This Weekend's Events - Dec 22-23

Every Thursday I will endeavor to list as many family-friendly happenings in the area for the coming weekend. Please come back and post comments if you attend any of these events.

Maryland

• Winter Lights - Seneca Creek State Park, Gaithersburg, http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/winterlights/12_main.html
• 35th Annual Festival of Lights - Kensington, http://dctemplelights.lds.org/
• Winter Wonderland - Harbor East, Baltimore http://www.harboreast.com/events/window-wonderland-a-holiday-arts-exhibit-at-harbor-east/
• The Garden of Lights - Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, http://www.montgomeryparks.org/brookside/garden_lights.shtm
• Lights on the Bay - Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis, 5-10pm, $14/car
• Winter Festival of Lights - Watkins Regional Park, Upper Marlboro, http://www.pgparks.com//festival_of_lights.htm
• Symphony of Lights - Merriwether Post Pavilion, Columbia, http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/howard_county_general_hospital/_downloads/SOL%20Print%20coupon%20updated%20nov%2019.pdf
• Lights at Adventure Park USA - New Market, http://adventureparkusa.com/events.php
• Winterfest of Lights - Ocean City, http://ococean.com/events/winterfest-of-lights-2012
• Ice! at Gaylord National - National Harbor, Oxon Hill, http://nationalharbor.com/event/ice-at-gaylord-national/
• The Polar Express 4D Experience - National Aquarium Baltimore, http://www.aqua.org/visit/baltimore/calendar/showtime-4d-polar-express
• Holiday Festival of Trains and Toys - B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore  http://www.borail.org/HFOT.aspx
• Fell's Point Old Tyme Christmas - Baltimore, http://www.fellspointmainstreet.org/2012_oldetymechristmas.html
• Holly Trolleyfest - National Capital Trolley Museum, Colesville, http://dctrolley.org/events.php
• Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella - Olney Theatre Center, http://olneytheatre.org/shows-a-events/cinderella
• Seussical - Imagination Stage, http://imaginationstage.org/shows-a-tickets/shows-playing-now
• Historic Annapolis Gingerbread House Contest - http://www.visitannapolis.org/event-calendar/details/index.aspx?eid=2486
• Busch Gardens Christmas Town - Williamsburg, http://seaworldparks.com/christmastownbgw 
• Victorian Christmas - Berlin, http://berlinchamber.org/event-victorian-christmas
• Holiday Train Garden - Lutherville, Dec 22, http://firemuseummd.org/

Virginia

• Christmas at Mount Vernon - http://www.mountvernon.org/calendar/view/2011-11-25/4546
• Meadowlark's Winter Walk of Lights - Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, http://www.nvrpa.org/park/winter_walk_lights
• Bull Run Festival of Lights - Bull Run Regional Park, Centreville, http://www.nvrpa.org/park/bull_run_festival_of_lights
• Dominion Garden Festival of Lights -  Lewis Ginter Gardens, Richmond, http://www.lewisginter.org/news/media-room/DominionGardenFestofLights2012.php
• Winter Wonderland - Clearbrook Park, Winchester, 540-665-5600
• 100 Miles of Lights - Virginia Coast and Tidewater, http://www.100milesoflights.com/
• 32nd Annual Christmas Luminaria Celebration - Vienna, Dec 22, 5-9pm http://viennamd.org/directory.html
• Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season - Dec 22, 8-11pm, George Mason University, http://cfa.gmu.edu/calendar/1103/

Washington DC

• ZooLights, National Zoo - http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ActivitiesAndEvents/Celebrations/zoolights/
• Holiday Miniature Train - Union Station, miniature train through miniature Scandinavian village sponsored by the Embassy of Norway
• The Nutcracker - Warner Theater, http://warnertheatredc.com/