THINGS TO DO
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Holiday Classics on the
SOUTH COAST! by Elizabeth Morse Read You may never get a chance to watch the iconic Rockettes perform in New York City, or listen to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing in Salt Lake City, but you can certainly fulfill some of your holiday wishes right here on the South Coast! Share the magic of the season with your family, friend, and neighbors this year – here are our top 10 holiday experiences you can choose from!
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Give a very special thanks!
What better way for your family to enjoy and learn about Thanksgiving than to celebrate it in Plymouth, where it all began? Enjoy an authentic New England Harvest Feast at Plimoth & Patuxet Museum (formerly Plimoth Plantation). Make a reservation for a savory journey to the past, with authentic 17th-century recipes, accompanied by centuries-old psalms and songs – and the ticket price includes two-day museum admission (plimoth.org).
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Let there be light!
Banish the darkness of winter by attending some of the South Coast’s favorite holiday celebrations! You can check out WaterFire in Providence for free on either November 6 or December 4 (waterfire.org). Or you can celebrate
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the reopening of the Edaville Railroad in Carver at the Christmas Festival of Lights – take your children on a heated train ride illuminated by 17 million lights throughout the park, Thursday-Sundays, November 13 to January 1 (edaville.com). Or else bundle up and enjoy larger-thanlife dazzling displays illuminated by 1.5 million lights as you stroll through the Holiday Lights Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence on select dates between November 26 to January 2 (rwpzoo.org/holidaylights).
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Historic Homes for the Holidays!
Experience the splendor and opulence of Christmases past by visiting the Newport mansions (newportmansions.org) or the many other elegantly-decorated historic homes on the South Coast! Enjoy a free guided tour on December 9 inside
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the Rotch-Jones-Duff Mansion in New Bedford, as well as a lecture about holiday traditions of 19th-century New England (ahanewbedford.org). Or else visit the winter wonderland at Blithewold Mansion and Gardens in Bristol (blithewold.org), the Victorian-era Fall River Historical Society Museum (lizzieborden.org), or candle-lit tours through beautifully decorated whalingera homes in New Bedford on December 11 (nbpreservationsociety.org).
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Listen to heavenly voices!
Don’t miss the Vienna Boys Choir in either Plymouth and Providence this year! Listen to the angelic voices of the world’s foremost children’s choral group, performing “Christmas in Vienna,” a collection of Austrian folk songs,
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