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101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Austin - 2023

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Santa Sightings

Nov 4- Dec 24, 2023 Santa's Wonderland- Bass Pro Shops
Nov 9- Dec 24, 2023 Photos with Santa- Barton Creek Square
Nov 10-Dec 24, 2023 Photos with Santa- Lakeline Mall
Nov 17- Dec 24, 2023 Photos with Santa- The Domain
Nov 17, 2023 Downtown Lighting & Santa's Arrival- New Braunfels
Nov 18- Dec 24, 2023 Santa at Killeen Mall
Nov 24-26, 2023 Angels & Mistletoe Holiday Market- San Marcos
Nov 25- Dec 31, 2023 Christmas at The Farm Santa and Live Reindeer- Sweet Eats Fruit Farm
Nov 25- Dec 17, 2023 North Pole Flyer ™
Nov 25, 2023 Downtown Tree Lighting- Hutto
Dec 1, 2023 Tree Lighting & Santa's Workshop- Cedar Park
Dec 1-3, 2023 Budafest
Dec 2, 2023 Home for the Holidays- The Arboretum
Dec 2, 2023 Home for the Holidays & Hot Cocoa Stroll- Elgin
Dec 1, 2023 Light the Night Christmas Parade- Fredericksburg
Dec 1-2, 2023 Christmas Stroll- Georgetown
Dec 2, 2023 Christmas on Mercer Street
Dec 2, 2023 Old Town Christmas Festival- Leander
Dec 2- 24, 2023 Breakfast with Santa- Santa's Jingle House
Dec 3, 2023 Christmas at The Caswell House: Milk & Cookies with Santa
Dec 9, 2023 Breakfast with Santa- Bethany United Methodist Church
Dec 9, 2023 Liberty Hill Christmas Festival
Dec 9, 2023 Holiday Under the Stars- Killeen
Dec 9, 2023 Christmas On The Square- Burnet
Dec 15, 2023 Santa is Coming- Playland Skate Center

 

Old Time Christmas

Nov 18, 2023 64th Historic Home Tour and Holiday Market
Nov 25, 2023 Deck the Halls- Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Dec 1-2, 2023 A Dickens Christmas in Lockhart
Dec 3, 2023 Heritage House Christmas Open House- Pflugerville
Dec 2, 2023 Kinderfest- Pioneer Museum
Dec 9, 2023 Christmas at Old Fort Croghan

 

Light Displays

Nov 9, 2023- Jan 6, 2024 Mozart's Annual Christmas Light Show
Nov 3- Dec 31, 2023 Santa's Ranch- New Braunfels
Nov 21, 2023- Jan 7, 2024 Fredericksburg's Christmas Nights of Lights
Nov 23, 2023 Maywald Christmas Lights
Nov 24, 2023- Jan 6, 2024 Luminations- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Nov 24- Dec 30, 2023 Peppermint Parkway- Circuit of The Americas
Nov 24, 2023- Jan 8, 2024 Lights Spectacular- Johnson City
Nov 24, 2023- Jan 1, 2024 Georgetown Square
Nov 25, 2023- Jan 1, 2024 Burnet Trail of Lights
Nov 25, 2023- Jan 2, 2024 Bastrop River of Lights
Nov 28, 2023- Jan 1, 2024 Zilker Holiday Tree
Dec 1-2, 2023 Light Up the Lake- Round Rock
Dec 1, 2023- Jan 1, 2024 Trail of Lights in Lakeway
Dec 2-26, 2023 Trail of Lights- The EmilyAnn
Dec 6-16, 2023 Annual Trail of Lights- Historic Stagecoach Park in Buda
Dec 8-23, 2022 Austin Trail of Lights
Dec 16, 2023 Light Up Landa

 

Living Nativities

Dec 1-2, 2023 Bethlehem Village- Georgetown
Dec 1-3 and 8-10, 2023 Main Street Bethlehem- Burnet
Dec 7-9, 2023 Follow the Star- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Dec 17, 2023 54th Annual Tree Lighting- Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site

 

Holiday Theatre

Nov 10-26, 2023 Elf the Musical Jr.- The CYT Blackbox
Nov 17- Dec 31, 2023 A Christmas Carol- Zach Theatre
Nov 24- Dec 30, 2023 A Christmas Carol- The Georgetown Palace Theatre
Dec 1, 2023 Christmas Traditions- Designed to Dance Company
Dec 1-17, 2023 It’s A Wonderful Life – Live Radio Play- Bastrop Opera House
Dec 1-2, 2023 A Tuna Christmas- Brauntex Theatre
Dec 2, 2023 DbD Christmas Festival- New Braunfels Civic/Convention Center
Dec 2-23, 2023 The Nutcracker- Ballet Austin
Dec 8-30, 2023 Sorry! Wrong Chimey!- The Georgetown Palace Theatre
Dec 9 and 16, 2023 Una Noche Buena- Zach Theatre
Dec 14, 2023 Ballet Texas Presents – The Nutty Nutcracker
Dec 14- 17, 2023 The Nutcracker- Texas Metropolitan Ballet 
Dec 15-17, 2023 The Nutcracker- Brauntex Theatre
Dec 16, 2023 Balance Dance Studios presents 'The Nutcracker'
Dec 24, 2023 Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland- H-E-B Center

 

Holiday Concerts

Dec 2, 2023 A Charlie Brown Christmas
Dec 3, 2023 Christmas Concert- Austin Saengerrunde
Dec 5, 2023 Handel's Messiah- Austin Symphony
Dec 8-31, 2023 Pop!- Zach Theatre
Dec 9-10, 2023 Music Celebration- New Hope
Dec 14, 2023 Home Alone- Austin Symphony
Dec 22, 2023 A Joyous Christmas- Jerry Fay Wilhelm Center for Performing Arts

 

 Christmas Tree Experience

Opens Nov 17, 2023 Papa Noel Trees
Opens Nov 19, 2023 Brungot Farms
Opens Nov 24, 2023 Round Rock Sertoma Christmas Tree Sale
Opens Nov 24, 2023 Elgin Christmas Tree Farm
Opens Nov 24, 2023 Evergreen Farms
Opens Nov 25, 2023 Abrameit's Tree Farm

 

Ice Skating

Nov 10, 2023- Jan 15, 2024 Bee Cave on Ice
Nov 18, 2023- Jan 7, 2024 Ice Rodeo- Four Seasons Hotel
Nov 18- Dec 31, 2023 Winter Ice Skating Rink in Downtown Marble Falls
Opens Nov 18, 2023 Eisbahn Outdoor Ice Skating Rink
Dec 9, 2023 Liberty Hill Christmas Festival
  Chaparral Ice

 

Hanukkah

Dec 3, 2023 Craft Your Own Hanukkah Menorah- Westbank Library
Dec 11, 2023 Menorah Lighting- Downtown Pflugerville
Dec 13, 2023 Holidays Around the World with Elizabeth Kahura - Laura’s Library

 

Shopping & Craft Fairs

Nov 11, 2023 Holiday Bazaar Arts and Crafts Show- Round Rock
Nov 15-19, 2023 A Christmas Affair
Nov 17- Dec 24, 2023 The Blue Genie Art Bazaar
Nov 17-19, 2023 Weihnachtsmarkt- Sophienburg Museum and Archives
Dec 1-3, 2023 Vintage Market Days of Greater Austin- Holiday Event
Dec 2, 2023 German-Texan Annual Christmas Market
Dec 2, 2023 Christmas on Mercer Street
Dec 9, 2023 Downtown Christmas Fair- Hutto

 

New Year's Eve

Dec 29, 2023 New Years Eve Party- Foodie Kids
Dec 31, 2023 New Years Balloon Drop- Playland Skate Center
Dec 31, 2023 Noon Year's Eve Party- My Gym- Austin
Dec 31, 2023 New Year’s Eve Celebration- The Thinkery

 

Miscellaneous

Dec 1-16, 2023 Scream Hollow -Twisted Christmas
Dec 2, 2023 Rudolph Run- Old Town Leander
Dec 2, 2023 Jingle Bell Dash 5K- Killeen
Dec 2-22, 2023 Christmas at Tejas!
Dec 3, 2023 Austin Jingle Bell 5K
Dec 9-22, 2023 Gingerbread House Workshop- Foodie Kids
Dec 9, 2023 Breakfast with the Grinch
Dec 16, 2023 Sugar Plum Tea - Texas Metropolitan Ballet 

 


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