There are so many fun holiday traditions and activities that each family has. Here are some fun activities that you might want to add to your list this holiday season. (Updated for 2015)
1.Eat Like a Pilgrim
2.Elf Scavenger Hunt at Gardner Village
From November 20 through December 24, make your way through the paths at Gardner Village enjoying the fun displays and participating in the Elf Scavenger Hunt.
3.Attend the Performance of “Savior of the World”
“Savior of the World” is a musical production about the Birth and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Performances run from November 20,2015- January 2,2016. Tickets are required for this event. Evening performances are $8.00 and the Matinee is $5.00.
4.Spanish Fork Festival of Lights
Starting Thanksgiving Night November 26,2015 through New Year’s Jan 1,2016 see the Festival of Lights in Spanish Fork. The cost is $7 per car. According to the website its recommended you listen to 99.9 FM for Holiday Music while you drive through the light displays.
5.See the Lights at Temple Square
The lights will be on from the day after Thanksgiving November 27 until New Years Eve December 31.
6.Take a Ride on the North Pole Express
From November 27- December 24 take a ride on the North Pole Express at the Heber Valley Railroad.
7.Holiday Lights at Thanksgiving Point
November 27- December 28 take a ride through holiday lights. Your ride can be a car, carriage or wagon. What will you choose?
8.Salem Pond Holiday Lights
November 27,2015- January 4,2016 starting at 5:30 each night; the lights will be shut off each night at 11 PM. There is no charge to see the lights on the pond.
9.The Forgotten Carols
The Forgotten Carols Christmas Performance by Michael McLean will be in Orem, Utah November 30; Ogden, Utah December 4; and Salt Lake City December 11,12 and 14-19.
10.Take A Christmas Cruise
December 1st through 23rd take a cruise down the Provo River be sure to use the $1 off Coupon you can find on clasropes.com.
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11.Festival of Trees
This year the festival of trees is celebrating 45 years. The event will run December 2-5,2015 The festival of trees is a great way to get in the holiday spirit and help Primary Children’s Hospital
12.A Swiss Christmas
December 4 and 5 from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm attend an “old fashioned” town party at Midways Historic Town Hall.
13.See the Living Nativity
See a recreation of the Nativity Scene in Alpine December 3,4,5 & 7.
14.Christkindlmarkt
Utah’s German Christmas market at This is the Place Heritage Park December 3-5 .
15.Zoolights at Hoggle Zoo
December 3- December 31,2015 each night there are family activities that are included in your admission price.
16.Visit the Angel Statue
In the book “The Christmas Box” an Angle Statue was introduced by Richard Paul Evans. Now this Monument is in Salt Lake. Each year on December 6 a candlelight healing ceremony is held around the monument.
17.First Presidency Christmas Devotional
The First Presidency Christmas Devotional will be Sunday December 6 this year. Tickets are sold out for this event but you can watch it online.
18.Breakfast with Santa
Have a yummy breakfast, play time and holiday crafts with Santa at Discovery Gateway. December 12 and 19.
20.Cemetery Lights
A tradition in Wallsburg, UT is to put candles on all the headstones on Christmas Eve.
Though not specific for Utah reading the novel “Christmas Jars” by Jason F. Wright will change the way you look at Christmas. This story is inspiring and a reminder of the true meaning of Christmas.
22.Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert
This year Laura Osnes and Martin Jarviswill be preforming at the Christmas concert.
Tickets for this concert are by random selection.
Tickets for this concert are by random selection.
23.Breakfast with Santa
24.Go Ice Skating
The Ice Skating Rink at the Gallivan Center Opened November 13,2015.
25. DecemberFest
December 19,2015 – January 3,2016 head to The Canyons for fun events and activities.
26.Cross Country Skiing
Great places to go Cross Country Skiing are Soldier Hollow, Solitude, Sundance, and Park City.
27.Go Tubing!
Soldier Hallow’s Tubing Hill is anticipated to be open December 18th.
28. Tour of the Mansion
See the Mansion in all its Holiday Splendor Tuesday and Thursday December 1-17 from 2pm-4pm.
29.Go Sledding
30. Christmas Eve Celebration
Traditional Torchlight Parade and Christmas Eve Celebration December 24 at Park City Mountain Resort.
31. Wasatch Symphony Holiday Concert
Sunday December 6 at 7pm
32.Visit the Peppermint Place
Visit The Peppermint Place for some fun holiday treats.
33. Hear Kurt Bestor
Live in Park city hear Kurt Bestor December 23,24 & 25
34.Have a Snowball Fight
35. Utah Valley Handbell Ringers Concert
To see when a public concert is held view the calendar.
36. Watch A Christmas Movie
37. See how Candy is Made
Visit the Peppermint Place in American Fork and see how candy is made.
38. Build a Snowman
39.Try a Pumpkin Spice Steamer (my favorite) at Kneaders
40.Red Butte Garden
14th Annual Holiday Open House December 5 and 6
41. Candy Cane Hunt
Kids ages 3-6 years old can hunt for Candy canes Monday December 14 at Draper Historic Park
42. Christmas In Nauvoo
Experience Christmas like they did in Nauvoo for FHE
43. Ice Fishing
44. Drive Suncrest Highway
See all the homes decorated with Christmas Lights
45. Go to a Jazz Game
Take the whole family or just send the guys and have a girls day.
46. Visit the Naturally Heated Crater
Its always fun to sit in hot water while its snowing outside
47. Go Caroling
48.Visit a Bookstore
Deseret Book and Barns and Noble are great place to spend sometime this Holiday season.
49.Build a Snow Cave
50.Volunteer at the Homeless Shelter
51. Dickens Christmas Festival
December 10-12 at the South Town Expo Center
52.Winter Lights Parade
The Annual Winter Lights Parade is November 27,2015 on Main Street in Spanish Fork from 7-8 pm.
54.Christmas Gift and Craft Show
November 27-28 at the Spanish Fork Fairgrounds 9am-7pm.
55. Snowmobiling
56.Utah County Christmas Expo
November 27 and 28 at the Utah Valley Convention Center in Provo.
57.Moonlight Madness Sale
Starting at 9pm November 27, 2015 at Traverse Mountain
58.Go Snowboarding
59.Santa Parade
November 28,2015 starting at 5pm there will be a parade from Lehi High School to the Main Street Plaza.
60.Visit Santa
November 28 Santa will be at Thanksgiving Point
61. Make Chocolates
62. Park Silly Holiday Bazaar
December 11-13,2015 at the Park City Marriott
63. Win a Gingerbread house
Win a Gingerbread house or a decorated Christmas tree at a silent auction. The proceeds go to the Wasatch County Children’s Justice Center.
64. See Santa on the Slopes at The Canyons
December 23 -25 Santa will be on the Slopes at The Canyons delivering candy and treats.
65. Mapleton Christmas Market
December 4-5 visit the family-friendly Mapleton Christmas Market. This Craft show has handmade items and kids can make a gift for $1 each.
66.Park City Holiday Spectacular and Sing Along
December 18-20 get inspired for the holidays with a holiday-inspired variety show and sing-a-long.
67. Visit Provo’s Weihnachts Market
Saturday December 5 from 4-8pm visit this traditional German celebration and enjoy the lights of Center Street.
68.Santa Comes Down the Town Lift
December 19 starting at 5pm there will be cookies, hot chocolate and after Santa arrives pictures with the happy man.
69. Santa Run
December 5 in Provo watch the video from the 2014 Santa Run.
70.Torchlight Parade
December 24,2015 is Park City’s 53rd Annual Torchlight Parade.
71. Do a Fun Run
November 8 draper is having its 6th annual Thanksgiving Crazy Course Fun Run. Prizes include a pair of Utah jazz tickets.
72. Shop for Sub-for-Santa
73. Attend A Christmas Carol
From December 5-24 attend the production A Christmas Carol at Hale Center Theatre
74. Time Out For Women
November 20-21 in Salt Lake City.
75.Turkey Bid Bowl
November 28 from 9AM to 3PM 3v3 Ultimate Tournament.
76. Music for the Christmas Season
December 19 Salt Lake Choral Artists will perform “Angels We Have Heard on High: Music for the Christmas Season“.
77.Hear an Organ Recital
Monday through Saturday at noon there is a 30 minute organ recital at the Tabernacle on Sundays it is at 2pm.
78. Eat from a Food Truck
Every Thursday from 11am-2pm on Gallivan Ave.
79. Hear the Bells on Temple Square
November 20-21 from 7:30-9 pm at the Tabernacle.
80. Listen to a Mormon Tabernacle Choir Rehearsal
Each Thursday from 7:30-9:30 the Choir has Rehearsals that are open to the public.
81.Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
December 26 and 27 at the Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City.
82. Disney On Ice
November 12,13 and 14 at Energy Solutions Arena.
83. Go to a BYU Basketball Game
84. Attend the Nutcracker 60th Anniversary
November 27-28 Ballet West The Nutcracker 60th Anniversary.
85. Messiah Sing-in
Join the Utah Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in singing Handel’s Messiah.
86. Stories for a Holiday Season
December 7 Storyteller Donald Davis will share Stories for a Holiday Season.
87.Candy Windows
December 4-31 Enjoy the Candy windows of the shops along Towne Center Drive in South Jordan.
88. Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
Attend Bugs Bunny at the Symphony 2 December 22 & 23
89. See Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical
November 20-22 at Capitol Theatre
90. See Macy’s Christmas Windows at City Creek
91. Visit Christmas Street
5400 South 3200 West, Salt Lake City. Neighbors arrange their decorations with stories written on placards
92. Lighting of Riverwoods 2015
November 20 from 6-9pm. Enjoy live music and entertainment, as well as free carriage rides, face painting and giveaways.
93. Write a Letter and Send it
The holidays are about giving gifts and thinking of others. Sending a letter is an awesome gift in this world of email and text.
94. Ride the Jingle Bus
The Jingle Bus is a free bus that runs from November 28 through December 28 from 5-10pm 7 days a week. The Bus circulates between The Gateway, Temple Square, City Creek Center, Gallivan Plaza and Capitol Theatre.
95. Take Family Pictures
96. Make a Trip Down South
Though not the tropics, with weather that tends to be in the 50’s and 60’s, St. George will feel warmer than northern Utah.
97. Trans-Siberian Orchestra
November 24,2015 at Energy Solutions Arena
98. Watch 2 Firework shows in 1 night
Hangout at the Provo Towne Centre Mall on New Years Eve, there will be activities and dances for everyone and 2 firework shows. on at 9pm and the other at midnight.
99.New Years at Canyons Village
December 31 enjoy new years eve at the Canyons Village. They will have family friendly activities including sleigh rides and a massive fireworks display.
100. Attend Five Carols for Christmas and JingleJacks
December 17-19,2015
101. Spend Time With Those Most Important To You!
