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Weekend Planner: Holiday Night Walk, Christmas Carole Crawl, Train Exhibits and More

Weekend Events in the Fredericksburg area Dec. 14 - 16, 2012

Christmas Train Exhibit Jingle Bell Carriage Rides Friday Night Wine Tasting A Christmas Carol Railroad Museum and Train Rides 26th Annual Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibit Open House - Dance Trance Antonio Freeman Autograph Signing Visit With Santa at Ferry Farm Holiday Night Walk Civil War Santa at Chatham Manor Service of Lessons and Carols 2nd Annual Ugly Christmas Carole Crawl Sunday Night Bingo Sunday Trivia Arts Beading Class at Artful Dimensions Gallery, Learn how to make a cuff bracelet using beads, buttons and other objects. Friday, Dec. 14, 9:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 15, 9:30 a.m., $60. December “Art Attack” at Liberty Town. Friday, Dec. 14, Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 16, 12 - 4 p.m., FREE Picturing …

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Susan Larson

9:24 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012

Fredericksburg Ballet Centre presents the 'Nutcracker' Saturday, December 15 @ 2:00 & 7:30, Sunday, December 16 @ 2:00 at James Monroe High School. More information here: http://www.fredericksburgballet.com/   more ›

AAA: 2.7 Million Virginians Traveling this Holiday

The 11-day holiday window affords many the time to travel.

Over the river and through the woods, AAA expects 2.7 million Virginians will be traveling over 50 miles to grandmother’s house or elsewhere this holiday. AAA said that’s a one percent increase to those who traveled through the holidays last year and the highest travel volume in the past decade. “The 11-day year-end holiday period is the longest holiday travel season of the year, affording many more Americans time to visit family or take vacations,” said a press release from AAA Mid-Atlantic of the holiday period from Dec. 23 to Jan. 2, 2012. “The number of Virginians traveling during the year-end holidays has steadily increased since 2008, leading up to the highest number of projected travelers in the Commonwealth over the past ten years …

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