Holidays 2024

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A variety of different types of holiday events and activities are on the horizon for America’s Friendliest College Town!

The Holiday 2024 events kick off with the Downtown Holiday Open House and continue after the new year with our Fly Home for the Holidays Ring Registers promotion. You will find everything from theatre productions, movies, light displays, a drone show, live music, and more throughout the community. 

 

Holidays 2024 events already on the calendar include:

 

NOVEMBER 2024

Nov. 23 – Jan. 5, 2025 – Fly Home for the Holidays  

23-24 – Downtown Vendor Market & Holiday Open House

23 – Opening Day for Leafer Lodge Christmas Tree Farms

28 – Thanksgiving Community Dinner, Methodist Church Family Resource Center

30 – Downtown Holiday Carriage Rides

30 – Downtown Visits with Santa

 

DECEMBER 2024

5 – Holiday Parade of Lights & Tree Lighting Ceremony, Downtown Stillwater

5, 7, 8,12,14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 23 – Downtown Visits with Santa

5, 8,12,15,19, 22, 23 – Holiday Carriage Rides, Downtown Stillwater

6-22 – (Friday-Sunday) Lake McMurtry’s Lights on the Lake Powered by Visit Stillwater 

6-7 – Calf Fry Christmas, Tumbleweed

7 – Breakfast with Santa, Stillwater Community Center

7 – Holiday Craft Show, Payne County Expo Center

12-14 – Wreath Making Workshop, The Botanic Garden at OSU

13 – Classic Cinema: The Polar Express, Stillwater Community Center

13 – Stillwater Community Band & Stillwater Big Band Holiday Concert, Stillwater Community Center

14 – Pubic Saftey Holiday Event, Downtown Stillwater

14 – Holiday Drone Show, Downtown Stillwater

14-15 – 47th Annual Luminara Event, Parkview Estates

17 – Holiday Cookies and Trains, The Botanic Garden at OSU

19 – Stillwater Community Singers Holiday Concert, Stillwater Community Center

21 – Winter Solstice Art & Wine Walk, Modella Art Gallery

25 – Stillwater Community Friends Dinner, Stillwater Community Center

31 – New Year’s Eve Party, New Orleans New Year Celebration at Town & Gown

 

The Visit Stillwater team has developed a website at VisitStillwater.org/Stillwater-Holidays to outline all of the events and activities taking place over the holidays throughout the community. The information spotlighted on the site will include retail specials, product demonstrations, promotions, free goodies, a map of spectacular light displays, and other activities that will appeal to families and shoppers of all ages who are out for some fun while preparing for the holidays. 

 

To include information about commercial districts and residential areas that will be decorated for the holidays, as well as events or activities that will take place in your retail district, boutique, or restaurant, please provide details to the Visit Stillwater team. 

 

You can easily enter your Holidays 2024 information by filling out the form at VisitStillwater.org/Stillwater-Holidays, or by contacting Visit Stillwater Vice President & Sales Manager at Nicole@VisitStillwater.org or 405-743-3697. 

 

For the most current and up-to-date information regarding the Stillwater hospitality industry, go to VisitStillwater.org and follow Visit Stillwater on social media @VisitStillwater. Cristy Morrison, Visit Stillwater President and CEO, can be reached at Cristy@VisitStillwater.org or by calling 405-743-3697.

 

Holiday Parade of Lights Tree Lighting Ceremony:

Thursday, December 5 – 6:30 pm

 

Breakfast with Santa at the Stillwater Community Center:

Saturday, December 7 – 9-10:30 am

 

Stillwater Community Band & Stillwater Big Band Holiday Concert:

Friday, December 13 – 7:00 pm

 

Public Safety Holiday Event:

Saturday, December 14 – 6-7:45 pm

 

Holiday Drone Show:

Saturday, December 14 – 7:45 pm

 

Stillwater Community Singers:

Thursday, December 19 – 7:30 pm

 

Carriage Rides:

Satruday, November 30 – 5-8 pm

Thursday, December 12, 19 – 5-8 pm

Sunday, Decmeber 8, 15, 22 – 2-5 pm 

Monday, December 23 – 5-8 pm

 

Santa’s Workshop:

Saturday, November 30, December 7, 14, 21 – 6-7:30 pm

Thursday, December 12, 19 – 6-7:30 pm

Sunday, December 8, 15, 22 – 3-4:30 pm

Monday, December 23 – 6-7:30 pm