EVENTS:
"Glittering Lights" New this year are a 60-foot Reindeer Hotel display, Santa’s Safari and Santa’s Monster Truck. Event organizers also have brought back the live nativity scene, which will take place on designated nights throughout December.
Tickets are $20 per vehicle and the show is open 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 5:30 to 10 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and holidays. A portion of the ticket sales go toward the Speedway Children’s Charities, a nonprofit that aids causes throughout the valley. Tickets can be purchased online at glitteringlightslasvegas.com, any Walgreens or at the entrance to the event.
Town Square Park hosts a show of artificial snowflakes falling at 7 p.m. nightly until Dec. 23, with a second show at 8 p.m. Friday-Sunday. For more information click here.
Neon Museum:
Starting Nov. 28, visitors who take the nighttime tour of the Museum’s Boneyard also will view a special, holiday-inspired palette of lights. Also on the Neon Museum’s holiday schedule is an ornament-making activity from 3 to 5 p.m. Dec. 13. Following that session, from 5 to 6 p.m., hot chocolate will be served and singers from Las Vegas Academy will perform in the Neon Boneyard’s outdoor events area. The event is free and open to the public.
Nighttime tours of the Neon Boneyard are $25 for general admission and $22 for seniors, students, active military and veterans, and Nevada residents with valid IDs. For more information click here.
Mystic Falls at Sam's Town casino and hotel is once again decorated for the holidays. The winter wonderland features holiday trees, festive lighting, snowfall, animatronics, laser lights and water features. There is also a 15-minute laser light show hourly during the holiday season from 5 to 10 p.m. Santa Claus will appear from 4 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and noon to 8:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. More info
Dec. 5-24
Downtown Grand Las Vegas and Downtown 3rd have created a winter wonderland named Jingle Bell Block on 3rd Street between Stewart and Ogden avenues. There is a Christmas tree lot, holiday beverages and festive food available for purchase, a free bounce house for kids, and handcrafted gifts for sale from the Downtown 3rd Farmers Market. Santa Claus will also be available for visits. The Christmas tree lot will be open 5 to 10 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and noon to 10 p.m. Sundays. Santa's Village will be open from 5 to 10 p.m. Fridays and noon to 10 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Open through Dec. 24. Admission and valet parking is free.
Sunset Park
1st annual Sunset Wonderland Holiday Festival
Dec. 6-21
4 p.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday
10 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekends
Sunset Wonderland will have activities every Friday, Saturday and Sunday including holiday music, children's games/activities, contests, horse rides, holiday carolers, live music and dance performances by local Las Vegas dance troupes and, of course, we can’t forget about photo opportunities with Santa. Additional craft and food vendor will be on site in our Wonderland Marketplace on the weekends as well. Ice-skating, Ferris Wheel, Tree purchases & the Holiday Wonderland of Tree Display will be available Monday thru Thursday from 4PM-10PM and weekends from 10AM - 9PM.The event is for all ages.
Price: Free to Sunset Wonderland, Ice Skating $8 per hour including skate rental
More info: Call (702) 455-8200
Opportunity Village’s Magical Forest
Opportunity Village
702-259-3741
November 27, 2014-January 4, 2015
Call or Check Site for Hours or to Purchase Tickets
The Springs Preserve will offer train rides with Santa Clause Dec. 22-24 at 11 a.m., noon, 1, 2 and 3 p.m.
Their most-popular kids-only tradition of the year -- their "Polar Express" Night -- will take place Dec. 20. Open to ages 5-12. Features a screening of the PG-rated holiday movie, museum discoveries, crafts, pizza, snacks and more.
The Springs Preserve will also offer holiday cooking oil recycling again this year from Nov. 28-Dec. 1 and Dec. 26-Jan. 15. In addition, they will offer Christmas tree recycling from Dec. 26-Jan. 15.
This long time local favorite proves that even here in the desert the spirit of Christmas abounds. Hundreds of cacti and other desert plants are adorned with nearly half a million LED. Open (and free) to the public from 5 PM - 10 PM nightly until January 1st. with visits from Santa through Dec. 23rd, this Henderson must see includes holiday performances and visits from Santa. Perfect for kids and grandparents and anyone in between, few Las Vegas traditions can compete. See the schedule of events.
To say Free and Crystal's in one sentence will make any Las Vegas resident chuckle. The shopping center known for such outrageously high end shops like Cartier, Gucci and Prada has earned a reputation as the king of upper echelon shopping. If you're arms are laden with bags from these shops you're a high roller.
It may come as a surprise then to see one of the best FREE holiday displays anywhere in Las Vegas. Hundreds of seasonal plants decorate the multi levels of this amazing shopping mall, including the rare and never before seen in the US white LED Christmas trees, draped in crystal as well as numerous massive traditional trees sent in from Oregon. Take the kids or the wife or the in laws to this soon to be perennial holiday favorite. Just try and keep your money in your wallet.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!
