Master Guide to Holiday Fun in the Capital District
As soon as the cold weather arrives, our thoughts naturally turn to the holiday season! We prepare for it for weeks if not months. Here is your master guide to the holidays in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy-Saratoga area!
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Christmas Land
Have a Magical Holiday Experience at Christmas Land!A magical holiday experience for the whole family. Christmas Land is set on a gorgeous stretch of property overlooking the Helderberg Mountains in Altamont, NY. A quaint holiday experience featuring indoor and outdoor activities for the whole family. Sip hot cocoa by our firepit listening to the sounds of the season enjoying a homemade wood stove pizza or our famous ChristmasLand cutouts. We offer one of a kind gifts made exclusively by local artisans. Kids will love Frankie the Train and our outdoor play area. Families can meet Santa and have their picture taken. Take in the scenery on a horse and sleigh ride and don't forget to take a pic in our Ginorma Sleigh that holds the whole family and many more lighted surprises. Come feel the spirit of Christmas. Santa awaits you!!
101 Holiday Happenings around the Capital District
KidsOutAndAbout.com compiles a comprehensive list of holiday family activities in our area each year, organized under various categories. These categories include Santa Sightings, Light Displays, Living Nativities, Holiday Theatre, Holiday Concerts, Christmas Tree Experiences, Ice Skating, Hanukkah celebrations, Shopping & Craft Fairs, New Year's Eve events, and more. The list features both traditional holiday experiences like visiting Santa and viewing light displays, as well as unique local offerings. It's our mission to make it easy to plan your holiday schedule out and about; you'll be amazed at the wide variety of activities on the list!
Christmas Tree Farms
Do you cut your own Christmas tree? Here's our big list of farms where you can cut your own Christmas tree in Albany.
Subscriptions Boxes: Gifts That Keep on Giving
Send thoughtful choices to the ones you love near and far, and plan some excellent expected surprises for your own family in the months to come. KidsOutAndAbout has put together of some of our favorite choices with a range for all different ages and interests.
Santa Sightings
Where can your kids see Santa Claus locally? At plenty of places! We also show you Breakfasts with Santa (and sometimes, Breakfast with the Grinch!). (Get your tickets early, because those Breakfasts with Santa tend to sell out early.)
FREE holiday events in the Capital District
You think you can't get anything free anymore? Nonsense! Here are a bunch of free holiday events (listed day by day) coming up in our area.
Chanukah
Hanukkah begins in the evening of December 25, 2024 and ends January 2, 2025.
Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa is celebrated December 26-January 1 each year.
Lightbulb Day
Lightbulb Day is celebrated on the Winter Solstice, on or about December 21.
Holiday Concerts and Performances
There are lots of special concerts and shows... and some of them are free!
