Seasonal & Holidays
Christmas, Hanukkah Events In Silver Spring: Tree Lightings, More
Tree and menorah lightings and more holiday events are coming up in and around Silver Spring.
SILVER SPRING, MD — There is no shortage of things to do in Silver Spring to get the winter holiday season off to a rollicking good start.
Christmas and Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival of lights, intersect this year, with Hanukkah running Dec. 18-26. Christmas, of course, is on Dec. 25, but you don’t have to wait to start taking in all the sights and sounds of the holidays.
Tree and menorah lightings near Silver Spring include:
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- Festival of Lights hosted by Washington D.C. Latter-day Saint Temple, Visitors Center, 9900 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington, MD: Thursday, Dec. 1, 4:30 p.m.
- Garden of Lights, Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallen Ave., Wheaton-Glenmond: Sunday, Dec. 4, 5-9:30 p.m.
- Kensington Christmas Tree Lighting, Kensington Town Office, 3710 Mitchell St, Kensington: Sunday, Dec. 4, 12:30 p.m.
- Kensington’s Annual Menorah Lighting, Kensington Town Office, 3710 Mitchell St, Kensington: Sunday, Dec. 18, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
- Grand Menorah Lighting at Bethesda Row: Sunday, Dec. 18, 6:30 p.m.
- National Menorah Lighting, Ellipse, just across from the White House, Washington, D.C.: Sunday, Dec. 18, 3:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Holiday lighting displays are another holiday favorite. Some to catch near Silver Spring are:
- Zoo Lights at National Zoo, Washington, DC: Friday, Nov. 25 to Dec. 30.
- Enchant Christmas, Washington, DC: Friday, Nov. 25 to Jan. 1.
Other upcoming holiday events in and around Silver Spring include:
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- First Annual Jingle Jubilee at Chevy Chase Lake, 8525 Chevy Chase Lake Terrace, Chevy Chase: Wednesday, Nov. 30, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland, Norfolk Avenue Streetery, corner of Norfolk and St. Elmo Avenues, Bethesda: Saturday, Dec. 3, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
- Holiday Barket, Cabin John Regional Park, 7400 Tuckerman Lane, Bethesda: Saturday, Dec. 3, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m
- Trek Rockville Holiday Lights Ride, Rockville: Wednesday, Dec. 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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