THE NUTCRACKER
Pacific Northwest Ballet performs The Nutcracker by George Balanchine, with a live orchestra, magnificent sets and costumes, and a huge cast in McCaw Hall.
ISSAQUAH REINDEER FESTIVAL
Visit Cougar Mountain Zoo when it’s decorated like the North Pole to welcome Santa with his reindeer and sleigh during the Issaquah Reindeer Festival.
THE LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS
See a million lights, beautiful displays, and costumed characters as you drive your car through The Lights of Christmas.
CHRISTMAS SHIP PARADE OF BOATS
The 65 lit and decorated boats in Christmas Ship Parade of Boats sail from South Lake Union to the Fremont Bridge and back.
CELTIC YULETIDE
Celtic Yuletide offers Irish music, dance, storytelling, juggling, and songs performed by Magical Strings, with shows in Kent, Mount Vernon, and Leavenworth.
JINGLE BELL RUN
Wear a costume or tie on bells for the morning Jingle Bell Run 5K, 1 mile, or kids’ run at Green Lake Aqua Theater.
RENEGADE CRAFT FAIR
Renegade Craft Fair offers 180 craft vendors and some food trucks at Hangar 30 at Magnuson Park.
POPULAR ON NETFLIX/HULU/DISNEY+
HOLIDATE
Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other’s platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way. (Netflix)
ELF
When young Buddy falls into Santa’s gift sack on Christmas Eve, he’s transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa’s helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can’t shake the nagging feeling that he doesn’t belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic publisher. (Hulu)
ELEMENTAL
In a city where fire, water, land, & air residents live together, a fiery young woman & a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: How much they have in common. (Disney+)
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