Download - December2014
In this Issue
Holiday Lights 4
Christmas Tree Farms 5
Places to See Santa 6
Holiday Shows and Concerts 8
Holiday Arts & Crafts 12
Holiday Photo Sessions 13
More Holiday Events 14
More Family Events 16
Winter Break Camps 16
Ongoing Programs and Classes 17
At the Movies 17
Kids Eat Cheap/ Free Nights 18
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11/28—12/28—Christmas Express at Kirby Farm
12/5—12/31—Festival of Lights at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center
12/5—Cade Family Holiday Lights
12/5—Light the Village at Haile Village Center
12/5—Alachua Christmas Tree Lighting
12/5—Holiday Light Ceremony at NFRMC Duck Pond
12/6—12/24—Suwannee Lights at Suwannee Music Park
12/6—Holiday Tree Lighting at Thomas Center
Holiday lights
CHRISTMAS TREE FARMS Click HERE for details on all the farms listed below
12/6 & 12/7—Red Barn Tree Farm
Christmas Tree Village at Greathouse Butterfly Farm
BK Cedars in Alachua
Gibbs Tree Farm in Citra
Kandy Kane Christmas Treeland in Anthony
Neilson’s Tree Farm in Trenton
Ocala National Forest in Ocala
Parker’s Christmas Trees in Gainesville
Severt’s Christmas Tree Farm Lots in Gainesville
Unicorn Hill Farm
Places to see santa Click HERE for details on all the events listed below
11/8—12/24—Photos with Santa at the Oaks Mall
11/12—12/12—Operation Letters to Santa
11/22—1/4—Let’s Skate Ocala—Santa is present 12/7, 12/14, 12/21
11/28—12/23—Christmas Tree Village at Greathouse Butterfly Farm
11/28, 12/12, 12/19 Santa Visits Main Street Pie
11/28—12/28—Christmas Express at Kirby Farm (select dates)
11/30—12/20—Santa Visits at Tioga Town Center (Fri/Sat nights)
12/5—12/31—Festival of Lights at Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center
12/5—Light the Village at Haile Village Center
12/5—Alachua Christmas Tree Lighting
12/5—Holiday Light Ceremony at NFRMC Duck Pond
12/6—12/24—Suwannee Lights at Suwannee Music Park
12/6—Holiday Tree Lighting at Thomas Center
12/6- A Children’s Holiday at Santa Fe
12/6—Repurpose Project Relocation Celebration
12/6- Williston Christmas Parade
12/9-12/23—Walk to Bethlehem
12/10—Millhopper Library
12/11– The Santa Experience with Step 317 Photography
12/12—Sensitive Santa with Lamppost Therapy
12/13—Paint with Santa at Corks n Colors
12/13—Alachua Christmas Parade
12/13 Breakfast with Santa at Covenant Presbyterian
12/13—Christmas Jubilee Jam Concert
12/13– Haile Santa Dash
12/13—Hawthorne’s Annual Christmas Festival and Parade
12/13—High Springs Twilight Christmas Parade
12/13—Merry Melrose Christmas Parade
12/13– Operation Santa Delivery
12/14—Cookies with Santa at Bouncin’ Big Junior
12/16—High Springs Library
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events listed below
11/28—12/21 GCP presents GI Holiday Jukebox
11/28—12/21—The Hippodrome presents Winter Wonderettes
11/29—12/20- The Hippodrome presents A Christmas Carol
12/2 Light and Peace Concert at Holy Faith Church
12/4 Santa Fe College Holiday Choral Concert
12/5– 12/7 & 12/12-12/14—Gainesville Christmas Festival
12/6 A Children’s Holiday at Santa Fe
12/6 Danscompany presents Cinderella
12/6 Gainesville Youth Chorus Annual Holiday Concert
12/6 Great Southern Music Winter Recital at Cymplify
12/7 Gainesville Community Band Holiday Concert
12/7 Holiday Harp Music at Hawthorne Library
12/7 Sounds of the Season Concert
12/12—12/13 WPKY Radio Hour Extravaganza
12/13 Christmas Jubilee Jam Concert
12/13 Doxa Dance Company presents Sleeping Beauty
12/14 Alachua County Youth Orchestra Winter Concert
12/14 Stop Children’s Cancer Holiday Traditions Concert
12/16 Tioga Town Center Winter Holiday Concert
12/17 Trinity UMC Christmas Cantata
12/19—12/21 Dance Alive presents The Nutcracker
Holiday shows & concerts
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11/25—12/21 Hipp Holiday Art Market
12/1, 12/8 and 12/15 Thrifty Gifty Crafts for Teens at Millhopper Library
12/2 Decorate the Library Tree at Hawthorne Library
12/5 Artwalk Gainesville
12/6 Do Art Reindeer Kids Canvas Class
12/6 Home Depot—How to Build Holiday Yard Stakes
12/6 Kids Painting and Ornament Fun at Painting with a Twist
12/6 Michaels Kids Club Happy Elves
12/6 Repurpose Project Relocation Celebration
12/7 GLAM Holiday Craft Show
12/7 Holiday Wreaths at High Springs Library
12/7 Michael’s Gingerbread Cookie Event
12/7 Holiday Gift Bows at Tower Road Library
12/10 Christmas Ribbon Ornaments at Cone Park Library
12/11 Cookie Decorating for Teens at Hawthorne Library
12/11 Gingerbread House Teen Competition at High Springs Library
12/13 Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinic: Holiday Train Engine
12/13 Paint with Santa at Corks n Colors
12/13 Making Paper Snowflakes at Millhopper Library
12/13 Michael’s Cute Yarn Snowman on Canvas
12/14 Christmas Craft at Micanopy Library
12/15 Last Minute Holiday Crafts at Headquarters Library
12/17 Cold Clay Teen Holiday Ornaments at Tower Road Library
12/18 Holiday Craft with Mr. Gerald and the Reading Dogs at HQ Library
12/18 Gingerbread House Contest at Newberry Library
12/19 Holiday Cookie Decoration at Library Partnership
12/20 Ornament Making at Millhopper Library
12/20 Olaf Plate Kids and Family Class at Corks n Colors
12/21 Gingerbread House Workshop at Alachua Library
12/22 Make It Take It Holiday Crafts at Alachua Library
12/22 Teen Re-use Re-purpose Ornament Art at Tower Road Library
holiday arts & crafts
holiday photos Click HERE to for details on all the events listed below
11/8—12/24 Photos with Santa at the Oaks Mall
11/15—12/31 Photos with Poinsettias at the Butterfly Rainforest
12/5 UberBooth Holiday Photo Booth Portraits
12/6 - 12/7 Step 317 Photography Twas the Night Before Christmas
12/6 Santa Sessions at Johnston Photography
12/7 Sweet Serendipity Photography Santa Mini Sessions
12/11 Step 317 Santa Experience
12/20—12/21 Sugar Plum Tea
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11/22—1/4 Let’s Skate Ocala
12/3 Trinity UMC Family Advent Festival
12/4—12/6 Festival of Trees at Tioga Town Center
12/6—12/7 Polar Express Train Show at the Matheson History Museum
12/6 Kika Silva Planterium Let It Snow show
12/6 Tacky Sweater Holiday 5K
12/6 Williston Christmas Parade
12/6—12/7 Gainesville Community Nativity Festival
12/7 Haile Homestead Holidays
12/9—12/23 Walk to Bethlehem
12/11 Holiday Harn Museum Night
12/12 Haile Homestead Holidays by Candlelight
12/13 Christmas for Kids at Zion Lutheran Church
12/13 Alachua Christmas Parade
12/13 Hawthorne’s Annual Christmas Festival and Parade
12/13 High Springs Twilight Christmas Parade
12/13 Merry Melrose Parade
12/13 Operation Santa Delivery
12/13 Reindeer Run 5K
12/14 Cookies with Santa at Bouncin’ Big Junior Town Center
12/14 Live Nativity at Faith Presbyterian
12/17 The Nutcracker Mommy and Me Onstage
12/17 Trinity UMC Live Nativity
12/20 Newberry Christmas Parade
MoRE holiday events
More Family Events
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12/6 Dudley Farm Cane Day Festival
12/6 Youth Coed Basketball Free Throw Contest
12/6 NCAA Volleyball Tournament
12/13 Paynes Prairie Geocaching Event
12/13 Animals are Amazing
12/31 Fire and Ice
Winter break camps
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City of Gainesville—12/22-12/24 | 12/29-12/31, 1/2
Florida Fencing Academy— 12/22-24, 12/26, 12.29-12/31
French, Fun, Food, and Foreign Languages 12/22, 12/23, 12/29, 12/30
Gatorball Baseball Academy 12/22 and 12/23
Girls Place 12/22, 12/23, 12/29-12/31
Madonna’s Equestrian Academy 12/22, 12/23, 12. 26 and 12/29-12/31
O2BKids 12/22, 12/23, 12/29 and 12/30
Skate Station Funworks 12/22-12/24, 12/26, 12.29, 12/30 and 1/2
Sun Country Sports Center 12/22,12/23, 12/26, 12/29, 12/30 and 1/2
UF Lacrosse Winter Camp 12/28 – 12/30
YMCA Winter Break Camp 12/22,12/23, 12/26, 12/29, 12/30 and 1/2
On-Going Programs & Classes Click HERE to open the calendar to find out details on all
the ongoing programs listed below
Mondays
Art in the Park
Gainesville Homeschoolers Park Day
Wild Iris Game Night
Skate Station Christian Night (1st)
Tuesdays
Sun Country Stay and Play
O2BKids Morning Magic
Chick fil-A Family Night
Greathouse Farm Toddlerific Tuesdays
Tot Time at the Harn (4th)
Wednesdays
O2BKids Morning Magic
Barnyard Buddies
Play Therapy (4th)
Thursdays
O2BKids Morning Magic
Skate Station Tiny Tot Playdate (1st & 3rd)
Museum Nights (2nd)
Mom’s Group (2nd)
Museum Nights (2nd)
Mom’s Group (2nd)
CLASSES: These businesses also offer kids classes
and programs. Schedules are on the calendar.
Alachua County Public Libraries
Cade Museum Creativity Lab
Corks n Colors
Do Art Pottery and Art Studio
Painting with a Twist
Fridays
Independance Studio Parent & Child Dance Class
O2BKids Parents Night Out
Sun Country Stay and Play
Sun Country Gym Jam
Sun Country Family Night (2nd)
Movies on the Square (2nd)
Sun Country Parents Night Out (4th)
Frogs and Friends (1st)
Tot Time at the Harn (1st)
Saturdays
Corks n Colors Glass Fusion Day
Haile Homestead Tour
Kika Silva Pla Planetarium Kids Matinee
Michael’s Kids Club
Mill Creek Retirement Horses Visit
O2BKids Morning Magic
Home Depot Kids Workshops (1st)
Living History Days (1st)
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens Tour (1st)
Lowes Build and Grown Clinic (2nd)
Hogtown Reptile Kids Program (2nd)
Family Fishing Day (2nd)
Dudley Kids (2nd)
Sundays
Family Fun Shoot
At the Movies Free Movies at the Library
Every Wednesday 3PM / Newberry
December 4th 3PM— High Springs
December 11th 3:30PM—Tower Rd.
December 14th 2PM—Alachua
December 21st & 28th 2PM Micanopy
December 29th—31st 2PM Alachua
Now Showing at
Regal Cinemas and
Gator Cinemas
PG13
The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1
Interstellar
Dumn and Dumber To
Maze Runner
Guardians of the Galaxy
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods
PG
Penguins of Madagascar
Big Hero 6
Alexander and Terrible, Horrible, No Good,
Very Bad Day
The Boxtrolls
Dolphin Tale 2
Annie
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Movies on the Lawn December 6th Gainesville CoHousing
presents Frozen
December 19th—Haile Village Center
Presents The Polar Express
Kids Eat Free Nights
Mondays
Ballyhoo GRill
Bono’s Pit Bar-B-Q
David's Real Pit BBQ
New Deal Café
Newberry’s Backyard BBQ
Northwest Grille
Tuesdays
Applebee’s
Beef O'Brady's Archer Road
Copper Monkey West
Gainesville Ale House
Gator’s Dockside
I Love NY Pizza in Haile
Limerock Road
Splitz
Texas Roadhouse
Wednesdays
Adam’s Rib Co.
Bento Café
Blue Highway Pizzeria
Firehouse Subs
Haile Village Bistro
Mi Apa
Zaxby’s
Thursdays
N/A
Fridays
N/A
Saturdays
Steak and Shake
Sundays
Blue Agave
Café C Brunch
Steak and Shake
Stevi B’s
Every Day
Crispers
IHOP
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Eat Free page for details on
all listings above