This Weekend's Events - Dec 1-2

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

• Holiday Open House - Congressional Plaza - Dec 1, 12-4pm; Dec 2, 1-4; photos with Santa, face painting, balloon twisting, holiday entertainment, tatoos  http://www.congressionalplaza.com/events/
• Holiday Extravaganza - Glen Echo Park - Dec 1, 2-5pm, photos with Santa, raffles, food, entertainment, shopping
• Winter Lights - Seneca Creek State Park, through Dec 31
• Antietam National Battlefield Memorial Illumination -  Dec 1, Sharpsburg, 6pm-midnight http://www.nps.gov/anti/planyourvisit/luminary.htm
• Mrs Claus Tea - Dec 1, 10:30am and 12:30pm, Strathmore, Bethesda, reservations required http://www.strathmore.org/eventstickets/calendar/view.asp?id=8752
• Bethesda's Winter Wonderland - Dec 1, 8pm, Imagination Stage, Winter Concert; Dec 2 - Veterans's Park  http://www.bethesda.org/bethesda/winter-wonderland
• 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 Polar Express 4D Experience - National Aquarium Baltimore, http://www.aqua.org/visit/baltimore/calendar/showtime-4d-polar-express
• Power Plant Holiday Light Show Spectacular - Baltimore,  http://www.itsawaterfrontlife.org/?page_id=212
• 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/
• 40th Annual Mayor's Christmas Parade - Dec 2, 1pm, Baltimore, http://www.mayorschristmasparade.com/
• 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
• 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
• The Nutcracker - The Puppet Co Playhouse, Glen Echo Park, 11:30am & 1pm
• Radio Disney Festival of Giving at National Harbour - Dec 2, 1pm, Oxon Hill, http://nationalharbor.com/event/radio-disneys-festival-of-giving/
• Harbor Holiday Festival - National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Dec 1, 10-7pm, http://nationalharbor.com/event/harbor-holiday-festival-3/
• Ice! at Gaylord National - National Harbor, Oxon Hill, http://nationalharbor.com/event/ice-at-gaylord-national/

Virginia

• 23rd Annual Model Train Display & Show at the Fairfax Station Railroad Museum - Dec 1, 10-5pm; Dec2, 12-4pm
• 13th Annual Alexandria Holiday Boat Parade - Dec 1, Alexandria Marina to Washington Channel, 3pm
• Gingerbread House Decorating Class - Ritz Carlton, Tyson's Corner, 10am & 1pm, $70 (ages 3-12)
• Herndon Holiday Tree Lighting & Sing-a-Long - Herndon Town Square, 5-6pm
• Manassas Christmas Parade  - Dec 1, 10am, Mathis Ave to Center & Grant Aves
• The Nutcracker Tea - Ritz-Carlton, Tyson's Corner, 10am & 1pm, $75/person
• Wolf Trap's Holiday Sing-a-Long - Dec 1, Wolf Trap Filene Center, Vienna, 4pm
• Christmas at Mount Vernon - 9am-4pm
• Ornament Making Workshop for Families - Dec 1, 1-4pm, http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=5021
• City of Fairfax Festival of Lights & Carols - Dec 1, 10am-9pm, https://www.fairfaxva.gov/SpecialEvents/FLC/FLC.asp
• Meadowlark's Winter Walk of Lights - Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, http://www.nvrpa.org/park/winter_walk_lights

Washington DC

• The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg - Kennedy Center, http://www.kennedy-center.org/events/?event=KNTBA
• ZooLights at the National Zoo - 5-9pm