addition to your tree! West Valley Library Friday at 3. Click here for more info 11. The First Christmas at Scera Theatre: Starring Daniel Beck as the Angel Gabriel, this unique stage version of the movie musical that originated right here in Utah Valley has spread throughout the world to become a favorite of families everywhere. With all the beloved songs from the film, along with brand new music and dancing created especially for this production, each year brings a new spin on the modern-day family who retells it. This year, when the Miller family arrives at Grandma and Grandpa’s house for Christmas Eve, they are distraught to discover that the internet is down, forcing an electronics-free Christmas and a rare opportunity to disconnect to reconnect. Warm your own heart through the interweaving journeys of Mary & Joseph, Elisabeth & Zacharias, Gabriel & his Amazing Heavenly Host Choir, a group of shepherds led by Omar & Sharif, and a quartet of wise men - Melchior, Caspar, Balthazar and...Bob. Make the true story of Christmas become your treasured family tradition. See UtahKidsClub for BOGO information 12. Fantasy At The Bay: Friday, November 28, 2014 (All day) to Wednesday, December 31, 2014 (All day) Celebrate the holiday season with a trip to the drive thru holiday light show at Willard Bay State Park. Enjoy a visit with Santa, holiday music and hot beverages and snacks available from the park concession. Experience more holiday magic with 3D snowflake glasses for $1 per pair. Lights are open daily from 5 to 10 p.m., but closed Christmas Day. Each Wednesday is Family Night- entrance is 50% off. 13. FREE Santa’s Reindeer: November 28 - December 23, 2014 Monday - Saturday: 12 noon - 10 pm Thanksgiving Point is helping care for a couple of Santas Reindeer before their big day. Stop by Water Tower Plaza to meet them and give them a pep talk before their big journey. Reindeer will depart after December 23 to fulfill official reindeer duties. More info at UtahKidsClub 14. Its A Wonderful LIfe; A Live Radio Play Discounted: A beloved American holiday classic comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of 5 actors that bring over 40+ characters to life, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve. This play will warm your heart just in time for the Holiday season! Use coupon Code - CSTGST for $2.00 off you ticket at CPTUtah.org 15. Festival of Lights: at Canyon View Park (3300 East Powerhouse Road.) Starting Nov 30th and run through New Years Day. Hours are 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. This is a family oriented drive-through display with animated holiday displays. Listen to the holiday music on 99.9 FM while you drive through the displays. More info here 16. Scrooge: November 20th - December 18thThis perennial favorite brings the holiday spirit to every audience. Ghosts, memories, family and charity turn Dickens old skinflint from night to day. The Leslie Bricusse musical version sports the songs I Hate People, December the 25th, and Thank you very much. Come relive this holiday tradition! Use coupon Code - CSTGST for $2.00 off you ticket at CPTUtah.org 17. FREE Ugly Sweater Coloring Contest: Decorate one of our ugly sweater pictures (pick up a blank one at Smith Library) and you may win some fabulous prizes! Submit your entry at the Smith Library between December 1-20. All sweaters will be displayed at the library and on the Smith Library Facebook page where judging will be open to the public and will occur December 22-31. Please note that entries will not be returned. More info here 18.Lights on Temple Square: Christmas season on Temple Square officially opens each year when the millions of Christmas lights are turned on for the first time the day after Thanksgiving. All Christmas on Temple Square and EVE events are free, and all ages and peoples are welcome. There’s millions of lights, tons of concerts, children’s choirs, organ recitals, guided tours, films and more. For complete schedule click here 19. Nutcracker Ballet: South Jordan, Utah, October, 2014. Academy of Ballet Arts and South Valley Ballet Theatre will present its annual full-length classical ballet the Nutcracker on December 18, 19, and 20 at South Hills Middle School (13508 South 4000 West, Riverton). This is artistic director Sheila Cramer’s 28th year of offering Nutcracker to the community in Sandy, Midvale, South Jordan, Riverton. Tickets for 3.00-6.00. Click here for more info 20. Royal Holiday Spectacular: Featuring: Royal Symphonic Orchestra, Royal Choir, Royal Marching Band & Colorguard, Royal Percussion Ensemble, Hand Bell Choir and Drama Students. Special Guests: The Royal Rock Band, Freedom Elementary Choir, Danielle Vaughn, & Santa and Mrs. Claus! Friday at 7pm, tickets are just 4.00. click here for more info 21. FREE Bell Choir Concert: The Logan Tabernacle Christmas Concert Series 2014 presents Tidings of Comfort & Joy. Using five octaves of English handbells and five octaves of handchimes, the Westminster Bell Choir and Belles of Westminster will ring a variety of Christmas favorites, including “Silent Night,” “What Child is This,” and “How Great Our Joy.” The concert will also include a piano prelude by Elisabeth Evans, a number by the Presbyterian Church’s children’s choir, a piece by popular vocalist Kermit Herd, a bell solo by Cathy Ferrand Bullock, and a rousing arrangement of “Go Tell it on the Mountain” performed by a bell quartet. Friday at 7 More info here 22. Voice Male Christmas Concert: Voice Male is comprised of 6 unique individuals who somehow found each other over 18 years ago. John Luthy came up with the Voice Male concept while singing with some of the guys in the Logan LDS Institute Choir. Initially it took nine of them to cover all the parts, but a couple of years later they decided they no longer needed the nose flute player, the cowbell ringer, and the guy who claps, so they trimmed themselves down to just 6. Actually, some members had to move on and be grown-ups, so they decided to give it a go with just 6. Catch them this Friday at 7 at the Austad Auditorium in Ogden. More info here 23. Joyful Noise: Join the Covey Center for the moving story of George Frederick Handels writing of The Messiah. George Frederick Handel is in trouble: his last opera flopped, he is no longer in favor with King George II and preachers are raging that his latest work is blasphemous. In this climate, he struggles to present The Messiah. Handels travails are linked with those of his leading soprano. Forced into retirement because of a scandal, she is slated to make her comeback in his new masterpiece and fears a nasty reception. A malicious, back-stabbing alternate is waiting in the wings to replace her. A devious bishop and Handels bulky librettist add to the conflict in this true story of the politics and passion that nearly prevented The Messiah from ever being performed. Playing Wednesday-Saturday Dec 20th. Click here for more info 24. Farley Family Christmas Performance: Critics and audiences love it! “Divine Xmas tomfoolery…gut-bustin’ holiday madness…the funniest and most eccentric close-to-my-own-real-life relatives I’ve ever seen.” If you thought The Farley Family Reunion was a hoot, don’t miss The Farley’s holiday hilarity when the family puts on the most insane Christmas program you’ve ever witnessed. This will be James Arrington’s final farewell performance of the guffaw-inducing one-man play that may remind you of some of your own relatively odd relatives! Join Aunt Pearl, Uncle Heber and the other crazy but loveable members of the Farley clan brought to life through the brilliant comedic timing of professional actor, playwright, producer and director James Arrington. Click here for more info 25. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: Sugar Factory Playhouse and West Jordan Theater Arts are proud to present The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Beverly Robinson December 18, 19 at 7:30 p.m. and December 20 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Viridian Event Center (8030 S. 1825 W.) in West Jordan, directed by Pat Oliver. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever follows the harried and comical efforts of Mrs. Bradley to put on her churchs Christmas pageant, something shes never had to do before. Making matters significantly more difficult is the addition of the Herdman children, a raucous group of younsters that will certainly make this years pageant the most...memorable ever. Mrs. Bradley has her job cut out for her as she tries to corral wild kids and live up to everyones expecations. Is there still room for the Christmas spirit amidst such chaos? Click here for more info 26. Winter Solstice Celebration: Winter Solstice has long been celebrated all over the world because it heralds the gradual return of the light after the shortest and darkest day of the year. Bring your kids to the Garden and create head wreaths, winter candles, and more. Sip hot chocolate and make a new-year wish at the Yule Log. Enjoy half-price Garden admission December, January & February Click here for more info 27. FREE Festive Card Holder Craft: Join us at Lakeshore Learning for a fun craft activity! Today were making a festive card holder craft! Come join us for the fun. Click here for more info 28. Here Comes Santa Claus with the Utah Symphony! All is merry and bright with holiday music in the Val A. Browning Center for the Performing Arts. Don’t forget your wish list because, if rumors are true, Santa will be in the lobby to discuss your naughty or nice status. Saturday, 2:30 at the Austad Auditorim. Click here for more info 29. FREE Christmas Eve Truce: Beginning on Christmas Eve in 1914, during the first winter of World War I, German, British, and French soldiers held an unofficial cease fire and ventured into no man’s land to exchange seasonal greetings and goodwill. Commemorate the the centennial of this extraordinary event at the Chapman Branch by listening to a staged reading of accounts written by those who experienced the truce firsthand, and enjoy a performance of “Christmas in the Trenches” and other seasonal songs by the folk group Idlewild. Saturday 5:00 at the Chapman Library. Click here for more info 30. A Celtic Christmas: Celebrate our pioneer heritage with music, dancing, carols, crafts, treats, Father Christmas, and more! With our Celtic focus this year, we are especially celebrating the more than 32,000 British and Irish emigrants who joined the Mormon pioneers as they settled the West. Saturday, December 20, Monday, December 22, 5:00-8:00 PM (A special Celtic music and dance program will be held each night at 5:30, 6:30, and 7:30 PM.) Provo Pioneer Village. Click here for more info
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