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Credit: Georgetown Business Improvement District
SKATING RINKS
• Twirl around the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden’s rink,
November – March. Warm up inside the Pavilion Café.
• Rent skates at riverside rinks at The Wharf, Georgetown and
Capitol Riverfront.
• Iceless skating rinks return to the courtyard at the Fairmont
Washington, D.C. Georgetown and atop the Watergate Hotel.
HOLIDAY LIGHTS
• Tour America’s historic train stations in miniature at Seasons
Greenings: All Aboard! at the U.S. Botanic Gardens,
November 22 – January 2, 2019. FREE
• Smithsonian National Zoo dazzles with more than 500,000 LED
lights, snowless tubing and more at ZooLights, 5 – 9 p.m.
November 23 – January 1, 2019 (closed Dec. 24, 25, 31). FREE
• George Washington’s Mount Vernon celebrates with Colonial
dancing, chocolate-making and caroling, November 23 – December 31.
Candlelit tours run November 23, 24, 30; December 1, 7, 8, 16.
• The District’s Holiday Boat Parade welcomes Santa to The Wharf
with lighted boats and fireworks, 6 – 9 p.m., December 1. FREE
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• Holiday in the Park thrills Six Flags America with lights, rides and
s’mores: November 23 – 25, December 1 – 2, 8 – 9, 15 – 16, 21 – 23, 26 – 31.
• Lit in early December, National Christmas tree in President’s Park
on the Ellipse will be attended by 56 decorated state and territory
trees, Santa’s Workshop and nighty musical performances through
December 31. FREE
• The National Menorah will be lit on the Ellipse throughout
Hanukah. On December 2 at 4 p.m., American Friends of Lubavitch
celebrate with Dreidelman and donuts. FREE
SHOPPING
• The Downtown Holiday Market runs November 23 – December 23 in
Penn Quarter. Source more local gifts at Shop Made in D.C. in Dupont;
Union Market in NoMa; Brookland Exchange at Monroe Street
Market and Steadfast Supply in Capitol Riverfront.
• CityCenterDC dresses up with two monumental reindeer,
an overhead installation in Palmer Alley and holiday tree lit on
November 24.
• Georgetown GLOW, an outdoor light art exhibition, illuminates
the historic district 5 – 10 p.m., December 1 – January 6, 2019.