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The
Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau (GBCVB) online
www.BostonUSA.com
Holiday Preview is arranged in four parts:
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Holiday
Entertainment and Tree Lightings
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Holiday Shopping
Weekends- Thanksgiving Shopping Weekend, 4-Day New Years
Weekend
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Family-friendly
Holiday Activities
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Click-to-view related information in the right column
called "BostonUSA Quick Links for Visitors"
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BostonUSA Holiday Entertainment & Tree Lightings
Sweeney Todd:
October 23-November 4, 2007:
Colonial Theatre
Faneuil Hall Lighting Ceremony,
November 17, 2007
Macy's Tree Lighting & Window Unveiling, Downtown Crossing,
Nov. 23, 2007
Merry Tuba Christmas, Faneuil Hall, November 24, 2007
Boston Common Holiday Lighting, November 27, 2007
Irving
Berlin's White Christmas
at Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre.
Nov. 23-Dec. 23, 2007
44th Boston Ballet :The Nutcracker November
29-December 29, 2007 44th
Boston Ballet 2007-2008 Season
First Night Boston December 31, 2007
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BostonUSA Big Holiday Shopping Weekends
The
Official beginning of the Shopping Holiday Season: Friday
November 23, 2007: Most shops open early & late daily
Holiday
Entertainment at Shops at The Shops at Prudential Center
December 1-22, 2007.
Shopping Destinations during the Holiday Season:
Wrentham Premium Outlets, Shops at Prudential Center,
Copley Mall, CambridgeSide Galleria, Natick Mall,
Filene's Basement on Boylston, Newbury Street, Charles
Street, Harvard Sqaure. Click here for more information
on Shopping Destinations.
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BostonUSA Family-friendly Holiday Activities
Skating in the Frog Pond at Boston Common opens
Faneuil Hall Lighting Ceremony, November 17, 2007
Merry Tuba Christmas, Faneuil Hall, November 24, 2007
Boston Common Holiday Lighting, November 27, 2007
The Christmas
Revels, Sanders Theatre,
December
14-30, 2007
First Night Boston December 31, 2007
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First Night Boston 2007!
The original citywide festival
of art & culture, First Night Boston, is the country's
oldest and largest New Year's Eve Celebration!
Enjoy a full day of family-friendly performances &
entertainment events at over 40 venues. Festivities include
spectacular indoor/outdoor fun, ice sculptures adorning
Boston's parks and plazas, The Grand Procession, a Mardi
Gras-style parade, glittering fireworks displays, and the
very best in theatre, dance, music, puppetry, storytelling,
visual arts and more!
This extraordinary annual festival delights revelers of all
ages!
STAY OVER ! There are fabulous
First Night
HOTEL PACKAGES!
Book early!
Click here for more
information.
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Boston's newest holiday tradition
Irving Berlin's White Christmas returns this year after dazzling
Boston audiences during the 2005 holiday season. The classic
holiday movie has come to life as a spectacular Broadway musical
for the whole family. White Christmas is showing from November
23rd until December 23rd. Click
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Boston Pops - Holiday Pops
'Tis the Season... actually it's the
33rd season of Holiday Pops! Put this annual treat on your gift
list for the family. Filled with musical favorites, sing alongs,
narrations, and wonderful choirs. Tickets go on sale in
September 25, 2007. Boston Pops is from December 10th until the
31st.
Click here for more
information.
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Calling All Chefs! Gingerbread House
Competition to Support Rosie's Place
November 2, 2007
 Chefs
and culinary student from across the region are invited to create
gingerbread houses of varying sizes to be sold, with proceed to
benefit Rosie's Place.
The gingerbread creations will be
entries in the 14th annual Gingerbread House Competition held at the
21st Annual Christmas Festival from Nov. 2-4. First prize is a
weekend stay at The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel. For more information
contact Sarah Leaf-Hermann at
sleaf@cmcommunications.com
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Holiday Stroll-
Freedom Trail
Join costumed
tour guides as they lead you along the historic Freedom
Trail®. Learn how Christmas and holiday traditions evolved in
Boston and experience the highlights of the American
Revolution as it happened just 75 years earlier.
Click here
for more informatiom.
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