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Students in a class at Avery’s Creek Elementary got to see their second-place entry in the Grove Park Inn Gingerbread House Competition on display. This year’s competition is Nov. 17 and houses will be on display through the holiday season. JOHN FLETCHER/JFLETCHER@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM
Continued from Page 47 Appalachian Christmas Celebration, Dec. 7-8, Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center. Performances by Lake Junaluska Singers at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 and 3 p.m. Dec. 8, with Handel’s “Messiah” at 8 p.m. Dec. 8. Craft show, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 8. Visit www.lakejunaluska.com/christmas or call 800-2224930. Guild Artists’ Holiday Sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 8. Southern Highlands Craft Guild artists sell their work at Folk Art Center, Milepost 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville. Visit www.southernhighlandguild.org. Circle of Lights, Dec. 8 after parade. Celebration around Lake Tomahawk in Black Mountain after the parade. Free. Visit www.exploreblackmountain.com. Holiday cookie bake sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 8. At First Congregational Church Fellowship Hall in Hendersonville. Call 692-8630. Christmas at Connemara, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Dec. 8, Carl Sandburg Home, Flat Rock. Celebrate Christmas with the traditions of the Sandburgs with holiday decorations and music; free with house tour admission. Call 693-4178 or visit www.nps.gov/carl. “A Night Before Christmas,” until 9 p.m. Dec. 8, downtown Waynesville. Caroling, storytelling, wagon rides, more. Visit www.downtownwaynesville.com. Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8. “A Carolina Christmas” concert with the Greenville Chorale at Blue Ridge Conference Hall. Adults $35, students $5. Visit
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www.hendersonvillesymphony.org. Santa on the Chimney, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 8 and 15, Chimney Rock Park. Santa practices on 315-foot Chimney Rock. Regular admission. www.chimneyrockpark.com. Celebration Singers of Asheville winter concert, 4 p.m. Dec. 9, First Congregational Church, 20 Oak St., Asheville. Donations appreciated. Visit www.singasheville.org. Laurel Park Tree Lighting, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 9 at Laurel Green Park, corner of White Pine and Laurel Highway. Holiday Tour of Historic Inns and Cookie Caper, 1-5 p.m. Dec. 9 in Hendersonville. Self-guided tour of six inns. Get a Christmas treat from each inn. $20 per person. Call 697-3088 or visit www.hendersonvillehpc.org.
Dec. 10-16
Hendersonville Children’s Choir concert, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 14. At Covenant Presbyterian Church. Adults $5, students $2.50. Call 696-4968. Santa on the Chimney, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 15, Chimney Rock Park. Santa practices on 315-foot Chimney Rock. Regular admission. www.chimneyrockpark.com. Ballet Conservatory’s “The Nutcracker,” 6:30 p.m. Dec. 12, 5 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13-14 at Diana Wortham Theatre. Call 257-4530 or visit www.dwtheatre.com for tickets. Visit www.balletconservatoryofasheville.com for details. Breakfast with Santa, 9 a.m. Dec. 15, Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center, Robbinsville. For all ages.
Visit www.stecoahvalleycenter.com. Dillsboro Festival of Lights and Luminaries, Dec. 14-15, downtown Dillsboro. Live music, carolers, holiday treats from merchants, horse and buggy rides (added cost plus tip) and Santa at Town Hall. Starts at dusk. Free. Call 800-962-1911 or visit www.visitdillsboro.org. Holiday Homecoming, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 15, Oconoluftee Visitor Center, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. See old-time craft demonstrations, learn about quilting, weaving, basket and doll making, apple cider and butter making, more. Free. Visit www.nps.gov/grsm. Asheville Symphony: A Classical Christmas, 3 p.m. Dec. 16. Featuring Handel’s “Messiah.” At Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, in U.S. Cellular Center, downtown Asheville. Call 254-7046 or visit www.ashevillesymphony.org. “A Swannanoa Solstice,” 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 16, Diana Wortham Theatre, Pack Place, downtown Asheville. Regular $35; student $30; children 12 and younger $15. Call 257-4530 or visit www.dwtheatre.com.
Dec. 17-23
“Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol,” Dec. 19-30, N.C. Stage Company, 15 Stage Lane, Asheville. Visit www.ncstage.org.
Dec. 24-31
New Year’s Eve Celebration, 9 p.m.-midnight Dec. 31, downtown Marion. Visit www.hometownmarion.com.
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