& Gift Guide Holiday Happenings December 7 Holiday @ the C&RC Activities FREE Music, crafts, treats, Santa & December 7 & 8 more, 11am - 2pm, Community & Christmas in the Village & Parades Recreation Center, Twp. Upper St. Clair Vendors, choirs, children's crafts • twpusc.org & activities, Saturday 2 - 9pm & Sunday 2 - 7pm, December 1, 7 - 8, 14 - 15 & 21 - 24 Old Economy Village, Ambridge Pictures with Santa • oldeconomyvillage.org Visit A Very Merry Pittsburgh Exhibit & December 7 Santa Claus, 11am - 2pm, Heinz History Holly Jolly Christmas Center • heinzhistorycenter.org/events in Latrobe Santa, children's activities, barrel December 6 - 8 train rides, live entertainment Holiday Express and Light-Up night & more, the first 300 children at December 8 FREE Polar Express Movie, train ride, Santa's Party in the Park (from Skate with Santa Santa Claus & more, Hopewell Township 10am - noon) will receive a gift He's making a list and checking Municipal Complex, Aliquippa bag! 10am - 3pm, Downtown it twice – on ice, Noon - 4pm, • hopewelltwp.com Latrobe • HollyJollyLatrobe.com South Park Ice Rink • alleghenycounty.us/special- events December 7 December 7 Elf: The Sleepover An Olde Town Christmas FREE Carolers, hayrides, Santa & more, December 8 See the holiday classic Elf in the Annual Christmas Festival Rangos Giant Cinema, carry out Noon - 5pm, South Broad Street, Grove City • visitmercercountypa.com FREE Live music & entertainment, 4pm, festive science experiments and Passavant Center at Thiel College, create a delicious hot chocolate December 7 Greenville • visitmercercountypa.com concoction. Sat., 6pm - Sun., Christmas on the Farm 9:30am, Carnegie Science Center Christmas trees, wreaths, crafts, live December 9 • carnegiesciencecenter.org entertainment & more, 11am - 5pm, Family Ornament & Card Night Freedom Farms Event Center, Valencia FREE Make and take home holiday • freedomfarmspa.com ornaments & make holiday cards to send our military friends, 6:30 - 7:15pm, Peters Twp. Public Library, McMurray December 7 • ptlibrary.org Pictures with Santa FREE Pictures, crafts, live music & more, continued on page 28 Noon - 3pm, Laughlin Memorial Library, Ambridge • visitbeavercounty.com Events with a box around them December 7 have an advertisement within the Christmas Bazaar publication. Live performances & more, benefits Chippewa Meals on Wheels 9am - 3pm, All events & costs are subject to Chippewa United Methodist Church, change. Please confirm before you go. Beaver Falls • visitbeavercounty.com 26 DECEMBER 2019 Holiday Happenings & Gift Guide PittsburghParent.com continued on page 32 Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum 32nd Annual Holiday Train Display Fridays and Weekends For more information visit us on... 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Public Library, McMurray Pajama Party version of Santa Claus familiar Peters Twp • (*PR) ptlibrary.org Jam out in your favorite winter in Pennsylvania Dutch country, PJ's, take a holiday photo, make Old Economy Village, Ambridge gifts, eat cookies and enjoy • (*PR preferred) storytime, 5 - 7pm Carnegie oldeconomyvillage.org December 21 Museum of Art • cmoa.org Santa Ski Day Ski & snowboard dressed in your Kris Kringle red & white, 3:30 - December 14 – Jingle Bell Run 9pm, Boyce Park Four Seasons Get your jingle on and support the Lodge • aalleghenycounty.us/ December 14 Arthritis Foundation, 7:30am, StageAE, special-events Creation Stations: Mrs. North Shore • (*PR) events.arthritis.org Claus is Checking it Twice FREE, Visit for Story Time read by Mrs. Claus, face painting & more, 11am - 2pm, Fifth Avenue Place • FifthAvenuePlacePA.com 28 DECEMBER 2019 Holiday Happenings & Gift Guide PittsburghParent.com SPARK IMAGINATION GIVE THE pittsburghkids.org/visit/shop/gift-cards or at participating GIFT OF PLAY Giant Eagle locations. 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The December 12 - 15 would-be elf is raised, unaware that he A Lyrical Christmas Carol is actually a human, S & S, Little Lake December 12 - 14, 7:30pm & December Theatre Company, Canonsburg 15, 2pm, New Hazlett Theater, • littlelake.org Pittsburgh • pittsburghmusicals.com December 13 - 15 December 6 - 29 Miracle on 34th Street The Nutcracker Live production, The Guthrie Theater, Presented by the Pittsburgh Ballet Grove City • visitmercercountypa.com Theater, Benedum Center • pbt.org December 14 &15 December 13 - 22 December 6 - 8 It's A USO Christmas The Nutcracker The Strand Theater, Zelienople North Pole Musical Presented