Breakfast with Santa & The Grinch
Meet Santa and his grinchy helper for breakfast. $23.95 per person, reservations required.
Location: Adventure Park USA, 11113 W. Baldwin Road, Monrovia
A celebration of local businesses. Free admission.
Location: Catoctin Breeze Vineyard, 15010 Roddy Road, Thurmont
Light Up Frederick Holiday Decorations Tour and Contest
This socially distant tour allows participants to admire each participating home from the sidewalk or their vehicle. Homes will be decorated Dec. 5-12 from 5 to 9 p.m. each evening. Tickets by donation.
Time: 5 to 9 p.m. through Jan. 1
Location: Downtown Frederick
Emmitsburg Community Chorus Concert
Under the direction of Peggy Flickinger, the 18-voice group includes members from Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. They are accompanied by pianist Lisa Mattia. The concert features several classic holiday favorites. Free.
Location: Creagerstown Union Chapel, Blacks Mill Road, Thurmont
Emmitsburg Community Chorus Concert
Under the direction of Peggy Flickinger, the 18-voice group includes members from Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia. They are accompanied by pianist Lisa Mattia. The concert features several classic holiday favorites. Free.
Location: Homewood at Crumland Farms, 7407 Willow Road, Frederick
Holiday music by Amy Coldren, flute; Meghan Michaels, handbells; Ashley Simms, trombone; and Lisa Allen, piano. Free.
Location: Frederick Presbyertian Church, 115 W. Second St., Frederick
Candlelight Tour of Historic Houses of Worship
Virtual event continues through Dec. 27. This tour celebrates Frederick’s tradition of religious diversity, local history, and the holiday season. This is a free virtual presentation and is a great opportunity to peek inside some of its most beautiful buildings.
Christmas and holiday trains running, a sale table for those who would like to purchase a little something extra for their own train collection, raffles and more. Also open Dec. 18 and 22. Free admission.
Location: 21 E. Main St., Thurmont
United Steam Fire Engine Co. #3 Santa Run
Riding through neighborhoods with Santa on board the fire engine. Dec. 15: Prospect Hall Apartments, Jefferson Place, Jefferson Technology Park, Robin Meadows neighborhoods. Dec. 16: Farmbrook and Kingsbrook. Visit Facebook page for updates.
Location: Select Frederick area neighborhoods
Advance registration required for this family event. Register to reserve a fire pit for your family. $22 per family.
Location: Rose Hill Manor Park, 1611 N. Market St., Frederick
Irish Christmas in America
Produced by Sligo fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada, the hugely popular Irish Christmas in America show features top Irish music, song and dance in an engaging performance rich in humor and boundless energy. $35.
Location: New Spire Arts Stages, 15 W. Patrick St., Frederick
Join Mary and Joseph on their journey to Bethlehem as they search for shelter. A guide will lead you and your family throughout the grounds of the Seton Shrine where you hear and see how many in our day reject the coming Christ. Also on Dec. 18. $6 per person.
Time: 5 to 8:30 p.m., new walk every 15 minutes
Location: National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, 339 S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg
Dinner 6 p.m., show at 8 p.m. As college freshman Izzy is planning a fun-filled holiday vacation with her friends, plans become upended at the last minute. With no where to go, she heads to her favorite aunt’s to spend Christmas. Little does she know, her aunt always volunteers at St. Paul’s on Christmas Eve. Tagging along, very begrudgingly, Izzy meets all the colorful characters working at the food kitchen, helping to spread a little holiday cheer to the less fortunate in the neighborhood. See website for ticket prices.
Location: Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre, 5 Willowdale Drive, Frederick
Festival of Lights, sponsored by Friends Meeting School
Holiday greetings, carols and inspirational message. Free.
Location: City Hall courtyard, 101 N. Court St., Frederick
Christmas Bluegrass Concert
First Fruits, a bluegrass gospel band, will be playing for a Christmas-themed evening Coffeehouse. Coffee, sodas, snacks will be available for purchase. Freewill offering.
Location: Morgan Chapel UMC, 6750 Woodbine Road, Woodbine
A live theatrical play. Experience the beloved holiday story with a message that never grows old. Also 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18, 2 p.m. Dec. 18 and 19. $24, $20 for ages 62+, $12 students and kids.
Location: Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick
“A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration!”
Presents the personal stories and struggles of historical characters including Mary Todd Lincoln, free Black Americans and Walt Whitman among them. Pay-what-you-can admission. Also Dec. 18, 20, 21, 22 and 23.
Location: New Spire Arts, 15 W. Patrick St., Frederick
“No Virginia: A Grown-Up Holiday Farce”
For mature audiences. Tiffany hopes she can get a Santa to come to the Christmas party she’s throwing for her daughter, all the while juggling a meddling mother, an irritating ex-husband, an ardent ex-boyfriend, and a potential blizzard! Proof of vaccination, masking required. Also Dec. 24.
Location: MET, 31 W. Patrick St., Frederick
“Twas the Night Before Christmas”
Way Off Broadway’s original stage adaptation. In this telling, a little boy named Tyler learns all about the magic of Christmas from none other than Santa Claus himself. 11:30 a.m. lunch, show at 12:30 p.m. $21 person.
Location: Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre, 5 Willowdale Drive, Frederick
Free admission. Parking and entry is on the lower side of the fire station. Donations welcome. Also open Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.
Location: Mount Airy Volunteer Fire Co., 702 N. Main St., Mount Airy
Holidays in Fredericktowne
Frederick is known as a town of places of worship, why else would we be called “the Clustered Spires”? So which one was first? How did the earliest German Fredericktonians celebrate Christmas, or Hanukkah? How did the African American community celebrate Kwanzaa? Take a guided walk and find out. Free.
Location: Heritage Frederick, 24 E. Church St., Frederick
A German Christmas Service
Includes the story of the Nativity and “Stille Nacht,” as well as a brass choir. Free.
Location: Calvary Lutheran Church, 16151 Old Frederick Road, Mount Airy
Bike Doctor Holiday Lights Ride
With Bike Doctor Frederick. Approximately 4-mile ride through Frederick. Prize for Best Dressed Bicycle. Riders are to donate a gift card to CVS, Walgreens, Target or Walmart to be used by Heartly House to help victims of domestic abuse.
Location: Meet at the bandshell in Baker Park
Holiday Homecoming With the Frederick Symphony Orchestra
Seasonal music by Delius, Prokofiev, Herbert and Handel. There will be a performance by the Frederick Adventist Academy Handbell Choir, and FSO String Principals Alyssa Boxhill, H. Lee Brewster, and Andrew Nixon will be featured in Vivaldi’s Concerto for 3 Violins. showtix4u.com/event-details/58823 for tickets. $20 adults, $15 students.
Location: Frederick Seventh-day Adventist Church, 6437 Jefferson Pike, Frederick
MSO in Concert: “Home for the Holidays” Concert
Also 3 p.m. Dec. 19. In-person tickets are available for both performances. The Sunday performance will also be streamed on MSO Live! For more information, visit watch.marylandsymphony.org. $24 and up.
Location: Maryland Theatre, 21 S. Potomac St., Hagerstown
Audubon Christmas Bird Count
Count volunteers join teams that go out in the field and follow specified routes through a designated 15-mile diameter circle, counting every bird they see or hear all day. Experienced and novice birders are always welcome to join these teams. Novice volunteers will be teamed with those who have more experience. Bird count on Jan. 2 in the Inwood, W.Va., area. Pre-registration required with the Potomac Valley Audubon Society.
Location: In the Charles Town, W.Va., area
This fun-filled breakfast will include a visit from Santa. $8 per person.
Location: Nancy H. Dacek North Potomac Community Recreation Center, 13850 Travilah Road, Rockville
Frederick Children’s Chorus “Messiah” Sing-Along
A Frederick community holiday tradition since 1994, director Judith DuBose will conduct a forty voice chorus, twenty-piece orchestra, and four soloists through select choruses and arias of “Messiah” by G. F. Handel. The audience is invited to join the chorus for select numbers such as the “Hallelujah Chorus” and “For Unto Us a Child is Born.” Copies of the full vocal score will be for sale in the lobby. $30, $25 for ages 62+ and students.
Location: Weinberg Center for the Arts, 20 W. Patrick St., Frederick
Holiday music by Janice Jackson, soprano; Nancy Beith, piano. Free.
Location: Frederick Presbyertian Church, 115 W. Second St., Frederick
Middletown Valley Bank Krumpe’s Donut Drop 2022
In the square of Downtown Hagerstown, complete with fireworks and live music from DJ Sidekick, free coffee, donuts and hot chocolate.
Location: The Maryland Theatre, downtown Hagerstown
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