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Local Events We ❤ this Month

There’s so much to celebrate and enjoy this month in Lexington and Central Kentucky!  
Here are some of our favorite activities and events!


Southern Lights

November 16 – December 23, 2018 @ 5:30pm10:00 pm
Kentucky Horse Park
Campground Entrance
3785 Campground Road, Lexington KY 40511
 

Over 3 miles of lights, Southern Lights offer a driving route open nightly to see the holiday displays. After driving through the lights, guests are invited to park and enjoy the attractions in the park’s interior, which are designed to entertain every member of the family with local crafts, model trains and mini train rides, visits with Santa and an exotic petting zoo.

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The Nutcracker

December 2 @ 2pm
Lexington Opera House
401 W. Short Street, Lexington KY 40507

THE NUTCRACKER, performed by the Lexington Ballet Company, marches back onto Lexington Opera House stage this holiday season in an enchanting production that will delight every member of the family. Join Marie on a magical journey with the Sugar Plum Fairy, waltzing flowers, the Snow Queen, and, of course, the Nutcracker Prince as they battle the Mouse King and travel to the Land of Sweets. Lexington Ballet performs this beautiful masterpiece under the artistic direction of Luis Dominguez. It’s sure to put you in the Christmas spirit!

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Cookies & Photos with Santa

December 4 @ 3pm – 5pm
Rector Hayden REALTORS
1099 Duval St Ste 250, Lexington KY 40515

Come visit to get your FREE picture with Santa Claus!
Digital copies will be sent to your e-mail address. We will have cookies and milk for everyone as well as coloring and goodies! It will be so much fun! Please feel free to forward this message on to your clients, friends, or family and invite them to join you!

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Yoga at The Livery

December 4 @ 5:45pm
Tuesday nights, weekly
The Livery
238 East Main Street, Lexington KY 40507

Yoga at the Livery is FREE to attend with donations accepted. All ages and experience levels welcome. Doors open at 5:15PM with class starting at 5:45PM. Instructors are rotated quarterly and classes are subject to cancellations at times. Cancellations will be posted with a 24hr notice. Community Yoga is hosted The Livery, a historic venue located at 238 East Main Street. Repurposed in 2013, the Livery now acts as Lexington’s premier event space in a prime downtown location. Modern updates blend with historic rustic details to give a unique, one of a kind venue, right in the heart of Lexington.

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Bourbon Barons: The Early Pioneers

December 5 and 20 @ 8:30am
Stone Fence Tours
 
Join us as we go back to the late 1700s to join the early settlers of Kentucky that were traveling the Wilderness Trail with hopes in their heart and stills on their back. We will follow them on their journey into the untamed wilderness to stake their claim, grow their corn and introduce America to its Native spirit. We will concentrate on three of these brave men: Jacob Myers, Elijah Craig and Jacob Spears. You will hear their stories while also visiting three craft distilleries that are in close proximity to the original sites of these Early Pioneers: Wilderness Trail Distillery, Bourbon 30 and Hartfield & Co.

Home for the Holidays: Deck the Halls

December 7 and 14 @ 5:15pm
Stone Fence Tour

Escape the stress and mania of modern Christmas by visiting the Victorian era. We take a step back in time to the bucolic mid-1800s. Let us guide you back in time my vising two of central Kentucky’s most beautiful mansions, Ward Hall and White Hall. We will experience how they each celebrated Christmas. We will see how the Wards and Clays experienced Christmas and enjoy this simpler time when fresh cut pine boughs glowed in the candle light and pine cones and holly berries graced the drawing room. So, deck the halls and ride in our sleigh as we enjoy the holiday and tour these two historical homes. Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.


Nutcracker on Ice

December 7  and 8 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
December 9 @ 4pm
Lexington Ice Center
560 Eureka Springs Drive, Lexington KY 40517

Join Clara on an enchanted frozen journey this holiday season in The Nutcracker On Ice! This 90 minute version of the Tchaikovsky classic will excite & entertain audiences members of all ages!

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13th Annual YMCA Reindeer Ramble
5k/10k Fun Run & Walk

December 8 @ 9am – 11am
Keeneland Race Track

We encourage you to wear your favorite holiday sweater, Santa suit or “holiday festive” attire and get into the spirit of this holiday fun run/walk – GET CREATIVE! You may register as an individual runner/walker or with a group as a Santapede team. Teams can range from 3 -10 participants. There’s one hitch—you have to be linked together with a garland or ribbon throughout the entire race. Teams can consist of adult and child members. We will recognize the top finishers in each category, as well as those Santapede teams that celebrated the holiday spirit most brightly. This option is only available for the 5K.

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Christmas Country Dance School

December 26 @ 8am – 8pm
Seabury Center, Berea College
313 N Main St, Berea KY 40403
 
A fun way to stay warm! Classes in traditional dance styles including English clog, Country, Morris dance, rapper, Danish, Appalachian clogging, and square dance, plus singing, music, crafts and parties. Advanced leadership classes for callers and dance instructors. Hosted at the Seabury Center at Berea College. Scholarships available. Register by December 1st.

Santa in Winter Wonderland Barn

December 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16 @ 1:30pm
Waveland State Historic Site
225 Waveland Museum Ln, Lexington KY 40514

Santa in Winter Wonderland Barn at Waveland Santa Schedule: Saturday and Sunday’s – December 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16- Pictures with Santa from 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Santa will be providing photo opportunities in the barn for our little guests in the snowy wonderland at Waveland!

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Kids Art Day

December 18 @ 5:00 pm
Crank and Boom
1210 Manchester St, Lexington KY 40504

FREE ART ACTIVITY
FREE ICE CREAM FOR KIDS
FREE SNACKS
AND ART SUPPLY DRIVE!!

Come and go as you’d like. Art activity fun for all ages!

The new year is almost here! On The Move Art Studio needs your help furnishing our new trailer, ARTina, with art supplies for the upcoming classes of 2019. Donations such as canvases, gallon jug and smaller bottled glue, sharpies, googly eyes, table clothes, glitter, paper towels, and watercolor palettes are appreciated!

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Ballet

December 20 @ 5pm, 8pm
December 21 @ 5pm, 8pm
Singletary Center
405 Rose Street, Lexington KY 40508
Hosted by University Christian Fellowship