Stay Merry and Bright this Holiday Season with a complete list of Holiday happenings in the DC area!

Holiday Markets:

Maryland Christmas Show: November 16th-18th & November 23-24th, Frederick MD

German Christmas Market : December 1st, Potomac, MD

Family Activities:

Christmas on the Potomac at Gaylord National: November 16th-January 2, National Harbor, MD

Garden of Lights at Brookside Gardens: November 16th – January 1st (closed certain days), Wheaton, MD

Feast of Sharing at The Washington Cathay Future Center: November 17th, 5:30 pm, Rockville, MD

21st Annual Montgomery County Thanksgiving Day Parade: November 17th, 10am, Silver Spring, MD

Let’s Talk Turkey at Locust Grove Nature Center: November 18th, 2pm, Rockville, MD

Turkey Talk at Brookside Nature Center: November 18th, 2pm, Silver Spring, MD

Time for Tots: “A Turkey for Thanksgiving”: November 20th, 10am, Black Hills Regional Park, Boyds, MD

Winter Lights Festival at Seneca Creek Park: November 23rd-December 31st (excluding December 25th), Gaithersburg, MD

Zoolights at the National Zoo: November 23rd – January 1st (excluding December 24, 25, & January 1st), Washington DC

Festival of Trees: November 23rd-25th, Timonium, MD

Mount Vernon by Candlelight: Friday and Saturday nights from November 23rd through December 8th & December 16th, Mount Vernon, VA

Open Explore – Family Design Challenges at KID Museum: November 24th-25th, 10am, Bethesda, MD

Reston Holiday Parade: November 24th, 11am, Reston, VA

The District’s Holiday Boat Show: Deccember 1st, 6pm, The Wharf, DC

Georgetown Glow Light Art Festival: December 1st – January 6th, Georgetown, Washington DC

Christmas in Clarksburg: December 1st, Clarksburg, MD

Miss Ellie’s Hanukkah Songfest: Dreidels and Latkes and Lights: December 1st, 9:30 and 11am, Washington DC

Alexandria Holiday Boat Show: December 1st, Alexandria, VA

Nationals Winterfest: December 1st and 2nd, WDC

Wolf Trap Family Sing-A-Long: December 1st, Vienna, VA

48th Annual Scottish Christmas Parade: December 1st, 11am, Old Town Alexandria, VA

Festival of Lights and Carols: December 1st, Fairfax, VA

District’s Holiday Boat Parade: December 1st, Washington DC

2018 Nationals Winterfest: December 1st & 2nd, Washington DC

National Menorah on The Ellipse 2018: December 2nd, 2:30 – 5:00 pm, Washington, DC

Chanukah Fire Truck Parade: December 4th, 6:00 – 9:00 pm, Montgomery County

Ballet West: The Nutcracker: December 5-10th, The Kennedy Center

Leesburg Animal Park Christmas Village: December 7th-21st (weekends), Leesburg, VA

All Aboard with Santa: December 8th, Gaithersburg, MD

Christmas on Main Street Damascus: December 8th, Damascus, MD

Dollar (or less) Days in Baltimore: December 8th & 9th, Baltimore, MD

Santa’s Farm Fest at Green Meadows: December 8th & 9th, 1pm-5pm, Ijamsville, MD

First Night of Hanukkah Celebration: December 12th, 5pm, The Wharf, Washington, DC 

Christmas Illuminations at Mount Vernon: *POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBER 22 DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER* December 14th-15th, Mount Vernon, VA

Kwanzaa Celebration at Dance Place: December 15th – 16th, Washington, DC

Holiday Trains & Planes: December 15th- 22nd, College Park, MD

Sugar Plum Tea Party at MBTA: December 16th, Gaithersburg, MD

 

Tree Lightings:

Nightly Tree Lighting Celebration at Gaylord National: Nightly with multiple shows through January

Tysons Corner Center Tree Lighting with Lance Bass: November 15th, 6pm

Rio Washingtonian Tree Lighting and Fireworks: November 16th, 6pm

Rockville Tree Lighting: November 16th, 6pm

Clarksburg Tree Lighting: November 17th, 6pm

CityCenter DC 5th Annual Tree Lighting: November 24th, 6pm

Reston Tree Lighting and Sing-a-Long: November 24th, 6pm

Union Station Tree Lighting & Yo-Yo Ma Simulcast: November 29th, 6-10:30

Hanukkah:

Chanukah Festival: December 4, 6:30pm, Alexandria, VA

Chanukah On Ice: December 6, 6:00pm, Alexandria, VA

2018 Annual Hanukkah Party: December 6, 6:30pm, National Museum of American Jewish Military History

Chanukah Lego Menorah: December 9, 3pm, Northeast Neighborhood Library

Ice Skating:

Veterans Plaza: Silver Spring, $9, through March

Washington Harbour, Georgetown Waterfront, DC, $10, through March

Rockville Town Square, MD,$9, through March

The Ice Rink at The National Gallery of Art, DC, $9, through March

Reston Town Center, VA, $10, through March

Performances:

Elf The Musical at Olney Theatre: November 9th-January 6th, Olney, MD

Fancy Nancy’s Splendiferous Christmas at Adventure Theatre: November 16th-January 6th, Glen Echo, MD

Cinderella at Imagination Stage: show runs November 11th – January 6th, Bethesda, MD

Nutcracker at Metropolitan Ballet Theatre: November 30th -December 2nd, Rockville, MD

The Christmas Revels An Elizabethan Celebration of the Winter Solstice: Various performances running from December 8th – 16th, NW, Washington DC

An Irish Carol 2018 at Keegan Theatre: December 13th-31st, NW, Washington DC

Cirque Nutcracker at the Strathmore & Cirque Nutcracker at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall: December 13th – 16th, Maryland

Cirque Dreams Holidaze at MGM National Harbor: December 20th-23rd, Oxon Hills, MD

A Family Christmas: December 22nd, Alexandria VA and December 24th, Washington DC

The Elves and the Shoemaker: December 22nd-29th, NW DC

Day Trips:

Christlindlmarkt 2018: Select Thursdays – Sundays in November & December beginning on November 16th, Bethlehem, PA

Santa’s Paradise Express at Strasburg Railroad: November 23rd-25th and December 1 &2nd, Ronks, PA

Night Before Christmas at Strasburg Railroad: Various dates in December – Starts November 30th, Ronks, PA

Christmas Tree Train at Strasburg Railroad: December 1st, Ronks, PA

Longwood Gardens Christmas: Daily through January 6th, Kennett Square, PA

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