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Magic of Lights Discount Tickets: Drive-Through Holiday Lights Experience in Eagan

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Get Discount Tickets to the Magic of Lights Drive-Through Holiday Lights Experience happening at Viking Lakes in Eagan! Magic of Lights: Drive-Through Holiday Lights Experience starts November 21! We're coming to primetime for drive-through holiday light displays! I personally love being able to drive-through Continue Reading

Dr Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas at Children’s Theatre Company

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Back by popular demand, Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas is at Children's Theatre Company now through January 4th, 2026! Since seeing this show for the last two years, coming back to Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas! was very high on my son's 2025 holiday bucket list! We absolutely loved the Continue Reading

Holiday Lights in Minnesota – A Big Alphabetized List!

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See where to take the family to enjoy the beautiful holiday lights with this big list of Minnesota Holiday Light Shows! One of my favorite parts of the holiday season is viewing the beautiful holiday lights. Our family's tradition when I was a child was to drive around and see beautiful Christmas light shows after Continue Reading

Winter Lights at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

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Featuring over a million lights, check out Winter Lights at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum select evenings November 20th through December 31st, 2025! The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is beautiful to visit in all the seasons! But they really deck the halls during Winter Lights, where over one million lights are Continue Reading

Rice Park Tree Lighting

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Kick off the holiday season with the Annual Rice Park Tree Lighting in St. Paul! It's hard to believe it's already November but the holidays will be here before we know it. I don't know about you but I do get bombarded with holiday events and some of them can really break the budget for our family! Heading to the Continue Reading

2025 Holiday Bake Sale at Union Depot

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Looking for holiday treats? Be sure to mark your calendar for the Holiday Bake Sale at Union Depot on December 13th! Something about Union Depot in St. Paul just screams the holidays to me! I am very much looking forward to the annual Holiday Bake Sale at Union Depot. Don't miss your chance to shop the top Continue Reading

Christmas Craft Night at Appleberry’s Attic

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Join in the creative fun at the Annual Christmas Craft Night at Appleberry's Attic on December 5th, 2025. Looking to create some new holiday decor for your house? Don't miss your chance to create during the holiday season at Christmas Craft Night on December 5th at the Courtyards of Andover. Hosted by Appleberry's Continue Reading

Art Attack November 14-16 in NE Mpls

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Don't miss your chance to see over 400 artists in the Northrup King Building in NE Mpls for the 2024 Art Attack happening November 14-16, 2025! Every fall, the gigantic Northrup King Building opens up for Art Attack. This is the public's chance to come into the building and see all the artists at the same time! Continue Reading

Bachman’s 2025 Holiday Events + Holiday Ideas & Inspiration for the Home!

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One of our favorite annual traditions is coming up soon. We love to get ideas for our home at the Bachman's annual holiday event + join Santa for holiday crafts at Bachman's! 2025 Bachman's Holiday Events: On Sat, November 22nd, Santa will be at the Minneapolis Bachman's (6010 Lyndale Ave S) with his best Continue Reading