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HOLIDAY ART WORKSHOP December 7, 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. On December 7, the Prattville Creative Arts Center and Gallery will be open during normal gallery hours with a drop-in Christmas Card Printmaking craft for kids. Pop in any time between 10 am and 1:30 pm and create a collagraph printmaking plate and “print” onto Christmas cards to give to friends and family. For more in- formation, contact the Cultural Arts Office at (334) 595-0850. FREE. CHRISTMAS CONCERT December 13, 7 p.m. On December 13 enjoy a Christmas Concert featuring the Com- munity Chorus and the Prattville Pops. This annual concert will delight the entire family with Christmas songs from films and Broadway and sing-a-longs. The concert will be held at Doster Community Center on South Northington in Prattville. For more information, contact the Special Events Office at (334) 595-0850. FREE. A MAIN STREET CHRISTMAS December 17, 5 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy the lights and decorations, visit with Santa, and have fun while you shop Downtown Prattville for gifts for all the special people on your Christmas list. There will be caroling, children’s projects, hot chocolate, and more. Participate in the Chamber of Commerce Love What’s Local Basket for prizes when you shop downtown. Bring your family and friends and stroll through the lights of downtown and enjoy the dancing lights on the spillway and the 30’ Christmas Tree. For more information, call the Special Events Office at (334) 595-0850 or visit www.prattvilleal.gov . FREE. OPELIKA’S VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS Opelika’s Very Merry Christmas will include Christmas lights, pole wraps, wreaths, oversized ornament settabouts and gigantic lighted reindeer. The downtown Christmas Tree will be adorned with beautiful ornaments. A full listing of all Opelika Holiday Events follows: SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY - November 30 • CHRISTMAS IN CAMELOT • Month of December, 4:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. DECORATIONS SWAP • December 2, 5 - 7 p.m. OHS/OMS CHRISTMAS BAND CONCERT • December 3, 6:30 p.m. SNO-PELIKA - Official Kickoff and Tree Lighting • December 4,. 5 - 8 p.m. OPELIKA CHRISTMAS PARADE • December 7, 10 a.m. - Rain Date December 8, 3 p.m. OHS/OMS CHRISTMAS CHORAL CONCERT • December 12, 6:30 p.m. CHRISTMAS IN A RAILROAD TOWN • December 13, 5 - 8 p.m. REINDEER EXPRESS • December 13 - 15 5 - 8 p.m. VICTORIAN FRONT PORCH DRIVING TOUR • December 11 -15, 5 - 10 p.m. VICTORIAN FRONT PORCH BIKE TOUR • December 12, 6 p.m. COLLINWOOD LUMINARIES • December 13, 5 - 9 p.m. VICTORIAN FRONT PORCH WALKING TOUR • December 14, 6 - 9:30 p.m. VICTORIAN FRONT PORCH • HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE RIDES December 15, 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. FA-LA-LA FESTIVAL • December 21, 10 a.m. - Noon CHRISTMAS MOVIE MARATHON • December 23, 10 a.m. – Close For more details on each event, please visit www.OpelikaChrist- mas.com . WETUMPKA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE A DOWNTOWN DICKENS CHRISTMAS December 6 and 7, 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Join the Wetumpka Chamber, Main Street Wetumpka and the City of Wetumpka for a two-night community event as we celebrate the annual Christmas tree lighting and enjoy a Victorian Christmas in historic downtown Wetumpka! You'll be transported back to scenes from "A Christmas Carol" with period carolers, Father Christmas on site for photos, authentic vendors, decorated down- town businesses, our annual snow in The Alleyway, as well as a Christmas Tree Walk around our whimsical historic business dis- trict. n 66 AL/ Metro 360 www.almetro360.com