Fun Things to Do with the Kids in CT This Weekend: Vienna Boys' Choir, Reindeers, North Pole Express 12/17-12/18

12/14/11 - By Mary Beth Lawlor

This particular weekend right before Christmas is always inevitably a busy one. I still have a few (okay, more than a few) presents to check off the list, meal preparations to make, decorations to be hung, preparations for house guests....oh and then the wrapping and hiding and the cookie baking and updating our holiday music playlist. Sigh...The list goes on for so many of us moms! The end goal for me is to stay calm with a smile on my face while creating happy memories for the kids. The trick is to break the work up with some fun activities. There are a few places to get that photo with Santa, see the Nutcracker, or even have the kids make a holiday craft. This week we covered places to visit with Santa in Hartford and Fairfield Counties. This weekend in particular the Vienna Boys Choir Holiday Concert is at the Bushnell. There is also a Chanuka Fever Concert in West Hartford. If, like me, you'd like to take a break and go out to dinner a night or two, check out our listing of great restaurant options in Litchfield County. Some schools finish up this Friday and some not until next. For those in Fairfield County we've rounded up fun activities for the kids over the holiday break. We love our Facebook and twitter friends and will be doing some give aways next week so please sign up to like us. Take a deep breathe and dive in. Make the most of this Merry Holiday season!

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ALL WEEKEND

North Pole Express Train Ride
Essex Steam Train

Christmas By the Sea
Mystic Seaport

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Downtown Cabaret Children's Theater
Downtown Cabaret Children's Theater

Ride a Vintage Train to Santa's Toyland!

Danbury Railway Museum

The Nutcracker
The Ridgefield Plahouse

Visions of Gingerbread III: The Sweetest Architects
The Stamford Museum and Nature Center

Greenwich Reindeer Festival
McArdle’s Florist & Garden Center

The Nutcracker
Palace Theater

The Nutcracker
The Ridgefield Playhouse

Tunnel of Lights Holiday Trolley Ride

Connecticut Trolley Museum

SATURDAY 17th

Make a Holiday Craft
Kent Memorial Library

Public Skate
Danbury Ice Arena

Chanuka Fever Concert

 Mandell JCC

Vienna Boys Choir Holiday Concert

The Bushnell Center for Performing Arts

SUNDAY 18th

Holiday on the New Milford Green
New Milford Green