Claybrooke Farms: Cut down your own Christmas Tree! 45 minutes outside of Charlottesville. Pick from Canaan fir, Douglas fir, Norway sprice, and White pine. There is an indoor Christmas shop with handmade wreathes and crafts along with an indoor restroom. The tree price includes services such as shaking, wrapping and loading your tree and they offer hot cider. You ride out to the trees on a wagon. They provide a bow saw for harvesting your tree (no chainsaws allowed). Santa will be at the farm Sunday Dec 13th (bring your own camera). Hours: 1-5 Friday and 10-5 Saturdays and Sundays.
Bristol Motor Speedway: 2 million lights spaning a 4.5 mile route. Opens nightly at 6pm More information: 423-989-6900 There is also an Ice Rink
Oak Ridge Estate: Holiday Light Driving Tour, beginning Dec 20th, $5 per carload, $20 per bus load
Monticello Holiday Evening Tours: $45 per person, 5:45 pm daily between December 12-22nd. Online Tickets.
Lighting of the Lawn: Tuesday December 8th at the UVa lawn, 7:30-10 You tube video about the 2009 Lighting of the Lawn
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Holiday Craftacular
Support local Charlottesville designers at our annual Cville Craft Attack Holiday Craftacular! Get all your holiday cards, gifts and more! Pottery, Fine Jewelry, Photography, Cards, Handbags, Art, Calendars, Journals – all local & all designed right here in Cville! In the spirit of the giving season, each designer with donate a percentage of sales to a charity of their choice.
Friday, December 11th from 4-8PM and
Saturday, December 12th from 10AM-5PM
@OpenSpace, the new building next to ACAC downtown (455 Second Street, SE, Suite 100)