Happy Holidays! Celebrate the season with shopping, music, movies, and more!
Bazaars, Markets, and Open Houses
November 19th – Millcreek Mistletoe Market
@ The MillCreek Center – 9AM-3PM
November 25th-26th – Christmas Open House
@ Soap & Sunshine Apothecary – 10AM-6PM
November 29th – Wreath Making Workshop with Wasson Nursery
@ Pulp & Pine – 6PM (must be pre-registered and 18+, fee $54.99)
December 3rd – Mistletoe Magic Market
@ Elwood Municipal Building – TBD
December 3rd – Holiday Craft Bazaar
@ Rangeline Community Center – 10AM
December 10th – Yummerful’s Holiday Open House
@ Yummerful – 12-5PM
December 17th – Baked by Mrs. C Holiday Bash
@ Madison County 4-H Fair Building – 10AM-3PM
Christmas Movie Series at the Paramount Theatre
$5 per person – 7PM showtime
December 2nd – “Christmas Vacation”
December 3rd – “A Christmas Story”
December 21st – “It’s a Wonderful Life”
December 22nd – “White Christmas”
December 23rd – “Home Alone”
Bright Lights and Family Festivities
November 12th-January 7th – Hometown Christmas in Pendleton
@ Falls Park – 6PM
November 26th – Light Up the Magic
@ Uptown Elwood – TBD
November 26th – Bring Back the Magic Christmas Parade
@ Uptown Elwood – TBD
November 26th-January 7th – Ice Skating
@ Dickmann Town Center – Mon-Fri 3PM-9PM, Sat 10AM-9PM, Sun 10AM-6PM
November 27th – Live Nativity
@ Elwood First United Methodist Church – TBD
November 29th-December 2nd – Festival of Trees Open Viewing
@ Paramount Theatre – 10AM-5PM ($5 per person)
November 30th-January 1st – Illuminate: In the Valley
@ Anderson University – Dusk
December 2nd – Light Up Callaway Park
@ Callaway Park – 7PM
December 3rd-January 7th – Callaway Park Light Display
@ Callaway Park – Mon-Thurs 6-9PM, Fri-Sat 6-11PM
December 2nd-3rd, 5th, 9th-11th, 14th, 16th-18th, 21st, 23rd – Elwood Express Trolley Rides
@ Callaway Park – TBD
December 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd – Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Santa House
@ Callaway Park – TBD
December 2nd-4th, 9th-11th, 16th-18th, 23rd-25th, 30th-January 1st – Nights of Lights
@ Mounds State Park – 5:30-10PM ($5 per car)
December 3rd – Santa’s Arrival in Anderson
@ Dickmann Town Center – 3PM
December 3rd – City of Anderson Christmas Parade
@ Downtown Anderson – 5:30PM
December 3rd – The Mayor’s Tree Lighting Ceremony
@ Dickmann Town Center – 6:30PM
December 3rd, 10th, 17th – Hot Chocolate Saturday Nights
@ Falls Park Large Pavilion – 5-7PM
December 4th – Christmas Live Nativity
@ Maple Grove Church of God – 6:30PM, 7PM, 7:30PM
December 10th – Holiday Open House
@ Pendleton Community Public Library –1-4PM
December 18th – Santa at the Cabin
@ Falls Park – 12-4PM
December 23rd – The Polar Express Pajama Party
@ Elwood Public Library – 4-6PM
December 24th – Christmas Eve Luminaries
@ Falls Park – 5:30PM
January 1st – First Day Walk in the Park
@ Falls Park – 9AM
Holiday Music, Theatre, and Dance
November 18th – George Smith Traditional Christmas Show
@ The Paramount Theatre – 7PM ($10 general admission)
November 18th-20th – The Christmas Caper
@ The Commons Theatre – 7:30PM Fri & Sat, 3:30PM Sun
December 1st-4th – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
@ The Commons Theatre – 7:30PM Fri & Sat, 3:30PM Sun
December 2nd – Candles and Carols
@ Anderson University – 7:30PM
December 4th – Jingle Jam!
@ Madison Park Church – 5:30PM
December 7th – A Very Electric Christmas
@ The Paramount Theatre – 7:30PM ($15-$35 per person)
December 8th – Ernie Haase and the Signature Sound’s “A Jazzy Little Christmas”
@ The Paramount Theatre – 7:30PM ($25-$55 per person)
December 8th-10th – The Man Who Came to Dinner
@ Historic Elwood Opera House – 7PM ($10 per person)
December 9th – A Christmas Experience
@ East Side Church of God – 6:30-8:30PM
December 10th – A Symphony Christmas
@ The Paramount Theatre – 7:30PM
December 15th-18th – A Tuna Christmas
@ The ALLEY Theatre – 7:30PM Thurs-Sat, 3PM Sun ($10 per person)
December 16th-18th – Andersson Young Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker”
@ The Paramount Theatre – 7:30PM Fri-Sat, 2:30PM Sun ($15 or $20 per person)