Top Ten New Jersey Events for December 2nd – 4th, 2016
Here are my Top Ten New Jersey Events for December 2nd – 4th 2016. Links and additional information for events are in the Titles. Events are listed in date order.
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Top Ten New Jersey Events for December 2nd – 4th, 2016:
December 1st – Collingswood Beer and Fare
New Jersey Isn’t Boring and Devil’s Creek Brewery invite you to enjoy an evening of craft beer and cuisine from some of downtown Collingswood’s best restaurants. Each guest will receive a flight of handcrafted beers that have been expertly paired with exceptional dishes prepared for the occasion. After you’ve finished your flight, enjoy a pint of a beer that you’ve already tried, or venture on the wild side and try something new! Devil’s Creek Brewery always surprises with exciting seasonal beers that are anything but ordinary.
Participating Collingswood restaurants are The Pop Shop (729 Haddon Ave), Circles of Collingswood NJ (8 Powell Lane), Oasis Mexican Grill(498 Haddon Ave), and DiBartolo Bakery (667 Haddon Ave). A proceed of ticket sales will be donated to the Animal Welfare Association. View our Facebook Event for updated information! COLLINGSWOOD BEER & FARE: A Craft Beer/Food Pairing Event. To get tickets, click HERE
Date: Thursday, December 1st, 2016
(3 sessions; 5:30-7pm, 7:15-8:45pm, 9-10:30pm)
Address: 1 Powell Lane at the corner of Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, NJ
Cost: $25
December 2nd – Annual Holiday Chocolate Walk
Join us for the Tastiest Event of the Year! Stop by the Downtown Bordentown Association (DBA) tent on Farnsworth Ave. to purchase your Chocolate Walk Passport listing all participating businesses.Stroll around town visiting shops and restaurants and receive a chocolate treat and a stamp on your passport.
Date: Friday, December 2nd, 2016; 6pm to 9pm
Address: Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown, NJ
Cost: $5
December 2nd – 11th Annual Hometown Holiday
he Hackettstown BID will host the 11th Annual Hometown Holiday celebration.
• Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides through the Historic District
• Holiday Bazaar Shopping and Dining Tent
• Businesses Open Late with Specials and #ShopSmall Offers
• Centenary University Grand Illumination and Holiday Celebration
• Santa Parade, Tree Lighting, AND Santa Selfie Station
• Musical performances throughout Main Street area
Date: Friday, December 2nd, 2016; 5pm to 9pm
Address:Downtown Hackettstown, NJ
Cost: Free
December 2nd & 3rd – Krampus Asbury Park
A day full of Holiday fear! Join Paranormal NJ for story telling, shopping, mask making, fear inducing glee as Krampus arrives in Asbury Park and takes away all the naughty! But leaves a ton of fun in his wake!
Dates: December 2nd & 3rd, 2016
Address: Paranormal Books & Curiosities; 627 Cookman Ave, Asbury Park, New Jersey
Cost: Varies per event
December 2nd – 4th – Christkindlmarkt
Tuckerton Seaport’s rolls out the holly for the Annual Christkindlmarkt on December 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Christkindlmarkt will be a family fun three day event with late night hours, celebrating the traditions of the season with a Holiday Market and Craft Fair under a huge heated tent and throughout the Seaport buildings. This year’s event will feature New Jersey wines by Laurita Winery including their Chocolate Therapy. Come jump start your holiday shopping. Get in the holiday spirit with a horse drawn wagon ride.
Dates: December 2nd – 4th, 2016
Address: The Tuckerton Seaport; 120 Main Street, Tuckerton, New Jersey
Cost: $5
December 2nd – 4th – A Starry Starry Night/35th Annual Christmas Walk (Bay Head, Ocean County)
FRIDAY 12-02/ 5-9pm:
6pm: Listen to the children of the Bay Head School Music Program perform Christmas carols and cheer on Santa when he arrives at the BH Fire House at 6:30.
Enjoy hot chocolate, hot dogs, hot cider, and cookies thanks to the BH Yacht Club and the Cub and Boy Scouts. Save some room for a candy cane from Mrs Clause too!
Enjoy the starry themed windows twinkling with white lights…sure to get you in the mood for a jump start on your holiday shopping lists.
All local business will be open, each with special treats of their own.
5pm to 8pm: the sound of brass instruments will be heard on Bridge Ave in front of the Diane Turton office.
6:45 Beach House Christmas Movie.
6-8pm Gloria Nilson will be hosting a chance to win a chocolate “Holiday House”
7-9pm: Stop by ReFind to “Meet the Stars of ReFind”
7pm: Don’t forget to visit the Bay Head Violin/Ballet Studio to view their 21st Annual Nutcracker in the Sky performance.
All Saints Church will also be open this evening serving refreshments and goodies.
SATURDAY 12-03: Pancake breakfast 9am-11am at the BH Fire House. Adults $10/children $5.
From 12:30 to 2:30 join Santa as he rides around town spreading Christmas joy. His course will make a stop at the Bay Head Historical Museum to enjoy a Victorian Christmas and to see the wonderful model train exhibit.
If you would rather visit The Historical Society on your own, you may do so from 12:00- 4pm.
1-3: open house to “Meet the Stars of ReFind”
Also, plan some time shopping the local shops. Each business will be overflowing with the spirit of the holidays! All open 10-5.
SUNDAY 12-04: The Victorian Christmas Train Exhibit can be visited from 1-4 at the Bay Head Historical Society.
Shopping continues throughout the day.
Dates: December 2nd – 4th, 2016
Address: Bay Head, NJ
Cost: Varies per event
December 3rd – Dickens Festival and Tree Lighting on Main Street
The Medford Sunrise Rotary will once again present the 27th annual Dickens Festival on Saturday, Dec. 3 in downtown Medford. The family friendly event will take place from 6 to 10 p.m. and it promises to be a magical time for children and grown-ups alike. For one night every year, Main Street in Medford is transformed into a quaint winter wonderland, featuring holiday festivities galore with an old timey flair. The festival typically attracts more than 10,000 people from within Medford and from many surrounding communities.
Date: Saturday, December 3rd, 2016: 5:45pm
Address: Main St, Medford, NJ
Cost: Free
December 3rd and 4th – Holly Walk 2016
Holly Walk returns to Morris County just in time for the holidays. The event has been expanded and will now take place on Saturday, December 3 and Sunday, December 4 from 11 am to 4 pm. This year the historic sites that will be open and decorated for Christmas are: The Ford Mansion at Morristown National Historical Park, (Sat & Sun) The Morris County Historical Society at Acorn Hall (Sat & Sun), Macculloch Hall Historical Museum and Gardens (Sat & Sun) the Schuyler-Hamilton House (Sat only) and the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms (Sat only). Each site will offer special programming created just for Holly Walk weekend, and their gift shops will be fully stocked with unique items for holiday shoppers.
Dates: December 3rd & 4th, 2016
Address: Macculloch Hall and other Venues in Morristown, NJ
Cost: $30
December 4th – Victorian Holiday Celebration
Annual Victorian Holiday Celebration at Historic Smithville Park. The event will be held Sunday, December 4th from noon – 4 p.m. and will feature a visit from Santa Claus and other holiday favorites, local vendors, carriage rides, live entertainment and much more. Admission and parking are free.
Date: Sunday, December 4th, 2016; 12pm to 4pm
Address: Smithville Park, Eastampton, NJ
Cost: Free
December 4th – Classic Holiday Show + It’s a Wonderful Life Screening
It will be a “Wonderful” holiday time at Loew’s Jersey . . .
Donna Reed’s Daughter Will Host a Screening of
“It’s A Wonderful Life”! Co-hosted by Film Critic Stephen Whitty
As part of The Classic Holiday Show — On Stage AND Screen
Way back in the day, many of the big, downtown theatres presented Christmas pageants that combined a live stage show with a film. The show would feature some of the season’s best loved music, a skit or two, and even an audience sing-along with the theatre’s massive pipe organ. Then the stage curtain would close, and when it reopened a holiday-themed movie filled the big screen. That’s a tradition that mostly aded away . . . EXCEPT at the Loew’s Jersey, where every December we give you the chance to make some new favorite Holiday memories:
2:00PM On Stage: A Traditional Holiday Concert, Plus A Sing-Along
A live concert of holiday classics performed by Taresa Blunda, Howard Richman, the Litha Symphony Orchestra, and Bernie Anderson playing the Loew’s Wonder Morton Pipe Organ. They will perform some of the most cherished classics of the season, along with some newer favorites. There’ll even be an audience sing-along, just like in the old days! And following the concert, at 3:30 PM, one of most beloved holiday movies of all time will be shown on the big screen:
3:30PM On Screen: “It’s A Wonderful Life” Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore. Directed by Frank Capra. (1946, 12 5mins., B&W)
Donna Reed’s daughter, Mary Owen, will introduce the screening, talk about her mom and her role in this holiday classic, and take questions from fans.
Date: Sunday, December 4th, 2016; 2pm
Address: Loew’s Jersey Theatre; 4 Journal Sq, Jersey City, New Jersey
Cost: $12 Adults / $8 Kids & Seniors
Additional Awesome New Jersey Events:
December 1st – Historic Midtown’s Holiday Tree Lighting (Elizabeth, Union County)
December 1st – 4th – Skyland’s Manor Holiday Open House (Ringwood, Passaic County)
December 2nd – Clinton Guild 30th Annual Christmas Parade (Clinton, Hunterdon County)
December 2nd – Candy Cane Hunt (Manasquan, Monmouth County)
December 2nd – Boro in Lights (Glassboro, Gloucester County)
December 2nd – City of Cape May Tree Lighting (Cape May, Cape May County)
December 2nd – Summit Snowflake Stroll (Summit, Union County)
December 2nd – Hereford Inlet Lighthouse Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony (Wildwood, Cape May County)
December 2nd – Ship Bottom Christmas Tree Lighting (Ship Bottom, Ocean County)
December 2nd – Toms River Tree Lighting (Toms River, Ocean County)
December 2nd – First Friday Late Night; Old Fashioned Holiday (Boonton, Morris County)
December 2nd – It’s A Wonderful Life & Wine Tasting (Bridgewater, Somerset County)
December 2nd – 4th – Drive Through The Christmas Story (Old Bridge, Middlesex County)
December 2nd-11th – Gingerbread Wonderland (Morris Township, Morris County)
December 3rd – East Brunswick Con (East Brunswick, Middlesex County)
December 3rd – Smithville Hospitality Night (Smithville, Atlantic County)
December 3rd – Pet Photos with Santa (East Brunswick, Monmouth County)
December 3rd – Run Santa Run (Bloomfield, Essex County)
December 3rd – Casino Pier Holiday Party (Seaside Heights, Ocean County)
December 3rd – Spring Lake Candlelight Christmas Inn and House Tour (Spring Lake, Monmouth County)
December 3rd – West Cape May Christmas Parade(West Cape May, Cape May County)
December 3rd – 15th Annual Dickens of a Holiday (Mays Landing, Atlantic County)
December 3rd – Holiday Parade/Tree-Lighting (Burlington City, Burlington County)
December 3rd – Candlelight Christmas Inn & House Tour (Spring Lake, Monmouth County)
December 3rd – Ship Bottom Christmas Parade(Ship Bottom, Ocean County)
December 3rd – Hometown Holiday (Washington, Warren County)
December 3rd – Afternoon on the Dunes (Island Beach State Park, Ocean County)
December 3rd and 4th- Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl (Hoboken, Hudson County)
December 3rd and 4th – Winter on the Home Front: A Civil War Christmas (Morristown, Morris County)
December 3rd and 4th – Hoboken City Hall Holiday Craft Fair (Hoboken, Hudson County)
December 3rd & 4th – 32nd Annual Holiday Weekend (Ocean, Monmouth County)
December 3rd and 4th – Holiday Open House Benefit (Wantage, Sussex County)
December 3rd & 4th – Green Trading Post – Holiday Bazaar (Vincentown, Burlington County)
December 3rd – 17th – Christmas Candlelight House Tours (Cape May, Cape May County)
December 3rd – 18th – Christmas on the Farm (Robbinsville, Mercer County)
December 3rd & 4th – Tales from The Arabian Nights presented by Mosaic Dance Theater Company (Bloomfield, Essex County)
December 4th – Holiday Nature Craft Show with Tree & Menorah Lighting (Mountainside, Union County)
December 4th – Wayne PAL Antiques & Collectibles Show (Wayne, Passaic County)
December 4th – Bizarre Bazaar (Union, Union County)
December 4th – A Dutch Christmas (Wayne, Passaic County)
December 4th – Sayreville Holiday Parade (Sayreville, Middlesex County)
December 4th – 6th – Dickens’ Christmas Extravaganza (Cape May, Came May County
