101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Providence - 2022 (In progress)

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Santa Sightings

Nov 18, 2022 - Dec 24, 2022	Santa Pictures - Providence Place
Mondays Nov 21 & 28, & Dec 5 2022	Pet Nights with Santa - Providence Place
Nov 25, 2022	Santa's Arrival - Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce -Westerly, RI
Nov 25, 2022	Paint with Santa - At Pea Poddery
Dec 1 - 24, 2022	Photo Op with Santa and his Reindeer - Chepachet Village Wine & Spirits
Dec 1,8,15,22, 2022	Visit with Santa at Holiday Lights Spectacular - Roger Williams Park Zoo & Carousel Village
Dec 2,3,10,11,16, & 23, 2022	Santa Checks In - Ocean House
Dec 2, 2022	ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY & TOY DRIVE - With Central Falls
Dec 3, 2022	Bristol’s Grand Illumination and Parade - Town of Bristol
Dec 3, 2022	SANTA AT STILLWATER- With Burrillville Parks and Recreation - Rhode Island
Dec 3, 2022	Breakfast With Santa - Rhode Island Children's Dyslexia Center
Dec 4, 2022	Holiday Parade & Town Hall Tree Lighting - East Greenwich, RI Chamber of Commerce
Dec 4,5,11,12, 2022	Pawtucket Winter Wonderland - Slater Memorial Park
Dec 4, 10, 11, & 18, 2022	Brunch with Santa - Buffet - Ocean House
Dec 4, 2022	Santa Cares Day - Providence Place
Dec 3, 2022	Breakfast with Santa - Judi T Dance Studio
Dec 9, 2022	Annual Christmas Celebration in Coventry
Dec 10, 2022	Pictures with Santa Claus - At Johnston Senior Center - With Johnston Parks and Recreation Department
Dec 10, 2022	Santa at the Eustis Estate - Eustis Estate Museum
Dec 10, 2022	An Afternoon of Fun with Santa - At Greenville Public Library
Dec 17 & 18, 2022	Santa is Coming to the Village! - At Nature's Art Village
Dec 17 & 18, 2022	Visit Santa, Our friendly animals & Have a Horse-Drawn Wagon Ride - At Liberty Farm
Dec 20, 2022	SANTA's SING-A-LONG - At Savini's Pomodoro Italian Kitchen & Bar
Dec 21, 2022	A Visit with Santa - At Newport Public Library

Old-Time Christmas

Starting Nov 19, 2022	Holidays - Newport Mansions
Nov 18, 2022 - Dec 23, 2022 (select dates)	Holiday Lantern Tours - Newport Historical Society
Nov 25, 2022 - Dec 30, 2022	"THE JOY OF ENTERTAINING" CHRISTMAS AT LINDEN PLACE MANSION - At Linden Place
Nov 25, 2022 - Jan 1, 2023	A Rough Point Holiday - Newport Restoration Foundation
Nov 25,26,27, & Select dates Dec 2-30 2022	Christmas By Candelight - Old Sturbridge Village
Nov 26, 2022	2022 TREE LIGHTING & HOLIDAY CELEBRATION - With East Providence, RI
Nov 26, 2022	2022 Victorian Holiday - With Downtown Pascoag & Neighborhood Association & Burrillville Parks and Recreation - Rhode Island
Nov 27, 2022	Music in the Living Room - At Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
Dec 3, & 4th, 2022	2022 Christmas at The Castle - Smith's Castle
Dec 2 & 18, 2022	Christmas Cheers - At Eustis Estate Museum
Dec 3, 2022	Holiday Carnival - Olde Mistick Village
Dec 3, 2022	Christmas Holiday Stroll in Pawtuxet - With Friends of Pawtuxet Village
Dec 3,4, 10 & 11, 2022	Old Fashioned Christmas - Hearthside House
Dec 9, & Dec 16, 2022	HOLIDAY TOURS BY CANDLELIGHT - At Linden Place
Dec 9, 10, & 11, 2022	Christmas in the Village Festival of Trees 2022 - North Scituate Village
Dec 10- 11, 2022	Bristol Christmas Festival - Bristol, RI
Dec 28 & 30 2022	Home for the Holidays - Hearthside House

Light Displays

Nov 10, 2022 - Jan 1, 2023	Christmas Festival of Lights - Edaville Family Theme Park
Nov 18, 2022 - Jan 31, 2023	Holiday Lights Spectacular - At Olde Mistick Village
Nov 18, 2022 - Jan 8, 2023	ZooLights - At Stone Zoo
Nov 18 - Dev 31, 2022	2022 Holiday light show- At Confreda Greenhouses & Farms
Nov 25, 2022 - Jan 1, 2023	Holiday Lights Spectacular - At Roger Williams Park Zoo
Nov 25- Dec 30, 2022	Wawaloam's Festival of Lights - Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce -Westerly, RI
Nov 25, 2022	Lighting of the Lighthouse - At Newport Harbor Island Resort - With City of Newport RI
Nov 25, 2022	Santa Lights Up Putnam - With Town of Putnam, CT
Nov 25, 2022	2022 Newport Illuminated Boat Parade - With City of Newport RI
Nov 25, 2022 - Jan 1, 2023	Night Lights –An Illuminating Experience - Blithewold
Nov 26, 2022	2nd annual Stonington Lobster Trap Tree Lighting - Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce -Westerly, RI
Nov 27, 2022	Holiday Dazzle Light Parade - With Town of Putnam, CT
Dec 1,2, & 3rd, 2022	WaterFire's Holiday Celebration - At Waterplace Park - WaterFire Arts Center
Dec 1, 2022	Christmas tree Lighting - Pavilion at Kent Field
Dec 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, & 17, 2022	Lantern Light Village - At Mystic Seaport Museum
Dec 3, 2022	52nd Annual Tree Lighting- With Bowen's Wharf
Dec 3, 2022	All-Lit-Up Christmas Parade - With Town of Smithfield, RI
Dec 3, 2022	Bristol’s Grand Illumination and Parade - With Town of Bristol
Dec 3,4,10,11, 2022	Pawtucket Winter Wonderland - Slater Memorial Park
Dec 9, 2022	Festival of Lights - Olde Mistick Village
Dec 9, 2022	Starry Lights Debut - At Wilcox Park - Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce -Westerly, RI
Dec 9, 2022	Festival Of Lights - At Mystic Aquarium
Dec 9,10,11 & Dec 16,17, & 18, 2022	Holiday Lights at the Park: Drive-Thru only event at Battis Field - With Middleborough, MA
Dec 11, 2022	Westerly Light Parade - Downtown Westerly, RI

Holiday Theatre

Nov 1 - Dec 31, 2022	A Christmas for Carol - At The Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant
Nov 3 , 2022 - Jan 1, 2023	A Christmas Carol - Trinity Repertory Company
Nov 23 - Dec - 2, 2022	Newport Nutcracker - Rosecliff Mansion
Nov 25, 2022 - Dec 23, 2022	A Christmas Story - With The Contemporary Theater Company
Nov 25, 2022 - Dec 18, 2022	A Christmas Carol at Granite Theatre
Nov 26 & 27, 2022	The Nutcracker Ballet - Stadium Theatre
Dec 2, 2022	A Charlie Brown Christmas - Stadium Theatre

Dec 4, 2022	Handel's Messiah with Providence Singers - The VETS
Dec 7, 2022	The Hip Hop Nutcracker - At Providence Performing Arts Center
Dec 9-18, 2022	A Christmas Carol - Stadium Theatre
Dec 9-24, 2022	It's A Wonderful Life - A live Radio Play - At The Gamm Theatre
Dec 9-18, 2022	A CHRISTMAS CAROL - With Rhode Island Stage Ensemble

Dec 12, 2022	Baby Shark Live! The Christmas Show - At Providence Performing Arts Center
Dec 16 - 24, 2022	Festival Ballet Providence presents The Nutcracker at the VETS - Veterans Memorial Auditorium

Dec 23, 2022	The Polar Express Free Movie Night - Stadium Theatre

Concerts

Nov 25, 2022	Ornament Presents an Evening of Music from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Stadium Theatre
Nov 26, 2022	Jazz in the House - Newport Restoration Foundation

Dec 3, 2022	Carpenters Tribute Christmas Show - Top of The World - At Stadium Theatre
Dec 4, 2022	Messiah at the Mansion - At Rosecliff Mansion - With Newport Classical
Dec 9, 2022	Michael DiMucci's Fireside Christmas Concerts - At Linden Place
Dec 10, 2022	BILLY GILMAN ROCKIN’ AROUND THE PARK - At The Historic Park Theatre and Event Center
Dec 10, 2022	Classical Christmas at Emmanuel Church - With Newport Classical
Dec 18, 2022	SANTA’S SING-A-LONG - At The Historic Park Theatre and Event Center
Dec 22, 2022	Marie Osmond: A Symphonic Christmas - At Providence Performing Arts Center

Christmas Tree Experience

Open Nov 11, 2022	Big John Leyden's ChristmasTree Farm
Open Nov 26, 2022	Clarks Christmas Tree farm
Dec 4 & 5 (1 weekend only)	Lockwood Christmas Tree Farm

Ice Skating

Nov 19, 2021 - March 31, 2022	Open Skate - The Gurney's Newport Skating Rink
Year-Round	Blackstone Valley IcePlex
Year-Round	Connery Skating Rink
Year-Round	Cranston Veterans Memorial Ice Rink
Year-Round	Dennis M Lynch Arena
Year-Round	Gallo Arena
Year-Round	Norfolk Arena

Hanukkah

Dec 11, 2022	Hanukkah Celebration - Temple Beth-El
Dec 11, 2022	Temple Beth-El K'tantan 5783 Hanukkah Lego Celebration with PJ Library
Dec 18, 2022	City of Providence Hanukkah Spectaculah
Dec 19, 2022	Menorah Lighting - Warwick Mall
Dec 21, 2022	Lighting of the Village Menorah - With Friends of Pawtuxet Village

Shopping & Crafting

Nov 12, 2022	Field of Artisans Curated for Big John Leyden's Tree Farm - Big John Leyden's Tree Farm
Nov 19 & 20, 2022	2022 Rhode Island Christmas Festival - At West Warwick Civic Center
Nov 19, 2022	Holiday Market at the Eustis Estate - Eustis Estate Museum
Nov 19, 2022	Pop-Up Holiday Market - At Casey Farm
Nov 25 & 27 - Dec 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, & 18 2022	Holiday Markets - The Providence Flea
Nov 26 & 27, 2022	Christkindlmarkt (Christmas Market) - German American Cultural Society of Rhode Island
Dec 1,8, & 15th, 2022	Candlelight Shopping - With The Historic Village Of Chepachet
Dec 1-4, & 9-11 2022	Foundry Artists Holiday Show & Sale - At Pawtucket Armory Arts Center
Dec 3, 2022	Narragansett Holiday Street Faire - Town of Narragansett, RI
Dec 3, 2022	Holiday shopping in the barn! - The Farm - Chepachet, RI
Dec 3, 2022	2022 Christmas Market Fest & Tree Lighting - With Middleborough, MA
Dec 3 & 4, 2022	2022 Holiday Market - At WaterFire Arts Center
Dec 7, 2022	25th Annual Holiday Stroll & Artisan Marketplace Downtown Westerly Pawcatuck - Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce -Westerly, RI
Dec 9, 2022	Holiday Festival of Lights - With Hope Artiste Village
Dec 9 & 10, 2022	Holiday Arts Market - At Jamestown Art Center
Dec 10, 2022	Holiday Bazaar - Southside Community Land Trust
Dec 10, 2022	Christmas by the Sea - At The North Beach Clubhouse- With Community Marketing
Dec 10,11,17, & 18, 2022	Park Market \| Holiday Shopping Event - At The Historic Park Theatre and Event Center
Dec 17, 2022	Holiday Make and Take Craft Day - Town of North Kingstown, RI
Dec 17, 2022	Holiday Artisan Fair - At Pivotal Brewing Company - With Mount Hope Farm
Dec 17, 2022	Winter Celebration Open House - Bay Spring Community Center, Rhode Island
Dec 18, 2022	Christmas Specialty Market - With Tiverton Farmers Market

New Year's Eve

Dec 30, 2022	SAL VALENTINETTI RINGIN’ IN THE NEW YEAR! - At The Historic Park Theatre and Event Center
Dec 31, 2022	Noon Years' Eve Party! - At North Providence Union Free Public Library
Dec 31, 2022	New Year's Eve Stargazing - At The Frosty Drew Observatory & Sky Theatre
Dec 31, 2022	VINTAGE HOLLYWOOD NYE BALL - At The Historic Park Theatre and Event Center
Dec 31, 2022	New Year’s Eve at Ocean House – The House Party - Ocean House

Miscellaneous

Nov 9, 2022 - March 31, 2023	Festive Igloo Dining Experience - Gurney's Newport The Lounge & Firepit
Nov 19, 2022	Gifts from the Garden - At Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
Nov 23, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022	Winter Afternoon Tea in the Dining Room and Breakfast Porch - At Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
Nov 25, 2022	Cruise with Coastal Queen to the Newport Illuminated Boat Parade - With Coastal Queen Cruises
Nov 26, 2022	Holiday Jazz Brunch - At Blithewold Mansion, Gardens and Arboretum
Nov 27, & Dec 3, 2022	Coastal Queen’s Candy Cane Express - With Coastal Queen Cruises
Dec 2, 2022	Movie Series: Holiday Comedies - Elf - Newport Public Library
Dec 2, 9, 16, & 23, 2022	Cinema Under the Stars - Holidays - At Weekapaug Inn - Ocean House
Dec 3, 4, 10 & 11, 2022	Wagon Rides At Pawtucket Winter Wonderland - With Liberty Farm
Dec 3, 2022	18th Annual Gingerbread Decorating Contest - Artists' Exchange
Dec 9, 2022	Holiday Extravaganza - Newport Vineyards - Middletown, RI
Dec 10, 2022	Family Fun Craft - Snowglobe - At Newport Public Library
Dec 10, 2022	WinterFest 2022 - At East Providence Senior Center - With East Providence, RI
Dec 10, 2022	Live Reading of A Christmas Carol - At Old Colony History Museum
Dec 10, 2022	Make A Snowman Ornament - Pawtucket Public Library
Dec 14, 2022	Holiday Tunes! - Pawtucket Public Library
Dec 16, 2022	Holiday Story Night! - At The Collaborative Studio
Dec 16, 2022	Movie Series: Holiday Comedies - The Santa Clause - Newport Public Library
Dec 16, 2022	2022 Annual Christmas Story Time - Town of Bristol, RI
Dec 17, 2022	Family Craft-ernoons: Gingerbread House - At North Providence Union Free Public Library
Dec 17, 2022	The Little Naturalist's Holiday Party - At Norman Bird Sanctuary
Dec 18, 2022	Coastal Queen’s Meet and Greet Cruise with Santa, from Bowen’s Wharf - With Coastal Queen Cruises
Dec 17-18, 2022	Providence Artisans Holiday Show - Providence Artisans Market
Dec 21, 2022	Family Movie Night - The Polar Express - Pawtucket Public Library
Dec 22, 2022	Christmas Cocktail Cabaret - At The Towers - With The Contemporary Theater Company
Dec 23, 2022	Holiday Stargazing Spectacular - At The Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center

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