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Travel across Maryland to find signature jewelry, ceramics, paintings, textiles and other distinctive local art items for unique, hand-crafted gifts. Columbia Art Center’s Singular Sensations exhibition, Dec. 8-16, offers artwork in all media – prices top out at $150. Cambridge’s Main Street Gallery presents Art for the Holidays, an exhibition by resident and area artists that runs through Dec. 30. In Frederick, The Delaplaine Art Center’s Gift Gallery has work by dozens of local artists. And Baltimore Clayworks has functional and decorative ceramic art, starting at $20, at its annual Winterfest holiday sale through Jan. 6. (Photo courtesy of Baltimore Clayworks) |
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Candlelight tours
Visit these historic venues and towns across Maryland by candlelight.
- State House by Candlelight, Dec. 4-5, Annapolis
- Holiday Candlelight Tours, Dec. 9-10, Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood (St. Mary’s County)
- Candlelight House Tour, Dec. 10, Chesapeake City (Cecil County)
- Candlelight Tour of Historic Homes and Churches, Dec. 10-11, Quantico (Wicomico County)
- Candlelight Tour of Historic Havre de Grace, Dec. 11 (Harford County)
- Candlelight Tour of Historic Houses of Worship, Dec. 26, Frederick
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Main Street celebrations
Visit a Maryland Main Street and you’re apt to find horse-drawn carriages, strolling carolers, holiday celebrations and an array of local merchants.
- Main Street Christmas, Dec. 2-3, Mt. Airy (Carroll County)
- Three Saturday in December, Dec. 3,10, 17, Frederick (Frederick County)
- Small Town Christmas, Dec. 10, Cambridge (Dorchester County)
- Midnight Madness, Dec. 15, Cumberland (Allegany County)
- First Night Talbot 2012, Dec. 31, Easton (Talbot County)
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Holiday trains
It’s the season for visiting elaborate exhibits of model trains. Here are some suggestions:
- Christmas Garden of Trains, Dec. 1-31, Cambridge Rescue Fire Company (Dorchester County)
- The Trains of Christmas, Dec. 3-31, Roundhouse Museum, Hagerstown (Washington County)
- Holiday Festival of Trains & Toys, through Dec. 31, B&O Railroad Museum, Baltimore
- Holiday Trains and Planes, Dec. 17-23, College Park Aviation Museum (Prince George’s County)
- Holiday Train Garden, Nov. 26 – Dec. 31, Fire Museum of Maryland, Lutherville (Baltimore County)
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Civil War stories
Discover the impact of the Civil War in a divided Maryland at these events. The first one features 23,110 luminarias in tribute to each of the casualties at the 1862 Battle of Antietam.
- Antietam Memorial Illumination, Dec. 3, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg (Washington County)
- Victorian Christmas, Dec. 5-6, Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House Museum, Waldorf (Charles County)
- Museums by Candlelight in Frederick, including the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, Dec. 10
- The Legend of Civil War Santa, Dec. 17, Surratt House Museum, Clinton (Prince George’s County)
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