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Music:
Friday at 8pm Merry Christmas Darling: Carpenters Christmas in the Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun. The Cartells visit as well Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 7pm. These are Free Shows. www.mohegansun.com
Events:
The Christmas Eve Carol Sing, a tradition since the early 1940’s – that’s over 80 years folks! - continues on the Farmington Village Green (intersection of RT 4 and RT 10) on Saturday. SANTA will be joining us at 5:45 and at 6 pm we will start singing for about an hour around a bonfire. S’mores and mingling immediately following. Get ready to sing THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS. Always entertaining, lighthearted fun with music for all ages, songbooks provided, of the HARTFORD TIMES Vintage. Bring a flashlight and holiday cheer! For more information call Phil at the Farmington Miniature Golf & Ice Cream Parlor 860-677-0118
Celebrate the season at Magic of Lights at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, a festive and winding drive-through holiday light extravaganza featuring your favorite holiday scenes and characters including The Enchanting Tunnel of Lights, The 12 Days of Christmas, Toyland, and Candyland, Mattel's 32-foot animated Waving Christmas Barbie, Prehistoric Christmas with life-sized dinosaurs, Super-sized BIGFOOT® Monster Trucks and more! Open daily now through New Year’s Day. www.magicoflights.com
Jingle all the way to Lake Compounce and Connecticut’s Tallest Christmas Tree this holiday season. It’s the 10th Anniversary of Holiday Lights at America’s First Amusement Park, Lake Compounce! This season, the park has added more activities including Kyle’s Holiday Dance Party, Stuff-A-Bear, make your own ornaments, and of course meet and greets with Santa. Family favorite rides including Kiddie Coaster, the North Pole Express, Boocifer’s Haunted Holiday at Ghost Hunt, Zoomer’s Gas ‘n Go, and more will be open throughout Holiday Lights. www.LakeCompounce.com
It’s Glow Hartford at the CT Convention Center with the theme is Santa’s Perfect Gift. Kids are invited to join a yuletide scavenger hunt and help find the 4 missing elves. Tinsel, Chestnut, Jingle, and Jangle have gone to various fantastic places in search of the perfect gift for the jolliest fellow, but it’s almost Christmas and they’re running out of time. Find the elves hidden across the grounds, collect stamps, and discover what Santa’s Perfect Gift is. Glow Hartford runs through January 1st, 2023. Tickets are $16.99 for Children and Seniors, $22.99 for Adults, $69.99 for a Family with 2 Adults and up to 3 children. Children under 5 are free. www.glowgardens.com/hartford-christmas
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Celebrate A Monsters Holiday at The Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum, 103 Main St, Plainville beginning Friday thru Jan 8th every Fri. thru Sun. 6pm to 9pm. Call in advance - 860-583-8306 for a reservation. Cash only - $9.00 for adults - $4.00 for kids www.preservehollywood.org All the sets & life size figures in our wax museum of classic chillers are decked out for the season plus vintage toys from the 1950's thru 1970's are on display and a 7ft tall Grinch! Fun for the entire family!
Come From Away continues through Sunday at the Bushnell in Hartford. Be inspired and moved by this tale of kindness. Tickets $38-$123. 860-987-5900 or www.bushnell.org
Christmas on the Rocks plays TheaterWorks in Hartford now through December 23rd. Isaac from the Love Boat… Ted Lange is your bartender on Christmas Eve and meets the grown-up versions of your Holiday favorite characters. Tickets $25-$75. www.twhartford.org
Hartford Stage is proud to present It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play! Bring the whole family to this heartwarming holiday classic through Christmas Eve! Five actors and one sound effects artist have assembled on Christmas Eve to guide audiences through the world of George Bailey and Bedford Falls, live from the studio at WBFR. The spirit of imagination takes hold as we’re launched on a transformational journey on stage. Join us this winter to experience a magical adaptation of a beloved story. Tickets are $20 - $100. 860-527-5151 or www.hartfordstage.org
Christmas in Connecticut is on stage at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam through December 30th. A musical comedy based on the classic 1945 Warner Brothers film about a self-proclaimed “Martha Stewart” type that has no idea how to boil an egg! The show is a delightfully cheerful way to celebrate the holiday season. Make sure to grab your tickets for $66 to $85! www.goodspeed.org
Winterfest Hartford brings free ice skating, free skate rentals and free learn to skate classes to Bushnell Park. Monday through Friday noon to 8pm and Saturday and Sunday 11am to 8pm. www.WinterfestHartford.com
