Things to do | December 2021

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Never miss a thing in King & Snohomish Counties! This month we’re super excited about these events starting today!

MONTH LONG EVENTS (December 1-31):
Reindeer & Santa, Cougar Mountain Zoo, Issaquah Reindeer Festival
Lights in Bellevue, Bellevue Botanical Garden, Garden d’Lights
Drive-through lights, Wild Waves, Christmas in Color
Lights at Tacoma Zoo, Tacoma, Zoolights Tacoma Point Defiance Zoo
Lights in Redmond, Redmond, Redmond Lights
Lights in Snohomish, Stanwood, The Lights of Christmas
Lights at Seattle Zoo, Phinney Ridge, WildLanterns
Hockey, Seattle Kraken, Climate Pledge Arena, multiple events
Football, Seattle Seahawks, Lumen Field, multiple events

DAILY EVENTS
Dec 1 Christmas Tree Display, Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Festival of Trees
Dec 1-5 Victorian Christmas Market, Puyallup, A Victorian Country Christmas
Dec 1-18 Gingerbread Houses, Auburn, Gingerbread Contest
Dec1-24 Bellevue Street Show, Bellevue Square, Snowflake Lane
Dec 2 Dog Holidays, Seattle, Pioneer Square Howlidays
Dec 2-5 Comicon, Seattle, Emerald City Comic Con
Dec 3-23 Christmas Ship Parade, Multiple Locations, Christmas Ship Festival
Dec 3-28 Nutcracker Ballet, Seattle Center, The Nutcracker
Dec 4-5 Craft Show, Seattle Center, Urban Craft Uprising Winter Show
Dec 4-5 Phinney Winter Festival, Phinney Ridge, Winter Festival & Crafts Fair
Dec 4-19 Bavarian Christmas, Leavenworth, Village of Lights
Dec 4-19 Brunch Cruise, Eastlake, Waterways Cruises
Dec 4-26 Winter at Seattle Center, Lower Queen Anne, Winterfest
Dec 5 Christmas Ball, Seattle, Night Before Christmas Ball
Dec 5 Pet Friendly Run/Walk, Renton, K9 Candy Cane 5K Fun Run and Walk
Dec 5-18 Celtic Christmas, multiple locations, Celtic Yuletide
Dec 5-23 Holiday Chorus, Benaroya Hall Seattle, Seattle Men’s Chorus
Dec 7-26 Christmas Play, ACT Theatre Seattle, A Christmas Carol
Dec 8-29 Racy Nutcracker, The Triple Door Seattle, Land of the Sweets
Dec 10 Boat Parade, Fremont, Christmas Ship Parade of Boats
Dec 10-12 Holiday Concert, Benaroya Hall Seattle, Holiday Pops with N’Kenge
Dec 10-23 Eastdise Nutcracker, Bellevue, Nutcracker
Dec 10-31 Holidays at the Fairgrounds, Puyallup, Holiday Magic
Dec 11 Jazzy Party in Ballard, Good Shepard Center, Cool Yule Holiday Party Concert
Dec 11 Jazz Music, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Boney James
Dec 11 Show, Historic Everett Theatre, Bee Gees Gold
Dec 12 Jingle Bell Run, Green Lake, 5K Jingle Bell Run
Dec 12 PAWA Holiday Paint-In, Artworks Edmonds, PAWA Holiday Paint-in and Pot Luck
Dec 13 Holiday Symphony, Federal Way, Holiday Spectacular
Dec 14 Music, Benaroya Hall Seattle, Mary Chapin Carpenter with Marc Cohn
Dec 15-19 Comedian, The Paramount Theatre Seattle, Jim Gaffigan
Dec 16 Bingo with a Twist, Growlerz Seattle, Columbia City Drag Bingo @Growlerz
Dec 17 Christmas Music in a Cathedral, First Hill St James Cathedral, A Service of Readings and Carols
Dec 17 Kirkland Wine Tasting, Kirkland, Kirkland Wine Walk
Dec 17-19 Handels’s Messiah, Benaroya Hall Seattle, Seattle Symphony
Dec 17-19 Indoor Market, Sand Point, Winter Solstice Night market
Dec 18 Ugly Sweater, Shoreline Stadium, Ugly Sweater 2021
Dec 18 Walk, Run or Ride, Gig Harbor, 360 Trails (bring flashlight or headlamp)
Dec 18 Holiday Run, Sand Point, Holiday Fun Run (5k, 10k, 15K)
Dec18-19 Christmas Movie, SIFF Cinema Uptown, White Christmas
Dec 21 WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION, Northwest Film Forum, Longest Night: Solstice Ceremony
Dec 20 Free Neighborhood Night, Tacoma, Tacoma Art Museum 5-8PM
Dec 24 CHRISTMAS EVE!
Dec 25 Fun Run, Des Moines, Des Moines Beach Park Event Center
Dec 25 CHRISTMAS DAY!
Dec 31 Comedian, McCaw Hall Seattle, Patton Oswalt Live: Who’s Ready to Laugh?

NEW YEARS EVE EVENTS
Anime Party, New Year’s Eve Anime Masquerade, Seattle
New Year’s at W Hotel, Rendezvous 2022, Seattle
New Year’s Eve In a Cathedral at St James, New Year’s Eve Gala Concert
New Year’s Fireworks, The Space Needle
Giant New Year’s Party, Museum of Pop Culture, Indulgence
New Year’s Atop Smith Tower, New Year’s Eve at Smith Tower
Roaring 20’s New Year’s Party in Pioneer Square, Gatsby’s Penthouse
Alien New Year’s, Pioneer Square, Abduction 2021: New Year’s Invasion
New Year’s Eve Movie, SIFF Cinema Uptown, Moulin Rouge! New Year’s Eve Sing-along
New Year’s Cruise, Lake Unions Charters, New Year’s Eve 2022 Fireworks Boat Party
1980’s New Year, Nectar Lounge, 80’s & 90’s Throwback NYE Party
Black Tie New Year’s Eve, Ascend Prime Steak & Sushi, Bubbles & Bow Ties New Year’s Eve

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Nina Bjornstal

I work with residents in Snohomish and King County who want to get weekly information about the best restaurants, coffee shops, shopping, events, outdoor activities and real estate in and around Snohomish and King County, Washington.