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FUNKY SANTA COSTUME PARTY: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, Conway Muse, 18444 Spruce/ Main, Conway. Enjoy music by the Chris Eger Band and dancing, with prizes for the best Mr. & Mrs. Santa. $10 cover. 360-445-3000.
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CHRISTMAS CAROLERS: The Adoramus Carolers will present an hour of traditional and modern Christmas carols, songs and sing-alongs at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, at the Whatcom Museum Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham. $3 suggested donation, free for museum members. 360778-8963 or whatcommuseum.org.
INDEPENDENT WREATHMAKING: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Dec. 24 at Christianson’s Nursery, 15806 Best Road, Mount Vernon. Wire rings and greenery are available for purchase, or you may bring your own. There is no charge to use the machines, but reservations are required. 360466-3821 or 1-800-585-8200.
YULETIDE CONCERT: “Yuletide Baroque & Beyond: Jazzin’ with the Classics for Christmas”: with Linda Tsatsanis, soprano; Jeffrey Cohan, flute; and Martin Lund, piano, clarinet and flute: 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, 27130 102nd Ave. NW, Stanwood. $15 suggested donation, free for ages 18 and younger. 360-629-6110 or candlelightseattle.org. HOLIDAY ART FESTIVAL: The 34th annual Allied Arts Holiday Festival of the Arts will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, through Dec. 24, at 1825 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. The festival will close at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 24. The festival features the work of more than 100 local artisans and craftspeople offering handmade products including jewelry, paintings, wearable art, specialty foods, repurposed art and more. Enjoy live music, artist demos and workshops, and fun art projects for kids. For information, contact Katy Borden at 360-6768548, ext. 5, or visit alliedarts.org.
SANTA AT THE MALL: Visit Santa daily during mall hours through Dec. 24 at the Cascade Mall Center Court, 201 Cascade Mall Drive, Burlington. 360-7572072.
made in the 1930s) recently handquilted by the Guemes Island Women’s Fellowship. $7 admission, $5 military and students, free for members and ages 11 and younger. 360-466-4288 or lacon nerquilts.com.
SKAGIT CHRISTMAS: Check out special exhibits showing how early Skagitonians celebrated the Yuletide season, through Dec. 31 at the Skagit County Historical Museum, 501 S. Fourth St., La Conner. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: Seat- Sunday. $5, $4 seniors and ages tle’s ACT Theatre presents Dick- 6 to 12, $10 families, free for ens’ classic holiday tale through members and ages 5 and younger. Dec. 29 at The Allen Theatre, 700 360-466-3365 or skagitcounty.net/ Union St., Seattle. Showtimes museum. vary. $27-$65 plus applicable fees. 206-292-7676 or acttheatre.org. WINTERFEST: Enjoy free and affordable activities and “AN IMPROVISED CHRISTentertainment through Dec. 31 MAS CAROL”: 8:30 p.m. Thursat Seattle Center, 305 Harrison days through Saturdays and 7 St., Seattle. Visit Center House ‘TIS THE SEASON: Check out p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 28, at for free performances of music the historic 1891 Gaches ManUnexpected Productions’ Market and comedy, jazz and dance, culsion decorated for the holidays Theater, 1428 Post Alley, Seattle. tural celebrations, ice sculpting, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday “An Improvised Christmas student showcases and more. The through Sunday, through Dec. Carol” brings Charles Dickens’ Winterfest Ice Rink will be open 29, at the La Conner Quilt & Christmas classic to the stage through Jan. 5. Admission/skate Textile Museum, 703 S. Second with a twist. The audience gives rental fee applies. 206-684-7200 or St., La Conner. See a special suggestions up front, and Unexseattlecenter.com. display of seasonal quilts from pected Productions’ improvisers the museum’s permanent collec- use the suggestions to tell an CHRISTMAS TREES: The tion, including one of the oldest all new tale of how Christmas Mount Vernon Lions Club will pieces in the museum’s colleccan (or can’t) change Ebenezer offer Christmas trees in exchange tion — an 1840s Bethlehem Star. Scrooge’s life. $15 plus applicable for a donation through Dec. 21, Also on display is a red and white fees. 800-838-3006 or unexpected at 2111 Riverside Drive. DonaLog Cabin quilt (whose top was productions.org. tions will be accepted at all hours.
“HAM FOR THE HOLIDAYS: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE PORK RIND”: Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt present their 13th holiday comedy extravaganza through Dec. 22 at ACT’s Falls Theatre, 700 Union St., Seattle. Enjoy an evening full of wickedly funny social satire, musical parody and razor-sharp zingers roasting the holiday tradition. Tickets Proceeds will be used to provide start at $28 plus applicable fees. eye exams, eyeglasses and hearing Discounts are available for students and seniors. 206-292-7676 aids for those in need. 360-424or acttheatre.org. 1888. THE LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS: More than a million Christmas lights will be displayed at the annual Lights of Christmas, from 5 to 10 p.m. daily, Dec. 18-23 and Dec. 26-29, at Warm Beach Camp, 20800 Marine Drive, Stanwood. The largest holiday light display in the Northwest covers 15 acres and features family-oriented entertainment, live music, theater, crafts, food, pony rides, a petting farm, Polar Express Train rides and overnight getaway options. Meet Santa Claus or talk with “Bruce the Spruce” Christmas LIONS CHRISTMAS TREES: The Oak Harbor Lions Club will tree. General admission: $10-$15. sell Christmas trees from 10 a.m. Pay-what-you-can night: Dec. 29. to 7 p.m. through Dec. 23, or until Theater events are extra. 800-228sold out, at the Chamber of Com- 6724 or warmbeachlights.com. merce, 32630 Highway 20, Oak “SCROOGE: THE MUSICAL”: Harbor. Four- to nine-feet Nobel, Douglas, Grand, Fraser and Nor- Enjoy a ghostly holiday tale dman Fir trees cut in Washington. based on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” through Dec. Proceeds benefit Lions causes, such as health screenings, eye and 22, at Seattle Musical Theatre, 7400 Sand Point Way, Seattle. ear exams, hearing aids, scholar$30-$40. 800-838-3006 or seattle ships and more. For more informusicaltheatre.org. mation call 360-279-2802. DROP & SHOP: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, Skagit Valley Family YMCA Activity Center and Pool, 215 E. Fulton St., Mount Vernon. Kids ages 3-12 can make holiday crafts, bake and play games while their parents go holiday shopping. Children ages 6-12 will have the option to go swimming. Snacks will be provided. $12-$20. Prior registration required: call 360336-9622 or email j.kerkvliet@ skagitymca.org.