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When: Second weekend in
November
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Location: Downtown Tipp City, Ohio
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Phone: 937-667-9435 or 937-667-3696
Holiday shopping
begins early in downtown Tipp City with the annual Winter’s Gathering. Dozens of
shopkeepers introduce new merchandise and costumed carolers and horse-drawn
carriages fill the streets to create an early holiday feel. Downtown Tipp City
has a wide selection of shopping opportunities including art, crafts, clothing
and antiques and collectibles.
Printout:
A Winter's Gathering
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DAYTON HOLIDAY FESTIVAL
(Admission
is Free)
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When: November 27, 2009 from 4 - 9pm (Tree illumination
ceremony and Children's parade)
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Location: Downtown
Dayton, Ohio
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Phone: 937-224-1518
The holiday season is everyone’s favorite time of year! With family, food, and
entertainment, what’s not to love? Throw in some gingerbread homes, carriage
rides, a holiday village, and one of the largest tree lighting ceremonies in the
region and that’s only a taste of what the Dayton Holiday Festival has to offer!
The Dayton Holiday Festival was started by Mrs. Virginia Kettering so that
everyone in the community, regardless of their economic means, could enjoy the
holiday season. And today, it still offers most activities to all for free. The
festival has since expanded to include carnival and horse drawn carriage rides,
holiday crafts in the Holiday Village, Gingerbread homes on display in the newly
renovated Old Courthouse, and even a direct dial link to Santa’s little helpers
in the Time Warner Cable Dial an Elf shop! The fun doesn’t end there! Sunday
brings with it the Children’s Parade with colorful floats, animals, and clowns.
Bring your kids down early for the Candy Cane Fun run, where every kid is a
winner in this one-block dash down Main Street. All this and much more at the
Holiday Festival in downtown Dayton. Other activities are featured throughout
December.
Printout:
Dayton Holiday Festival
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DICKENS
VICTORIAN
VILLAGE
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When:
Early November through early
January
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Location: Historic downtown
Cambridge,
Ohio
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Phone: 800-933-5480
(Cambridge/Guernsey
County
Visitors & Convention
Bureau)
 Take
a trip back in time and experience old-world
England as historic downtown
Cambridge,
Ohio, is charmingly transformed
into a
Dickens
Victorian
Village. Visitors are
invited to stroll amidst 40 vignettes of 105 lifelike figures representing
classic scenes from Victorian society. This innovative public art exhibition can
be enjoyed by families, couples, and groups alike -- an experience that will
engage the senses as you explore the charming streetscape, striking historic
architecture, and eclectic shops and eateries of
Cambridge.
The Dickens scenes are stationed
along
Wheeling Avenue at each
antique lamppost and bench between 6th and 11th Streets. Wheeling Avenue is also
the historic National Road/Route 40 and features an outstanding streetscape of
original buildings from the 1800s.
The
Dickens
Victorian
Village vignettes are
comprised of life-sized and hand-made mannequins wearing real vintage clothing.
The faces for each character are individually sculpted and painted by local
artists. The displays include engaging depictions of classic Dickens-era scenes
and figures such as Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim, the town crier, groups of
carolers (that actually “sing” classic carols!), a bucket brigade, lamplighters,
school children, street peddlers, and Father Christmas, all posed in active
scenes that appear frozen in time.
Printout:
Dickens Victorian Village
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HOLIDAY LIGHTS! PARADE & FESTIVAL
(Admission is Free)
Approximately 40,000 people are expected to turn out for this event to see Santa
arrive by helicopter. The parade is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. Other
festivities include leisure walking through Olde Gahanna Historic District and
Creekside Park. In addition, there are plenty of children’s activities and a
holiday craft bazaar.
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 HOLIDAZZLE
ILLUMINATED PARADE & FESTIVAL
(Admission is Free)
There's magic in holiday lights and it's magic that the Hometown Holidazzle
Parade and Festival will hold on November 29, the Saturday after Thanksgiving,
in historic downtown Wilmington, in southwest Ohio. At the second annual event,
thousands of people will once again be delighted by thousands of lights,
hundreds of entertainers, and 120 entries in the illuminated parade, including
as many as seven marching bands. In fact, every parade entry will be lit up for
the holidays, so expect to be wowed, as creativity is the name of the game.
Music will play a big part in the festivities with MerryTuba Christmas
performing at the historic Murphy Theatre from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Following,
the local Community Band will perform. Both concerts are free.
Entertainment for the day includes a one-hour educational talk by the Cincinnati
Zoo entitled "Wildlife Comes To You" with several zoo animals on hand, beginning
at 2 pm at downtown business Get Fit. The Clinton County History Center will
feature a toy exhibit from 1 pm to 4 pm with over 100 classics such as dolls,
wind-up toys, parlor games, cast-iron toys, and wooden toys ranging in age from
the 1860's to 1960.
Other activities throughout the day include contests for the best dressed pet -
Holidoggie and Holikitty, an art show at the Clinton County Convention &
Visitors Bureau, featuring local artists in various art forms, and costumed
carolers on the streets of downtown. Street vendors will serve up delicious food
and specialty shopping will be plentiful in downtown venues. And what kind of
festival would it be without clowns for the kids!
The day's featured celebrity will be none other than Santa Claus who will arrive
in grand style aboard one of the illuminated floats. Photo ops with Santa will
also be available.
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SNOWFLAKE FESTIVAL
(Admission is Free)
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When: November 6 - 7, 2009
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Where: Mt. Gilead State Park in Central Ohio
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Phone: 419-946-1961 or 740-369-2761
Winter’s coming! So why not celebrate with a snowflake festival? Makes sense to
me. So what if it isn’t even Thanksgiving! The event features arts and crafts,
nature programs, and many other fun-filled family-oriented activities.
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ST. MARY'S WINTERFEST
(Admission is Free)
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When: November (Sunday evening after Thanksgiving) at 6:00 p.m.
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Location: Memorial Park in downtown St.
Mary's, Ohio (Southwest Ohio)
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Phone: 419-300-4611 or 1-800-392-4883
Kick-off
the holidays with a trip to this beautiful town decked out for Christmas. Don’t
miss the Live Nativity at the park's grotto beginning at 6:00 p.m. followed by
Santa’s arrival to start the holiday season off with kiddie excitement. Santa
visits with children from his house (which remains in the park throughout the
holiday season). The air is filled with warmth and tunes as groups gather to
sing while the community Christmas tree undergoes its annual lighting ceremony.
In addition, carriage rides are available throughout the evening as well as
plenty of holiday refreshments.
Printout:
St. Mary's Winterfest
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USAF BAND OF FLIGHT
VETERANS' DAY CONCERT
(Admission is free)
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When: November
6, 2009 from 7:30 -
9:00 pm.
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Location: National
Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio
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Phone:
937-255-3286
Join the U.S. Air
Force Band of Flight and the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force as they honor
veterans during the annual Veterans' Day Concert. Museum doors open at 6:30 p.m.
and performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. For more information,
please visit
www.nationalmuseum.af.mil.
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WINDOW WONDERLAND
(Admission is Free)
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When: November
20, 2009 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
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Location: downtown Wooster, Ohio
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Phone:
330-262-6222
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Web Site:
www.mainstreetwooster.org
 Reflections of the past
are seen in all the storefront glass in a town where everything old is new
again. Welcome to Wooster, Ohio’s wonderful Window Wonderland! The nostalgic evening transcends the historic northeast
Ohio town into Christmas scenes from yesteryear. It all begins with the lighting
of The Children’s Christmas Tree at 7:00 p.m. in Wooster’s public square amidst
character walk-around figures strolling the streets along with a petting zoo and
Herky the Clown. Hot cocoa fills the brisk evening air and is free along with
coffee and cookies at several locations. Once the sky is illuminated, Santa
arrives from the rooftops and comes down a firefighters’ ladder where he is met
by elves and is escorted to a gazebo where kids gather by to tell Santa what
they want for Christmas. The air fills with the sound of music from a children’s
choir, caroling in the streets and strolling musicians. A Mime marches along as
a toy soldier, horse and carriage rides add to the allure of the night warming
everyone up for the featured event – unveiling Window Wonderland.
The storied window displays are why so many
journey from so far to get the Wooster experience for their first day of holiday
shopping. After thirteen years, it is a growing tradition for thousands of
spirited people. The diverse cross section of downtown merchants provide more
shopping variety than any mall could in a much more authentic winter wonderland
where storefronts transcend into art, windows are decorated with animated
precision by Creegan Company in a winter or holiday scene. Creegan also designs
characters for Disney, Sea World, and Hershey’s Chocolate World to name a few.
The Window Wonderland in Wooster becomes a bit of a Midwest magic kingdom with
moving reindeer, Santa, elves, dogs, mice, Eskimos, Christmas trees and a world
of imaginative scenes. Until the unveiling, every storefront along every
streetscape is covered in secrecy. Bring a camera to capture the magnificent
sights as this event brings new meaning to window-shopping.
Printout:
Window Wonderland
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WINTER WONDERS
(Pre-registration is required)
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When: November date to be
determined
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Where: Nature Center at Caesar Creek State Park in Southwest Ohio
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Phone: 513-897-2437
If
you enjoy the brisk air, join this group activity and take a hike! Other fun
activities await as well, such as making your own pinecone bird feeder. Turn off
the TV and bring the kids out for fun and creativity.
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