In this Issue Holiday Events Places to See Santa Places to See Holiday Lights Christmas Trees Holiday Shows Holiday Concerts At the Movies More Family Events Kids Eat Cheap/ Free Nights Ongoing Programs Winter Break Camps Donations Needed
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Holiday events Click HERE for details on all the events listed below Christmas Tree Village at Greathouse Butterfly Farm 11/29—12/24 Kirby Family Farm’s Christmas Express 11/29—12/28 Fun on Grinch Day at Barnes and Noble 12/1 Light the Village Night 12/6—12/31 Alachua Tree Lighting and Santa Visit 12/6 Christmas at Coon Hollo 12/6—12/8 and 12/13 –12/15 Duckpond Lighting at NFRMC 12/6 Holiday Storytime at Barnes and Noble 12/6 Festival of the Nativity 12/7-12/8 Polar Express Train Show at the Matheson Museum 12/7-12/8 Annual Tree Lighting at the Thomas Center 12/7 Christmas Jubilee Jam 12/7 Christmas Party at the Learning Path 12/7 Haile Homestead holidays 12/8 Alachua Christmas Parade 12/14 Christmas for Kids 12/14 Haile Santa Dash 12/14 Hawthorne’s Christmas Festival 12/14 Merry Melrose Parade and Festival 12/14 Newberry Festival of Lights 12/14 Operation Santa Delivery 12/14 Operation Santa Delivery 12/14 Reindeer Run 5K 12/14 Live Nativity at Faith Presbyterian 12/14 Mommy and Me On Stage 12/18 Trinity UMC Live Nativity 12/18
Places to see santa Click HERE for details on all the events listed below Photos with Santa at the Oaks Mall through 12/24 Operation Letters to Santa through 12/13 Christmas Tree Village at Greathouse Butterfly Farm through 12/24 Kirby Family Farm’s Christmas Express through 12/28 Tis the Season in Tioga weekends through 12/21 Festival of Lights at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center through 1/3 Photography 35 ‘s Personalized Santa Session 12/5—12/10 Christmas at Coon Hollo 12/6—12/8 and 12/13-12/15 Campus USA 12/10—12/17 The Library 12/11—12/17 Light the Village Night 12/6 Duckpond Lighting 12/6 A Children’s Holiday at Santa Fe 12/7 Tree Lighting at the Thomas Center 12/7 Breakfast with Santa at Chick-fil-A l 12/7 Christmas Jubilee Jam 12/7 Gainesville Cohousing Family Fun Day 12/7 Alachua Christmas Parade 12/14 Haile Santa Dash 12/14 Merry Melrose Parade and Festival 12/14 Newberry Festival of Lights 12/14 Operation Santa Delivery 12/14 Paint with Santa at Corks n Colors 12/14
holiday lights Click HERE for details on all the events listed below 11/29— 12/28 Kirby Family Farm’s Christmas Express 12/1—12/28—Tioga Town Center 12/6— 1/3 Festival of Lights at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center 12/6—12 /31 Haile Village Center 12/6—12/31 North Florida Regional Medical Center Duck Pond 12/7— 12/31—Suwannee Lights at Suwannee Music Park
Christmas trees Click HERE for details on all the listings below Christmas Tree Village at Greathouse Butterfly Farm Christmas at Coon Hollo BK Cedars Gibbs Christmas Tree Farm Kandy Kane Christmas Tree Farm Pam’s Christmas Trees Parker’s Christmas Trees Severt’s Christmas Tree Farm Lots Unicorn Hill Farm
Holiday Shows Click HERE for details on all the shows below Gainesville Community Playhouse presents Seussical the Musical thru—12/22 The Hippodrome presents A Tuna Christmas 11/29—12/22 A Christmas Carol 11/30—12/21 Acrosstown Repertory Theatre presents Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol thru 12/22 Star Center Children’s Theater presents You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown 12/6-12/8 Westside Baptist Church presents The Gainesville Christmas Festival 12/6—12/15 Santa Fe College of Fine Arts presents A Children’s Holiday 12/7 Danscompany presents Cinderella 12/7 Doxa Dance Company presents Sleeping Beauty and the Saving Prince 12/7 Actor’s Warehouse presents Black Nativity 12/13—12/22 Dance Alive presents The Nutcracker 12/20—12/22
Holiday concerts Click HERE for details on all the concerts below Tis the Season in Tioga 12/1—12/21 Gainesville Pops Christmas Concert 12/5 Sounds of the Season 12/5 Hometown Christmas 12/6 Christmas Jubilee Jam Concert 12/7 Gainesville Youth Chorus Holiday Concert 12/7 Lessons and Carols 12/8 Holiday Harmonies 12/14 Alachua County Youth Orchestra Annual Holiday Concert 12/15 Gainesville Community Band Bright Christmas Concert 12/15 Stop Children’s Cancer Holiday Traditions Concert 12/15 Trinity UMC Christmas Cantata 12/18 Mooey Christmas 12/21
At the Movies Now Showing at Regal Cinemas & Gator Cinemas Frozen (PG) Black Nativity (PG) The Christmas Candle (PG) Free Birds (PG) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (PG) Planes (PG) Despicable Me 2 (PG)
Free Movies at the Library Every Monday 4PM / Headquarters 1st & 2nd Wednesday 3PM / Newberry Every Friday 3PM / Hawthorne Every Friday 4PM / Headquarters Every Saturday 2PM / Millhopper December 5th 3PM / High Springs December 16th 5PM / Millhopper
More Family Events Click HERE to open the calendar to find out details on all the events listed below Chambers Farm Family PowWow 12/1 Buchholz Baseball 5K and Fun Run 12/7 Dudley Farm Cane Day 12/7 Parking Lot Party to benefit Shands Children’s Hospital 12/7 Gainesville Cohousing Family Fun Day 12/7 Girl Scouts Winter Festival 12/7 E.A.R.S. Family Day Tour 12/21 and 12/28 Fire and Ice Festival 12/31
Kids Eat Free Nights Mondays Bubbaque’s Bono’s Cody’s Original Steakhouse David's Real Pit BBQ New Deal Café Newberry’s Backyard BBQ Tuesdays Beef O'Brady's Cody’s Original Steakhouse Copper Monkey West Gainesville Ale House Gator’s Dockside I Love NY Pizza in Haile Splitz Texas Roadhouse Wednesdays Applebee’s Blue Highway Pizzeria Firehouse Subs Haile Village Bistro Mi Apa Roundabout Grill Zaxby’s
Thursdays Wharf Express Fridays TCBY Saturdays Steak and Shake Sundays Steak and Shake Stevi B’s Every Day Crispers
Click HERE to open the Kids Eat Free page for details on all listings above
On-Going Programs & Classes Click HERE to open the calendar to find out details on all the ongoing programs listed below CLASSES: These businesses also offer kids classes and programs. Schedules are on the calendar. Alachua County Public Libraries Cade Museum Creativity Lab Corks n Colors Do Art Pottery and Art Studio
Mondays Art in the Park Gainesville Homeschoolers Park Day Wild Iris Game Night Skate Station Christian Night (1st) Tuesdays Sun Country Stay and Play O2BKids Morning Magic Chick fil-A Family Night Tot Time at the Harn (4th) Wednesdays O2BKids Morning Magic Learning Path Story Time Barnyard Buddies Play Therapy (4th)
Fridays O2BKids Parents Night Out Sun Country Stay and Play Sun Country Gym Jam Sun Country Little Lunchers (1st) Sun Country Family Night (2nd) Movies on the Square (2nd) Sun Country Parents Night Out (4th) Frogs and Friends (1st) Tot Time at the Harn (1st) Saturdays Haile Homestead Tour Kika Silva Pla Planetarium Kids Matinee Michael’s Kids Club Mill Creek Retirement Horses Visit O2BKids Morning Magic Toys R Us CraZLoom Event Home Depot Kids Workshops (1st) Living History Days (1st) Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Tour (1st) Lowes Build and Grown Clinic (2nd) Hogtown Reptile Kids Program (2nd) Family Fishing Day (2nd) Dudley Kids (2nd)
Thursdays Sundays O2BKids Click HERE Morning to goMagic to the Corks n Colors Story Time Skate Station Tiny Totpage Playdate (1st & 3rd) Ongoing Programs Click HERE to see this month’s programs Turn to page 12 for libraryFamily programsFun Shoot on the website.
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Winter break camps Click HERE for details on the winter break camps below Skate Station Funworks Sun Country Camp Sunny YMCA A Child’s Dream City of Gainesville Florida Museum of Natural History French, Fun, Food & Foreign Languages Gatorball A Girl’s Place O2BKids Okito America
Donations needed Click HERE for details on all the listings below Toys for Tots Drive at Santa Fe College—through 12/13 Toy Drive for Peaceful Paths at Gainesville Women’s Club—through 12/6 Toy Drive for ELCAC at EJCBA through 12/31 Adopt a Family for Peaceful Paths through 12/18 Toys and Bikes drive for Miracle on Main Street through 12/24 Wish Upon a Star Holiday Gift Drive for Partnership for Strong Families 12/2—12/6 Christmas Jubilee Jam and Toy Drive—12/7 Santa Crawl food drive for Food4Kids Weekend Backpack Program 12/7 Food Drive for Terwilliger Elementary at Gainesville Women’s Club through 12/18 Warm clothes drive for families in need at Gainesville Women’s Club through 12/31