It’s no time to be a Scrooge – so make sure you venture to a community event this month to get into the holiday spirit.
In Tulsa, the brand new Nutcracker Festival kicks off Dec. 6-7 at Expo Square. Helmed by Tulsa Ballet, the event offers holiday-themed activities, food and drink, live presentations and performances. Winterfest, running through Jan. 6, can be enjoyed in downtown Tulsa with ice skating, ice slides, carriage rides, tasty treats and more. Can’t-miss light displays in T-Town include the Philbrook Festival through Dec. 29; the Tulsa Botanic Garden of Lights through Dec. 30; and the Rhema Christmas Lights, at Rhema Bible College, through Jan. 1. Non-holiday events include the Tulsa Dog Training Club Agility Trials, Dec. 6-8 at Expo Square, and the Tulsa Farm Show, Dec. 12-14, also at Expo Square.
In OKC, start feeling merry and bright at the Holiday Wine and Palette in the West event, Dec. 6 at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. There, you can sip on cocktails while creating a guided painted masterpiece with help from experts from A Good Space studio. Visit Scissortail Park on Dec. 29 to experience the OKC Community Chanukah Festival, led by the Chabad Community Center. Other must-visits include Earth Treefest, through Dec. 31 at the BancFirst Tower; the OKC Zoo Safari Lights display, through Through Jan. 1; Edmond Electric’s Luminance: An Enchanted Stroll, through Jan. 1 at Edmond’s Mitch Park; and the expansive Downtown in December event, running through Feb. 2 in downtown OKC with a slew of light displays, community gatherings, performances and free boat rides.
Around the state, you can enjoy a bevy of other Christmas programming, including the Kiddieland Express Holiday Experience, Dec. 6-7 at Kiddieland Park in Duncan; the Thompson House Victorian Christmas, Dec. 6-8 at the Thompson House in Tahlequah; the Minco Honey Festival, Dec. 7 at Minco High School; the Woolaroc Wonderland of Lights, through Dec. 22 at Bartlesville’s Woolaroc Museum and Wildlife Preserve; the Route 66 Christmas Chute, through Dec. 28 in downtown Sapulpa; and the Chickasha Festival of Light, through Dec. 31 at Chickasha’s Shannon Springs Park.
Photo caption: Downtown in December; photo courtesy the Downtown OKC Partnership
