Holiday Fun Flows With Fantastic VB December Events!

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Here's a comprehensive guide to Virginia Beach area holiday fun & festivities in December:

December 1 - 13th Annual Holiday Parade at the Beach
Remember what it felt like going to see Santa arrive in his sleigh? Feel like a kid again at the Annual Holiday Parade at the Beach! Join tens of thousands lining the street to ring in the holiday season. Marching bands...fire engines...cool floats...and huge balloons from New York's Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. For hours, cost and details, click here.

December 2 - Williamsburg Christmas Homes Tour
Now's your chance to traipse through private residences in or near Colonial Williamsburg that are rarely open to the public. Each location will be decorated with holiday floral arrangements.

December 2 - Williamsburg Christmas Parade
This spectacular but folksy annual community Christmas Parade (sponsored by the Williamsburg Area Chamber of Commerce) starts at Merchants Square for solid holiday fun. No admission. For our recommendations for the BEST spots to visit in Colonial Williamsburg (plus how to see the attraction "for free") click here.

December 2 - Virginia Beach Farmers Market Holiday Open House
Explore unique and cozy shops filled with holiday gifts and holiday fun. Take in the scent of fresh evergreen as you stroll the walkway. Find the perfect tree and wreath for you holiday decorating. Children can visit Santa. Noon to 4:00 p.m. Free. Virginia Beach Farmers Market.

December 3 - The Grand Illumination at Colonial Williamsburg
The one and only! Your chance to see Colonial Williamsburg literally "light up" as the attraction welcomes the holiday season with candles, music, and a fantastic fireworks display. Starts at 4:45 pm. No admission.

December 4 - Vienna Boys Choir, Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, Virginia Beach
The Vienna Boys Choir--one of the oldest-musical institutions in the world--and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra will perform sacred music and folk songs from around the world, based on a festive theme. 7:30 p.m. Admission. For more information, call 877-345-9345 or go online at http://www.sandlercenter.org/.

December 7 - 8 - Olde Towne Candlelight Home Tour, Portsmouth Historic District
Don't you just love old Victorians? Decorated to the nines for the season, and by candlelight, no less. Join strolling carolers as you tour several historic homes, as well as two historic churches. Admission. Friday, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 757-714-3223 or go online at http://www.otcl.org/.

December 7- 8 (and Dec. 14 and 15)- St. Nick at Endview, Endview Plantation
Go "back in time" and experience holiday fun circa 1861, along with Santa (or St. Nick, as he used to be called) as you support the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots program. Admission includes a keepsake photo and refreshments. Parents are asked to bring a wrapped present for their own child, and a new unwrapped one for a needy child. Reservations required. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, call 757-887-1862 or go online at http://www.endview.org/.

December 7 - 8 - The Waverly Consort presents The Christmas Story, Ferguson Center for the Arts Music & Theatre Hall
For medieval lovers...pure bliss. New York's Waverly Consort, featuring eight singers and five instrumentalists, will use reproductions of medieval instruments to perform a medley of authentic medieval songs and lore. The medieval alternative to holiday fun. Friday, 8 p.m,; Saturday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Admission. For more information, call 757-594-8752 or go online at http://www.yoderbarn.com/. December 16, 23, 29 & 30, 2006 December 8, 14, 15 & 29, 2007 December 12, 13, 19 & 20, 2008 James River Plantation Progressive Candlelight Christmas Carol Tour
Christmas carols and explorations--a great combo and a perfect way to see James River Plantation Piney Grove's collection of antiques, historic buildings and gardens, PLUS enjoy an elegant four-course candlelight dinner. Their holiday family decorations span five generations. 5 - 9 p.m. $55 per person (plus $2.75 tax). 804-829-2196. Click here for our FAVORITE James River Plantation, plus the tour tip you must know before planning your visit!

December 7 - 31 - Antebellum Holidays, Lee Hall Mansion, Newport News
Historic Lee Hall Mansion will be decorated in full antebellum style for holiday fun. Monday, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission. For more information, call 757-888-3371 or go online at http://www.leehall.org/.

December 7 - 31 - Christmas at Endview, Endview Plantation, Newport News
Experience a country Virginia Christmas at this historic antebellum plantation. Monday, Wednesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission. For more information, call 757-887-1862 or go online at http://www.endview.org/.

December 8 - 9 Olde Towne Candlelight Home Tour
The warmth and charm of Olde Towne will kindle your holiday fun spirit. The Olde Towne Civic League's Candlelight Home Tour guides visitors through five historic homes.

December 8 - 10 - Virginia Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker
Let the Virginia Ballet Theatre transport you to a magical place where Clara and the Nutcracker Prince battle with the Rat King, dance with the Sugar Plum Fairy, and share wonderful journey of dancing delight to Tchaikovsky's delightful score. Chrysler Hall, Norfolk.

December 9 - A Christmas Carol, Ferguson Center for the Arts
A musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and his encounters with the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future, teaching the true meaning of the holiday season. 3 p.m. Admission. For more information, call 757-594-8752 or go online at http://www.fergusoncenter.org/.

December 9, 15 - 16, 22 - 23, 29 - 30 - Historic Holiday Trolley Tours, Portsmouth Historic District
Take a narrated trolley tour of historic Olde Towne Portsmouth. You'll tour historic Hill House, Trinity Episcopal Church, and enjoy the decorated homesof Olde Towne. Reservations required. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission. For more information, call 757-393-5111 or 800-PORTS-VA.

December 9 - Olde Towne Holiday Music Festival
Portsmouth celebrates Holidays in the City with the best local and regional music groups, choirs and musicians featured in venues along High Street. This musical tribute to the spirit of the holiday season is always well attended by families from all over Hampton Roads. Concerts are held in a variety of indoor and outdoor locations, such as historic Olde Towne churches and museums.

December 14 - 15 - A Storyland Christmas Ballet, Regent University Will Mayor Miserly ruin Christmas celebrations for the people of Storyland? Find out what made Mayor Miserly so crochety and see if he'll learn the true meaning of Christmas in this original fairy tale. Admission. For more information, call 757-548-2122.

December 16 - Virginia Symphony Orchestra: Classical Christmas, Sandler Center for the Performing Arts
The Virginia Symphony Chorus will perform holiday favorites such as Vivaldi's "Winter" and Handel's Hallelujah Chorus. 2:30 p.m. Admission. For more information, call 877-345-9345 or go online at http://www.sandlercenter.org/.

December 21 - Virginia Symphony Orchestra: A Holiday Celebration, Regent University Main Theatre
Join the festivities as the Virginia Symphony Orchestra celebrates the Christmas season with holiday fun classics such as "Sleigh Ride" and "Christmas Festival." 8 p.m. Admission. For more information, call 757-892-6366 or go online at http://www.virginiasymphony.org/.

December 22 - Preserving the Legacy: Christmas at the Fields House, James A. Fields House
The James A. Fields House will host its 2nd Annual Christmas Bazaar. Enjoy an afternoon of tours of the historic James A. Fields House AND accomplish some last-minute Christmas shopping. The event will include craft and food vendors, holiday fun and free toys for children and kids activities. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. House tour donations welcome. For more information, call 757-245-1991.

December 22 - 23 and 26 - 31 - Star of Wonder Annual Holiday Planetarium Show, Virginia Living Museum
Star of Wonder combines science, religious history, and music to explore the story of the Star of Bethlehem, which led the wise men to Jesus' birthplace. Was it a planet, a comet, a supernova, or just a miracle? Daily, 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Additional 11 a.m. showing on November 24, December 22 and December 29. Admission. For more information, call 757-595-1900 or go online at http://www.thevlm.org/. To find out why our kids "flip" for horshoe crabs at the museum, click here.

December 16 - 31 - A Colonial Christmas
Celebrate Christmas past as you experience 17th- and 18th-century holiday fun and traditions. At Jamestown Settlement you'll see a film and take a guided tour focusing on English Christmas customs and their place in the early Jamestown colony. Meanwhile, the Yorktown Victory Center will show you how soldiers kept the Christmas season alive in their military encampments, as well as show you how Christmas on an early 1800s Virginia farm. Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown Victory Center.

December 30 - New Year's Eve Celebration, Virginia Aquarium, Virginia Beach
Give "drink like a fish" a whole new meaning at this non-aloholic alternative party featuring holiday fun, games and activities as you and the family ring in the New Year just a week early! 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission. For more information, call 757-385-FISH.

December 31 - Olde Towne Scottish Walk, Portsmouth
The Olde Towne Scottish Walk features the best of the bagpipes, caroling, and street performers. Of course, you have to join in and sing "Auld Lang Syne" to welcome in the New Year. The tartan event will finish forces at Portsmouth on Jan. 1, 1776. 4 p.m. Free. For more information, call 757-650-3052.

December 31 - Rock Around the Clock New Year's Eve
Usher in holiday fun and the new year at the Virginia Beach oceanfront! Count down the seconds at the Virginia Beach Convention Center grand ballroom. Tickets include entertainment, hors d'oeuvres, drinks, breakfast buffet, free transporation to and from resort hotels, and of course, live entertainment featuring Delbert McClinton! Hotel packages available.

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