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Candlelight tours, holiday illuminations, lighted-boat parades and Chesapeake Bay lighthouses are all beacons of light revealing authentic Maryland experiences and destinations. Here is a sampling of where you’ll find lights of the season: Winterfest of Lights (Ocean City); Chesapeake City Winterfest; Winter Festival of Lights (Upper Marlboro); Miracle on 34th Street (Baltimore); Gaithersburg Winter Lights Festival (pictured); Baltimore Parade of Lighted Boats; Eastport Yacht Club Lights Parade (Annapolis); and Solomons Lighted Boat Parade.
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Candlelight tours
Experience the glowing ambiance of these notable destinations across the state:
• Sotterley Plantation Holiday Candlelight, Nov. 30 – Dec. 1, Hollywood, St. Mary’s County
• Christmas at Haberdeventure, Dec. 8, Thomas Stone National Historic Site, Port Tobacco, Charles County
• State House by Candlelight, Dec. 7-8, Annapolis
• Chesapeake City Candlelight Tour, Dec. 8, Cecil County
• Candlelight Tour of Historic Havre de Grace, Dec. 9, Harford County
• Candlelight Tour of Historic Houses of Worship, Dec. 26, Frederick |
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Main Street celebrations
Shop along Maryland’s Main Streets, starting on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 24. View offers from 170 Main Street merchants that are available with a holiday-shopping coupon. Also, here’s a sampling of seasonal events:
• Main Street Christmas, Nov. 30, Dec. 1-2, Mt. Airy, Carroll County
• Christmas Parade, Dec. 7, Crisfield, Somerset County
• Old-Fashioned Christmas, Dec. 8, Cambridge, Dorchester County
• Midnight Madness, Dec. 13, Cumberland, Allegany County
• Four Saturdays in December, Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22, Frederick
• First Night Talbot, Dec. 31, Easton, Talbot County |
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Civil War stories
Discover the impact of the Civil War in divided, mid-19th-century Maryland at these events:
• Memorial Illumination, Dec. 1, Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington County
• Victorian Christmas, Dec. 1-2, Dr. Samuel Mudd House Museum, Waldorf, Charles County
• The Legend of Civil War Santa, Dec. 15, Surratt House Museum, Clinton, Prince George’s County
• Women’s Fashions of the Civil War, Dec. 16, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown |
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