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Saturday, December 16, 2023

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Family & Kids Event Calendar: Saturday, December 16, 2023 (Weekend)

Seasonal Fun Events
	Annual Candlelight Stroll at Strawberry Banke...	New Hampshire	$$
	Bright Nights at Forest Park Holiday Lights...	Western Mass	$
	Christmas at the Old Manse	Concord	$
	Christmas by Candlelight at Old Sturbridge...	Sturbridge	$
	Cookies & Cocoa with the Clauses	Great Barrington	$
	Deck The Halls Holiday Celebration	Gloucester	$
	Emerald Glow at Charlesgate: LED Trees in...	Boston	Free
	Enchanted Village: Jordan's Furniture Avon...	Avon	$
	Festival of Trees and Snow Village at Elm...	Wellesley	$$
	Festival of Trees and Snow Village at Mass...	Wellesley	$$
	Gardens Aglow - A Celebration of Holiday...	Sandwich	$$
	Hanukkah Party Night of Lights	Newton	$$
	Holiday Bricktacular	Somerville	$$
	Holiday Zoolights: Stone Zoo	Stoneham	$
	Holidays at the Newport Mansions	Rhode Island	$$$
	La Salette Festival of Holiday Lights	Attleboro	Free
	Merrimack Celebration of Lights	Methuen	$$
	Photos with Santa at Faneuil Hall Marketplace...	Boston	-
	Santa’s Wonderland at Bass Pro Shops with...	Foxboro	Free
	Snowmazing! at Boston Children's Museum	Boston	$$
	Snowport - Boston Seaport's Winter Wonderland,...	Boston	-
	SoWa Winter Festival & Holiday Market	Boston	$
	The Enchanted Village	Avon	Free
	The Train to Christmas Town on Cape Cod Central...	Buzzards Bay	$$
	Visit Santa At The Shore Line Trolley Museum...	Connecticut	$
	Visit With Santa - In Person! (DECEMBER 2023...	Amherst	$
	Winter Lights at Naumkeag, The Bradley Estate...	Canton	$$
	Winterlights at Naumkeag, The Stevens-Coolidge...	3 Locations	$$
Animals
	Franklin Park Zoo Winter Activities & Exhibits...	Boston	$$$
	Stone Zoo Winter Activities and Exhibits	Stoneham	$$
Arts & Crafts
	DROP-IN Paint Pottery, Canvas & Plaster at...	Wellesley	$$
	Home Depot's Kids' Workshops (First Saturday...	Massachusetts	Free
	M is for Museum & P is for Playdate	Wenham	$
Arts & Culture Events
	Art of Penobscot Bay Exhibit at Thos. Moser...	Maine	Free
	Ballet Misha presents 'The Nutcracker'	New Hampshire	-
	Commonwealth Ballet Company, The Nutcracker...	Weston	-
	Destination: Nature Juried Art Exhibit	Harvard	Free
	Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery	Cambridge	$
	Marine Heatwaves 3D Art Installation	New Bedford	$
	MassArt Common Good Awards	Boston	Free
	Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition...	Chelsea	$$
	SoWa Artists Guild Winter Festival	South End	Free
	The Band's Visit: Huntington Theatre	Boston	$$
	The Heart Sellers	Boston	$$
Dance Events
	The Nutcracker presented by Dance Prism Ballet...	Andover	$$
Exhibits
	'Framing Mass Killings' Exhibit at Old State...	Boston	$
	All Aboard! Trains at Science Park	Boston	$
	Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness	Back Bay	$$
	Exhibition: Fashioned by Sargent	Boston	$$
	Gingerbread House Competition	Wenham	Free
	Impassioned Destruction: Politics, Vandalism,...	Boston	$
	Interwoven: Women's Lives Written in Thread'...	Concord	$$
	Lunchbox Moments exhibition	Boston	Free
	Maritime History Exhibition: All Hands! Yankee...	New Bedford	$
	Material Mapping: Data-driven Sculpture by...	Brockton	-
	Polly Sumner Doll: Conventional & Controversial...	Boston	$
	Real Pirates Salem Exhibit	Salem	$
	Swimming with Sharks: A Deep Dive into Shark...	Cambridge	$
	The Humble Petitioner: Fighting for Rights...	Boston	$
	Tiny Treasures: The Magic of Miniatures at...	Boston	$$
	Welcome to the Table - Holiday Exhibition...	New Hampshire	$
Fairs & Festivals
	Harvard Square Holiday Craft Fair	Cambridge	Free
	Harvard Square Holiday Fair	Cambridge	-
	Winterfest	Woburn	$
	Winterfest at Nupath	Woburn	-
Movies
	Bring Back the Movies: Holiday Edition	Worcester	$$
	The Heart of New England	Boston	$
Fitness Classes
	Arogya Yoga Ashram	Brookline	$
	Free Fencing Class for Kids	Newton Highlands	Free
	Sunday Run Club at Castle Island Brewing...	Norwood	Free
Food Fun Events
	Kids Cookie & Hot Chocolate Decorating	Lowell	$$
	North End Pizza Tour	Boston	$$
Fundraisers
	Circus Up Benefit 2023	Somerville	$
	The Giving Machines at CambridgeSide	Cambridge	-
Holiday Events
	28th Annual Family Trees: A Celebration of...	Concord	-
	31 Nights of Light	Boston	Free
	Anthony Williams' Urban Nutcracker	Boston	$$$
	Brunch with Santa Cruise	Boston	-
	Cape Cod Train to Christmas Town (Polar Express)...	Buzzards Bay	$$
	Caribbean Grand Market	Massachusetts	Free
	Christmas Festival of Lights: Edaville USA...	Carver	$$
	Cultural Survival Baazar	Boston	Free
	Deck The Halls at Hammond Castle: Guided...	Gloucester	$$
	Gift of Lights at NH Motor Speedway	New Hampshire	$$
	Historic Holiday Freedom Trail Stroll	Boston	$$
	Holiday Lights Spectacular at RWP Zoo	Rhode Island	$
	Night Lights: Starry Skies at New England...	Boylston	$$
	Santa in the City	Boston	-
	Santa visits The Shops at Chestnut Hill	Chestnut Hill	Free
	Santa's Elevator Express at Natick Mall	Natick	$$
	Santa’s Wonderland Returns to Cabela's with...	Berlin	Free
	The Nutcracker: by Dance Prism	Andover	$$
	Toysinbox Holiday Season 3D Printing Show...	Wellesley	-
	Visit Santa in Downtown Crossing	Boston	Free
	Winter Wonderland at Southwick's Zoo	Mendon	$$
Holiday Markets
	Boston Women's Holiday Marketplaces (3 locations)...	3 Locations	Free
	CSBBN Passport to Black Business Holiday...	Cambridge	Free
	Downtown Boston Holiday Market	Boston	-
	Downtown Crossing Holiday Market 2023	Boston	-
	Holiday Market at Powisset Farm Store	Dover	Free
	Holiday Market Place at LexArt	Lexington	Free
	Holiday Shopping at Powisset Farm Store	Dover	Free
	LexArt Holiday Market Place	Lexington	Free
	Snowport Holiday Market at the Seaport	Boston	Free
	Sudbury Art Association Holiday Market	Sudbury	Free
	The Holiday Market at SNOWPORT	Boston	Free
Ice & Snow Fun Events
	Ice Rink at 401 Park in the Fenway	Boston	-
	Ice Skating at the Worcester Common Oval	Worcester	$
	Ice Skating On Frog Pond 2023-224 Season...	Boston	$$
	Winter Skate at Patriot Place (UNDER RENOVATION...	Foxboro	$
Learn Something Events
	Especially for Me: Free Autism-Friendly Evenings...	Acton	Free
	TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE) Academy	Cambridge	$$$
Music & Concerts
	A Christmas Peril: Free Live Theatre Production...	Other Boston Area	Free
	A Far Cry Presents: Immortal at St. Johns...	Jamaica Plain	$$
	A Holiday Pops Concert	Concord	$$
	Beethoven and Beatles, Part 1 on December...	Newton	$$
	Bennie and The Jets	Massachusetts	$$
	Boston Pops: Holiday Pops	Boston	$$$$
	Holiday Pops Concert	Concord	$$
	Let’s Rock Cancer!	Somerville	$
	Merry & Bright - A Singing Spectacular	Arlington	Free
Nature & Outdoors
	Free Entrance Days in the National Parks	Other Boston Area	Free
Performances
	Black Nativity	Back Bay	-
	Hanukkats by Talking Hands Theatre	Brookline	$
	Holyoke Historic Nutcracker	Other Boston Area	$
	Shadow Play Art Lab Hours at ICA	Boston	Free
	The Airborne Comedians	Brookline	$
	The Nutcracker	Rhode Island	-
	The Nutcracker	Norwood	$$
Preschool Fun Events
	Participate in a paid research study at Boston...	Boston	Free
Sales & Deals
	Free Boston Parking: City of Boston Holiday...	Boston	Free
	Ski NH - 4th & 5th Grade Snowsports Passport...	New Hampshire	Free
	Ski Vermont 5th Grade Passport	Vermont	$
Special Events
	31 Nights of Light at Prudential Center 2023...	Boston	Free
	Boston Tea Party Annual Reenactment	Boston	$$
	Hot Cocoa with Mrs. Claus at Smolak Farms...	North Andover	Free
	Winterfest and the Tunnel of Lights	Connecticut	$
Sporting Events
	Curling at Seaport	Boston	-
	Free Fencing Class for Kids	Newton Highlands	Free
Story Hours
	After School Detention: Stand-Up Comedy and...	Boston	$$
Theater & Shows
	A Christmas Carol: Live Radio Play	Maynard	-
	A Christmas Carol: North Shore Music Theatre...	Beverly	$$$
	All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914	Stoneham	$$
	Black Nativity	Boston	$$
	Boston Ballet's The Nutcracker 2023	Boston	$$
	Midwinter Revels: The Feast of Fools	Cambridge	$$$
	Playtime Theatre Shows by Concord Youth Theatre...	Concord	$
	That Holiday Feeling - The Tradition Continues...	Stoughton	$$
	The Company Theatre: Rodgers and Hammerstein's...	Norwell	$$
	The Nutcracker: A Family Tradition by Commonwealth...	Weston	$$
	The Nutcracker: José Mateo Ballet Theatre...	Dorchester	$$$
	Tony Williams' Urban Nutcracker	Boston	$$
	‘Twas - The Night Before Christmas Improvised...	Boston	$$
Tours
	Boch Center Tours	Boston	$
	Harvard Square Chocolate Tour	Cambridge	$$
	King's Chapel Art & Architecture Tours (Winter...	Boston	$$
	Santa Express Train: Lincoln, New Hampshire...	New Hampshire	$$
	The Polar Express Train Ride - Blackstone...	Rhode Island	$$$
Virtual Activities
	Arts Wayland Presents: The December Online...	Wayland	Free

Fun Family Activities

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Trampoline Parks
Winter Fun

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