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Old 11-21-2007, 06:36 AM
 
Location: The 12th State
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Things to do in Charlotte Metrolina area and in the state of North Carolina for Christmas and the holidays.

Christmas Parades or Tree Lighting



November 25th Lincolton
Christmas Parade City of Lincolnton

December 1st Lake Norman Cornelius
25th Annual North Meck Christmas Parade

December 1st Monroe
Union County Christmas Tree Lighting and Parade (broken link)

December 4th Belmont
Christmas Parade

EVENTS

December 19th-20 Oven Auditorium Holiday Wonders
uses the expression of Chinese classical dance, showcases the true traditional Chinese culture without any Communist Party Culture. Holiday Wonders | Best Chinese Shows - Charlotte


December Latta Plantation Old Fashion Christmas
December 5, 2007 (12-4pm) Homeschool Christmas A Victorian Christmas celebration for homeschoolers and their families, including house tours, Christmas cooking in the kitchen, crafts, a special visit from St. Nick and more! Admission is $5 per person, ages 4 and under are free.
December 8, 2007 (6-9pm) Candlelight Christmas Step back in time to a 19th century Christmas as you are led through the plantation by lantern. This special walk will take you through the carriage barn, kitchen, plantation house, slave cabin, and more! Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (62+) and students, ages 5 and under are free. Historic Latta Plantation - An Early 19th Century Living History Farm

November 30th Holiday Gala featuring Jazz artist Najee
National recording artist Najee will perform at the first annual Charlotte Black Expo Gala on Friday, November 30, at Ovens Auditorium. The gala will also feature Charlotte's own Maria Howell. CharlotteCultureGuide.com: Holiday Gala with Jazz Artist Najee, Ovens Auditorium


December 1st Rock Hill Olde Santa Workshop Make your own heirloom Santa using bits and pieces of things you may already own.
CN2.com: Your Community Portal - Art and Cultural Events (http://www.cn2.com/content.php?channel_id=1076686135 - broken link)

December 3rd-11th Gastonia Sheile Museum
December 3rd all visitors can enjoy singing and dancing, get to meet father Christmas. On December 10th Join Bud the Bobcat in Seasonal tales and a WILD parade on the nature trail and decorate the wild tree. On December 11th Celebrate colonial times during Christmas and decorate with greenery, sing carols, English country dancing and attend candlelight services and bonfire. https://www.schielemuseum.org/index.php

December 7th Mint Museum Jingle Bell Ball 2007
The Jingle Bell Ball is an event that originated within the Single Adult Ministry @ Myers Park United Methodist Church thirteen years ago. At the heart of this event is the effort to help a worthy cause in Charlotte, the United Family Services’ Shelter for Battered Women.
New South Players band can do it all — Motown, Classic, Rock, Dance, and a little Beach music on the side. The New South Players perform the enduring classics and timeless melodies of the 60s and beyond with a reputation for style and musical talent. Inspired by many legendary Motown groups, they combine their superb choreography, funky beats and fantastic vocals into one great show. From The Temptations to Marvin Gaye to Kool & the Gang, from dance-ready numbers to slow moving grooves, the New South Players amaze & entertain their listeners with music that stands the test of time. Jingle Bell Ball 2007

December 23rd Historic Rosedale Plantation
Take a closer look at a traditional antebellum Scotch-Irish Christmas in North Carolina backcountry. Welcome to Historic Rosedale!

Holiday Performances

December 6th-9th Theatre Charlotte A Christmas Carol
An inventive retelling of the holiday classic! Theatre Charlotte (http://www.theatrecharlotte.org/christmas.htm - broken link)

December 7th-9th Ovens Auditorium The Singing Christmas Tree
Presented by Carolina Voices celebrate the splendor of Christmas through the eyes of children young and old! Carolina Voices

November 28th - December 9th Uptown A Tuna Christmas
It’s Christmas Eve and all comic hell breaks loose as the delightfully eccentric Tuna Texans cope with seasonal traumas, a disaster prone production of A Christmas Carol, a yard decorating contest being sabotaged by a mysterious Christmas phantom, and the arrival of Aliens from Outer Space! North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center - A Tuna Christmas

December 1st-2nd Uptown Its a Wonderful Life
This holiday season Charlotte can experience a beloved holiday story – with a twist. It’s a Wonderful Life North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center - It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

December 1st Uptown Home For The Holidays
Spend an evening with the Charlotte Chorale as they ring in the season with “Home For The Holidays”. This musical performance will be presented by a 30 member 4-part choir accompanied by an instrumental quartet. North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center - Home For The Holidays

December 2nd Uptown Kathy Mattea - Songs of the Season
Singing old favorites, new hits and glistening medleys, Kathy Mattea’s rich vocals are the right gift for the whole family this holiday season! North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center - Kathy Mattea

December 3rd Uptown Anuna: Celtic Origins
Part classical, part folk, part world and part Celtic North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center - ANUNA: Celtic Origins

December 7th-9th Uptown The Magic of Christmas
Charlotte Orchestra popular yuletide concert features caroling choirs, a rousing sing-along, and special guest performers. A musical gift for all ages North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center - THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS

December 12-15th A Rockabella Holiday
The unique pop musical quintet has taken the previously stodgy music genre of a cappella and brought it barreling into the 21st century, by blending soul, rock, R&B and jazz, as well as featuring a full-time mouth drummer North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center - A Rockapella Holiday

December 14th-23rd The Nutcracker
The stage will light up with over 100 dancers, including students from the School of N.C. Dance Theatre North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center - Nutcracker

December 18th-23rd A Mad, Mad Madrigal
An interactive Holiday musical that’s two parts Renaissance Festival, three parts Monty Python and all completely insane! North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center - A Mad, Mad Madrigal

December 19th Messiah
Orchestra peformance First performed in 1742, originally as a musical celebration of Easter, Messiah, with its stirring solos and choruses, has become a Christmas tradition. North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center - Messiah

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November 30th-December 26th McAdenville Christmas Town USA
Over 400 Christmas trees decorated with red, green and white lights in addition to 75 trees along the shore, a 28 foot Old Man Winter blowing snowflakes across the water, life size Nativity scene, and life size carolers that play music
Official Web Site

November 23rd-December 30th Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden Lights on the Garden-The garden features 140,000 lights and a gift shop; both are open very night till 9pm. On December 3, come enjoy a breakfast buffet with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Have fun making holiday crafts and picture taking on Santa's lap Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden : News & Events | Event Calendar

Holiday Season Uptown 4th Ward
Light displays abound the simple, historic streets and one feels as though they have gone back in time to a Victorian era. For those who appreciate beauty and history, as well as some of the best light displays in Charlotte Charlotte Center City Partners

North Carolina Christmas Tree facts:
  • North Carolina produces over 18% of the real Christmas trees in the United States.
  • North Carolina has over 1,500 Christmas Tree growers, with approximately 42 million trees growing on over 30,000 acres.
  • The North Carolina Christmas Tree industry in ranked second in the nation, behind Oregon.
  • North Carolina Fraser Fir has been judged the Nations Best through the National Christmas Tree Association and chosen for the White House ten times (more than any other species)....1971, 1973, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2005 2007
  • A beautiful Fraser fir from Laurel Springs, N.C. will be the official White House Christmas Tree this year. The Blue Room Christmas Tree will be officially presented to First Lady Laura Bush by Joe Freeman and Linda Jones of Mistletoe Meadows Christmas Tree Farm
  • 96% of the Christmas Trees produced in North Carolina are Fraser fir.
  • Ashe, Avery, Alleghany, Watauga, and Jackson counties produce 88% of North Carolina's Christmas trees.
  • It takes as long as 12 years to grow a tree to an average retail height of 6-7 ft.
  • The average 6-7 foot Fraser fir Christmas tree has been visited by the grower more than 100 times during it's life.
Choose and cut your own tree fresh out the NC tree farm forest
North Carolina Christmas Tree Association

24 Hour Christmas Music Radio Stations
New Life 91.9 - WRCM
Lite102.9 Charlotte NC
K104.7 FM Cool Songs - XMAS 2007 Final home 1

Feel free to post any holiday events or current photos that you may be aware of I will be adding more soon.

Last edited by SunnyKayak; 11-21-2007 at 10:53 PM..
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Old 11-21-2007, 07:32 AM
 
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You should sticky this!
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Old 11-21-2007, 11:30 AM
 
Location: Wesley Chapel/Weddington, Union County, NC
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Sorry tried to copy/paste the Waxhw Christmas info but it was way too BIG
So here's the link instead:
Waxhaw.com (http://waxhaw.com/nav.cfm?cat=18&subcat=86&subsub=0&action=detail&id =87&currday=08&currmonth=12&curryear=2007&backacti on=list - broken link)
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Old 11-21-2007, 09:12 PM
 
Location: Cornelius NC
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Thanks for this list Sunny. It will be a big help as we try to have a little holiday fun amongst unpacking hundreds of boxes after moving.
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Old 11-24-2007, 03:27 PM
 
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Don't forget McAdenville - the city of Christmas lights -
Official Web Site
If you have never been - it is AWESOME - starts 5:00 November 30 - thru - December 25th or so
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Old 11-24-2007, 05:23 PM
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Don't forget McAdenville - the city of Christmas lights -
Official Web Site
If you have never been - it is AWESOME - starts 5:00 November 30 - thru - December 25th or so
If you haven't seen this little town, it is a must see at least once in your life.
Wear clothes that will keep you warm and when you start into the town, open the windows of your car so you can take in the sights, sounds, smells, and atmosphere. We go the back way up Wilkinson Blvd., stay in the right lane, so as not to bother the other drivers. We come back home by I-85.
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Old 11-24-2007, 07:37 PM
 
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I hear there's an AWESOME "Tuna Christmas"
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Old 11-24-2007, 09:26 PM
 
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What is Tuna Christmas?
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Old 11-24-2007, 09:58 PM
 
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See link above

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Old 11-27-2007, 08:20 AM
 
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Spiritual Christmas List of church related holiday events.

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