When it comes to celebrating the season, what are your #LehighValleyTraditions? We’ve rounded up the quintessential things to do and places to go that make December a month to remember. Peruse our list to see if we share the same tried-and-true traditions, or use it as a guide to discover a new one or two. Ready? Let’s go!
“A Child’s Christmas”
First Presbyterian Church, Allentown
Dec. 9, 8 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem
Dec. 10, 4 p.m
Celebrate the sounds of the season with Bel Canto Children’s Chorus of The Bach Choir of Bethlehem’s Christmas concert that includes traditional carols, classic poems set to music and original compositions.
Can’t-Miss Tradition
The Nutcracker
State Theatre Center for the Arts
The Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker returns to the State Theatre Center for the Arts in Easton during their 25th North American Anniversary Tour, bringing larger-than-life puppets, amazing costumes and, of course, the music you’ve waited all year to hear.
Dec. 10, 2 & 6 p.m.
A Christmas Story, The Musical
Charles A. Brown Historic Ice House
Relive all your favorite Ralphie moments from the classic movie that runs round-the-clock on cable at Pennsylvania Youth Theatre’s A Christmas Story, The Musical.
56 River St., Bethlehem
Dec. 8–17
Two Tickets
Civic Theatre
This month, Civic Theatre of Allentown gives us not one, but two festive shows—one classic and the other laugh-out-loud funny.
A Christmas Carol 28th year: Dec. 1–16
The Santaland Diaries 2nd year: Dec. 8–17
Noel LOL
Touchstone Theatre
Touchstone Theatre’s annual holiday tradition, Christmas City Follies XVIII, once again serves up comic relief in a variety show they tout as, “merrily assaulting the fun and foibles of the Christmas season in the Christmas City.”
321 E. 4th St., Bethlehem
Now through Dec. 22