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Kickoff to Christmas

November 13, 2025

Join for an unforgettable evening filled with joy and festive spirit!

Celebrate the holiday season at their Kickoff to Christmas event! Enjoy a magical tree lighting ceremony by Mayor Bryan Bequette at Arbor Lodge Mansion with musical entertainment, unique shopping from local brands at Apple House Market, and a delicious dinner with drink specials at Timbers.

The Arbor Day Farm Trolley will depart from Lied Lodge shortly after 5 p.m. with a ceremonial tree lighting at Arbor Lodge Mansion at 5:30pm followed by shopping at Apple House Market, and back to Lied Lodge for live music in the lobby. Drinks, dinner, and dessert (cost associated) at Timbers and Library Lounge.

The event is free, and no prior reservations are required except for dinner at Timbers.

Tagged With: Christmas, Holidays, Tree Lighting

Omaha Holiday Market

November 13, 2025

Mercy Road from 67th St. to Aksarben Drive

The Holiday Market is FREE for everyone!

 

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Omaha Holiday Market

November 13, 2025

Mercy Road from 67th St. to Aksarben Drive

The Holiday Market is FREE for everyone!

 

Tagged With: Christmas, Holiday Market, Holidays, Santa

Frosty Nights Christmas Village & Lights

November 13, 2025

Frosty Nights, Christmas Village & Lights, offers the Omaha area a fully interactive Christmas experience, where friends and families can start a new holiday tradition.

Stretching across 80 acres, Falconwood Frosty Nights will have some serious wattage and shine bright with an infinite number of lights!

Tagged With: Christmas, Holiday Market, Holidays, Santa

The Grand Ol’ Christmas Show

November 13, 2025

Will Hearn’s The Grand Ol’ Christmas Show is a live, one-of-a-kind musical variety show. The production is set as a retro radio show, “broadcasting” Christmas classics and original sketch comedy antics live on Christmas Eve from the 1225 AM N-O-E-L Radio Studios. The cast features the best artists and entertainers in Texas, including Americana standout band Blue Water Highway, Dalton Flake, The Dirty River Jazz Band, and the NOEL Radio Orchestra and Gospel Singers! This raucous, rollicking, retro radio show features your all-time favorite Christmas classics like you’ve never heard them before and sketch comedy shenanigans that progressively and cleverly blur the lines between nostalgia and satire. Made for music and comedy lovers alike from Boomer to Millenial, the Grand Ol’ Christmas Show is an inspiring holiday tradition that gets better every year!

Tagged With: Christmas, Holidays

Grand Kyiv Ballet presents The Nutcracker

November 13, 2025

Join the Grand Kyiv ballet on an unforgettable journey into a world of dreams, magic and triumph over evil. The Grand Kyiv Ballet, including the most prestigious Ballet dancers from Ukraine, invites you to a heartwarming experience that has thrilled audiences on the world’s stages for years. In this enchanting tale, a young girl befriends a nutcracker that comes to life on Christmas Eve. Together, they embark on a fantastical journey to a magical kingdom filled with dancing sugar plum fairies, toy soldiers, and other whimsical characters. Through their adventures, she learns that love, imagination, and kindness can overcome adversity and create wonder in our lives. The Nutcracker was adapted into a ballet in 1892, by Pyotr Tchaikovsky with a libretto by Marius Petipa, and was based on the story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E. T. A. Hoffmann.

Tagged With: Christmas, Holidays

IWCC Musical Theater: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

November 13, 2025

The beloved television classic soars off the screen in this magical stage adaptation! Filled with favorite holiday hits like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “A Holly Jolly Christmas,” this family-friendly musical brings all your favorite characters to life—Santa and Mrs. Claus, Hermey the Elf, Bumble the Abominable Snow Monster, Clarice, Yukon Cornelius, and, of course, Rudolph!

Tagged With: Christmas, Holidays

Gingerbread House & Christmas Tree Display

November 12, 2025

Gather your friends and family for a delightful evening of Christmas spirit, vote for your favorite house and tree.  Enjoy vendors, pictures with Santa and the Grinch, activities, desserts, drinks and lots more!

Adults $2 Kids 14 and under FREE!

Tagged With: Christmas, Holidays, Santa, The Grinch

Zoolightful

November 12, 2025

There’s no place like the #1 Zoo in the Nation for the holidays. Zoolightful is an holiday experience at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium filled with larger-than-life lanterns, dazzling lights, and festive fun for everyone. Make it your new holiday tradition and create memories that will last a lifetime.
 
Experience a night like no other as Zoolightful comes alive with glowing color, festive flavors, and unforgettable moments shared with family and friends. Wander through pathways filled with light, laughter, and all new larger-than-life displays, then warm up with the tastes of the season and cozy spots that make every memory merry and bright. From the first sparkle to the last sip of cocoa, every moment at the Zoo shines with holiday magic.
 

Tagged With: Christmas, Holidays, Santa

Cookies with the Clauses

November 12, 2025

Join Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Zoo for Cookies with the Clauses, a fun-filled holiday experience! Enjoy cookie decorating, crafts, pictures with Santa and more.

Children 1 and under are free but must be included in your group count. Event attendees should meet at the Robert B. Daugherty Education Center. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Pre-registration is required. Space is limited, so reserve your spot today.

Saturday, December 20 – 9 a.m.-12 p.m. or 1-4 p.m.

Tagged With: Cookies with Santa, Holidays, Santa, Winter Break

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