December Happenings

Christmas Lights Displays

Christmastown USA Lights Display in McAdenville has been drawing a crowd for more than 50 years!

Carolina Christmas at Charlotte Motor Speedway has 3 million lights over 4 miles of track.

Lights on the Square Tree Lighting in uptown

Christmas Wonderland of Lights at Zootastic Park of Lake Norman

2nd Annual Holiday Central in Plaza Midwood where Santa will arrive in a vintage red Cadillac!

Outdoor Activities

Ice Skating uptown

Sounds of the Season

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Magic of Christmas

Handel’s Messiah

The Singing Christmas Tree

Drummer Boy

Songs of the Seasons

Jim Brickman’s A Christmas Celebration

Not so Acoustic Christmas with CAKE 

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Seasonal Productions

Nutcracker

A Christmas Carol

CHAPS! A Jingle Jangle Christmas

Live from WVL Radio Theatre: It’s a Wonderful Life

A Tuna Christmas

The Birth

Happy Holidays by the Jami Masters School of Dance

Kid-friendly

Holiday Tea at the Ritz-Carlton (gingerbread house viewing until December 27th)

The Singing Christmas Tree for KIDS

Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells

The Velveteen Rabbit

Christmas at the Billy Graham Library

Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra  

Events outside Charlotte

A Huntersville Christmas

Arts at the Abbey: Annual Holiday Concert  Belmont Abbey, NC

Holiday Lights at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

Christmasville in Rock Hill

Christmas in Cramerton

Kannapolis Christmas

Waxhaw Christmas Parade

Fort Mill Christmas Parade

Polar Express  Bryson City, NC

Christmas at Biltmore Asheville, NC

National Gingerbread House Competition and Display Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC

Lights Before Christmas at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, Columbia, SC

Cookies and Cocoa with Santa Spencer, NC

Santa on the Chimney Chimney Rock, NC

Salem Christmas  Winston-Salem, NC

Tanglewood Festival of Lights Clemmons, NC

Scandinavian Christmas Fair Raleigh, NC

New Year’s Eve

First Night Charlotte

The Charlotte School of Law Library wishes you and yours a safe and happy holiday season!

~Jamie Sunnycalb~

What did you do this summer?

“For my wedding anniversary (July 15), my wife and I went to Harrah’s Casino in Cherokee, NC.  My wife is the gambler, not me.  She won $50 . . . then she lost $47.  The remaining $3?  We spent it at the Cherokee flea market!” – Anthony Aycock

Brian Trippodo is heading to San Francisco next week, and has promised updates upon his return.

“I visited the Biltmore mansion for the very first time over the July 4^th break.  All I can say is I loved the gardens and want to go back every season when they change the flowers” – Bobbie Studwell

“After watching Rounders, Ocean’s 11 and Casino Royale too many times, took a gamble this summer. I went to Las Vegas in July and the lesser known (but still gamble-tastic) Foxwoods in August. Needless to say since I didn’t win big but had a great time.”  - Tom Hemstock

“The best part about visiting new cities is getting to sample the local cuisine. My road trip to Savannah, Georgia this past June provided such an opportunity. I dined at Paul Deen’s restaurant, The Lady and Sons, and saddled up to the buffet to sample some of the Southern-style spread of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, greens, mac n’ cheese and tempting desserts. I could go on, but I’ll stop because I’m making myself hungry and it’s another hour until lunch time. Needless to say, my visit to Savannah was a real treat!” –  How I spent my summer vacation by Jamie Sunnycalb

“Over the summer I took a week off and my two sons Ian and Duncan ages 13 and 10. We had an adventure up into the Virginia Mountains spelunking the incredible caves of this area. The underground formations were fantastic. Seeing these majestic works of nature that took millions of years to form filled me with awe and help me put my own life in perspective.” – Kim Allman

“I spent the majority of my summer sitting in a study carrel in the back-right cold corner of the Local History Room in the Iredell Public Library.  Now I know you’re thinking ‘why would someone in their right mind want to do that?’  Well it is because I was studying for the NC Bar Exam.  And on July 28th and 29th, I put on my lucky socks and piled right on in Jim Graham Building at the NC State Fair Grounds with the 500+ other exam-takers.  Results TBD.”  – Liz McCurry