The week before Christmas is a flurry of gift shopping, wrapping paper, guest room prep and cookie decorating! Throw some excited kids, a mischievous elf and Christmas service bell practice into the mix, and it gets a little chaotic. Go ahead and yell ‘SON OF A NUTCRACKER’ right now because we are here to make your to-do list a little longer. Yes. I said longer. But it’s going to be OK because these items will help you enjoy the season. Get out there and partake in these events, as many of them only come around once a year.
ARTS & CULTURE
COMMUNITY
- Smiles for Jake – Meat Raffle Fundraiser (Dec. 18)
OUTDOOR FUN, SPORTS & FITNESS
- Open Ski/Snowboard at Mount Ski Gull (Dec. 17-19)
- Santa Paws at Buster Park (Dec. 18)
- Full Moon Snowshoe Hike (Dec. 18)
SHOPPING
- Friends of the Brainerd Public Library Book Sale (Dec. 14-17)
- Kringle Market at The Crossing Arts Alliance (Dec. 17-18)
- Silent Night by Candlelight (Dec. 17)
FAMILY FRIENDLY
- Hometown Holidays – Santa’s Workshop (Dec. 18)
- Sertoma Winter Wonderland (Dec. 15-18)
- Kids Holiday Party at Jr’s Junction (Dec. 19)
MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS
- A Christmas Story – A Stage North Production (Dec. 17-19)
- RRXS – Rock & Roll Christmas – A CLCPAC Performance (Dec. 17)
- My Famous Friends at The Side Track (Dec. 18)
- Christmas Concert – King of Kings (Dec. 19)
- Sinatra and Company – That Holiday Feeling (Dec. 19)
HANDS ON ACTIVITY
- Ugly Sweater Contest at the Green Lantern (Dec. 17)
- DIY Candle Bar at Purple Fern Bath Co. (Dec. 17-19)
- Friday Night Meat Raffle at The Brainerd American Legion (Dec. 17)
- Friday Night Meat Raffle at The Woods (Dec. 17)
- Christmas Party at Jack Pine Brewery (Dec. 18)
- Make N’ Take Wintergreens Workshop at Landsburg Landscape Nursery (Dec. 18)
- Intro to Making Bath Bombs (Dec. 18)
- Stamped Sterling Silver Rings Workshop (Dec. 18)
- Peppermint Snowstorm DIY Soap Class at Purple Fern Bath Co. (Dec. 18)
- Ham BINGO at Jr’s Junction (Dec. 18)
- Tarot Readings at CatTale’s Books & Gifts (Dec. 18)
- BINGO at the Brainerd American Legion (Dec. 19)
For a full list of events, check out our online calendar at visitbrainerd.com.
