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2014 Tucson Holiday Events

Enjoy Visits with Santa, Lights Displays, Dance Performances, and Holiday Festivals!

December 11, 2014
Santa Sightings
December 20:  Santa at the Historic Train Depot 
December 20: Cookies & Cocoa with Santa (Picture Rocks Community Center)
December 20: Santa at Bookmans Ina

Holiday Parades
December 13: Oro Valley Holiday Parade
December 20:  Downtown Tucson Parade of Lights

Lights and Luminarias
December 12-13:   Holiday Nights at Tohono Chul
December 12-14:   Luminaria Nights at Tucson Botanical Gardens

December 5-23 & 26-28:  Zoo Lights
December 13:  Luminaria Festival at Tucson Presidio 
December 13-27:  Winterhaven Festival of Lights 
November 28-December 31: Season of Light Planetarium Show at Flandrau Science Center
November 28-December 31: Holiday Music Laser Light Shows at Flandrau Science Center

Live Nativities
December 11-12Walk to Bethlehem
December 12: Living Nativity
December 12: 
Live Manger (with visits from Santa, too)

Holiday Performances
December 12, 5:30-6:30 PM: Caroling by Candlelight by members of the Episcopal Church of the Apostles. The public is invited to join. Canada del Oro Riverfront Park, 551 W. Lambert Lane, Oro Valley.
December 14: Community Carol Sing
December 14, 21:  Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Holiday Sing Along

December 12-14 & 19-21: "What Christmas Means to Me" Musical at Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene
December 13:  Tucson Girls Chorus Sounds of Winter
December 13 & 14:  Tucson Regional Ballet Southwest Nutcracker
December 19: Family Holiday Celebration
December 19 & 20: A Time to Dance Studio presents Nutcracker 2014
December 19 & 20:  Ballet Rincon Nutcracker
December 20 or 22: Polar Express Movie and It's a Wonderful Life Movie
December 21: Winter Dreams - Featuring Scenes from the Nutcracker

December 22: Moscow Ballet Great Russian Nutcracker
December 24: Christmas at Casas Church
December 26-28:  Ballet Tucson Nutcracker

Festivals, Fairs and Markets
December 12: Las Posadas, 5:00-8:00 PM
December 13: Horacion de Celebracion, "La Virgen de Guadalupe"
Fridays & Saturdays thru Dec. 20:  Enchanted Snowfall at La Encantada 

December 12-14:  4th Avenue Winter Street Fair 
December 19-21: Holiday Bazaar at Mercado San Augustin
December 20:  Downtown Holiday Festival (before the Parade of Lights) 
Mon. through Fri. thru Dec. 23: Write a letter to Santa

Photos with Santa
Have your child's photo taken with Santa through December 24 at both malls
Tucson Mall
 
Foothills Mall

Visit our Calendar for holiday storytimes and other events, plus all the other family friendly happenings around Tucson this December  If you know of a holidy event, submit it HERE