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Grab the kiddos and head to the District Center for the Arts from 3 to 4 p.m. on December 2 to kick off your night at the City of Taunton Lights On Festival. This year, they are celebrating 110 years of the Lighting of the Green!
A magical DECEMBER! by Elizabeth Morse Read
There’s a lot more to December than just the holidays! Let your children – and the young-at-heart – experience the stories and songs and snowy adventures that only December brings. Celebrate with festive lights that dispel the long dark nights, and the cheery warmth of friends and family sharing time together on a cold winter’s day! And wrap up the year with fireworks and parties! Happy holidays!
Holiday fun for everyone!
Take the family on a guided Seal Watch Boat Ride from December through April with Save the Bay, leaving from Bowen’s Ferry Wharf in Newport (savebay.org/seals)! Enjoy free family fun and entertainment on AHA! Nights in New Bedford! The December 14 theme is “Starry Night” (ahanewbedford.org). Line up on South Main Street in Fall River on December 2 for the 39th Annual Children’s Holiday Parade (vivafallriver.com)! It’s time to sharpen the ice skates (or rent them) for indoor skating at Fall River’s Driscoll Arena (508-6793274), New Bedford’s Hetland Arena 6
(508-999-9051), Taunton’s Aleixo Arena (508-824-4987) or Plymouth’s Armstrong Arena (508-746-8825) (fmcicesports.com)! Learn about early American holiday traditions by taking an hour-long lantern-led walking tour of Newport (newporthistorytours.org)! Mark your calendars for the weekslong annual Bristol Christmas Festival, with the Grand Illumination on December 2 (christmasbristolri.com)! Take the kids to the Providence Performing Arts Center to see “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” through December 3 (ppacri.org)! Mark your calendar for the annual “Old Time Holiday Fair” on December
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9 in Fairhaven – food, Town Hall shops, sing-alongs (fairhaventours.com) Celebrate “Christmas in the Village” on December 9 in Onset (onsetbay. org) or watch the Christmas Parade through downtown Wareham on December 3 (warehamvillage.org)! Take the kids to “Disney on Ice” December 27-31 at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence (formerly the Dunkin Donuts Center) (amicamutualpavilion.com)! Bring the family to the wreathmaking workshops at Soule Homestead in Middleboro on December 2 (soulehomestead.org)! Get ready for a fun-filled day iceskating or riding ice bumper cars at CONTINUED ON PAGE 8
