This Weekend's Events - Dec 8-9

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
• The Nutcracker - The Puppet Co Playhouse, Glen Echo Park, 11:30am & 1pm
• Ice! at Gaylord National - National Harbor, Oxon Hill, http://nationalharbor.com/event/ice-at-gaylord-national/
• Holly Trolleyfest - National Capital Trolley Museum, Colesville, http://dctrolley.org/events.php
• Rockville City Ballet's Nutcracker - http://www.rockvillemd.gov/events/calendar/event/2012-12-2/the-nutcracker-presented-by-rockville-civic-ballet/EE2C84BC06D4E755E90CE8272E8B6F3A
• 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
• The Chanukah House - Baltimore, http://www.thechanukahhouse.com/
• 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
• Hanukah Happening - Congregation Har Shalom, 11510 Falls Road, Potomac 12-2pm
• Classical Joy from the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra - Strathmore, Dec 9, 3pm & 7pm
• Handel's Messiah, The National Philharmonic @ Strathmore - Dec 8, 8pm, Kids 7-17 free! http://nationalphilharmonic.org/
• Model Train & Gingerbread House Show - http://www.sandyspringmuseum.org/
• Disney Live! Mickey's Music Festival - Baltimore, http://www.lyricoperahouse.com/
• Annapolis Christmas Lights Boat Parade - 6-8pm http://www.eastportyc.org/index.php/welcome-parade-lights

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
• Holiday Celebration in Leesburg - Dec 8, Parade & Sing-a-long starts at 10am http://www.leesburgva.gov/index.aspx?page=572
• 150th Anniversary of The Battle of Fredericksburg Reenactmanet Events - http://fredericksburg150.org/
• Herndon Model Train Show - 11-4pm, Herndon Municipal Center Lobby
• Super Science Saturday, The Wright Brothers - Dec 8, 10am-3pm, Air & Space Museum, Chantilly, http://airandspace.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=3883

Washington DC

• The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg - Kennedy Center, http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=KNTBA
• ZooLights, National Zoo - http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ActivitiesAndEvents/Celebrations/zoolights/
• Gingerbread House Class - The Fairmont Washington, Dec 8, 10:30am & 12pm
• Handel's Messiah at the National Cathedral - Dec 8 & 9, 4pm, $25
• Holiday Market - F Street between 7th and 9th, NW