Community Events

DECEMBER 3-30
DURING MUSEUM HOURS

Enjoy the whimsical sights and delicious smells of wondrously festive gingerbread creations during the 37th Annual Gingerbread House Contest and Exhibit at George Washington’s Ferry Farm! See the contest-winning entries, cast a vote for People’s Choice, and play iSpy Gingerbread. This year’s theme is “A Critter Christmas.”

ADMISSION FEES
Exhibit Only, Purchase On-site
$6.00 – adults
$3.00 – students (ages 6-17)
Free – children (ages 5 & under)

Ferry Farm Guided Tours Include Exhibit
$12.00 – adults
$6.00 – students (ages 6-17)
Free – children (ages 5 & under)
Purchase admission online or on-site.

Ferry Farm
268 Kings Highway
Fredericksburg, VA 22405

Questions? Email learn@gwffoundation.org
or call 540-370-0732 x11.

DECEMBER 3-30
DURING MUSEUM HOURS

Visit a delightful neighborhood of dollhouses and miniatures this holiday season at the 9th Annual Wee Christmas Dollhouses & Miniatures Show at Historic Kenmore! Admire and awe over highly-detailed replica dollhouses – including one of Kenmore itself – and miniatures in the Crowninshield Museum. Share memories of your dollhouse with your family as you explore life in miniature. Put your minds and eyes to the test with our “I Spy Miniatures” challenge – fun for young and old alike.

ADMISSION FEES
Exhibit Only, Purchase On-site
$6.00 – adults
$3.00 – students (ages 6-17)
Free – children (ages 5 & under)

Kenmore Guided Tours Include Exhibit
$12.00 – adults
$6.00 – students (ages 6-17)
Free – children (ages 5 & under)
Purchase admission online or on-site.

Historic Kenmore
1201 Washington Ave.
Fredericksburg, VA 22401

Questions? Email learn@gwffoundation.org
or call 540-370-0732 x11.

Welcome the holiday season with Stafford County’s 3rd annual Tree Lighting Festival held at the George Gordon Government Center on Friday, December 8, 2023. Community festivities begin at 6 PM.

The magic of the evening will include holiday musical performances, artisans and crafters, family-friendly activities, food vendors and Santa. Bring your family and friends to celebrate an evening of festive holiday cheer.

Location:
George L. Gordon, Jr. Government Center
1300 Courthouse Road
Stafford, VA 22554

The Fredericksburg Area Museum (FAM) is pleased to host FAMFaire: KrisKringlMarkt in historic Market Square on Saturday, December 9th, 2023 from 11 am – 6 pm. This event will be a spectacular outdoor shopping experience in one of the most beautiful parts of our notable town. Modeled after traditional German-style markets that began in Nuremberg, Germany (dating from the 16th century) our holiday market will include vendors selling traditional crafts and foods. It is the perfect environment to invoke the holiday spirit while friends, families and neighbors stroll along tents filled with gifts and treats.

Held in the same location that has been the center of city commerce since the eighteenth century, FAMFaire: KrisKringlMarkt will draw hundreds of visitors to downtown Fredericksburg to shop at the artisan booths and listen to the sounds of local musical groups. From its earliest function as a market, civic and government site, to its present use as a cultural center, this treasured landmark continues to serve its community as a site of the convergence of historic and contemporary culture. To draw the community together in this space to promote our area’s art, culture, and history, is a return to its colonial beginnings.

This event will feature nearly 25 vendors representing the food, arts, and retail industry. In addition, sponsorship opportunities are available for this event. For more information on the event or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Caroline Ford at cford@famva.org

Please join us at our 26th Annual Christmas Train Show.

The show will feature operating train layouts, model train vendors, and activities for the young.

Dates:
Saturday – December 09, 2023 – 9am to 5pm and
Sunday – December 10, 2023 – 10am to 4pm.

Cost of admission: Adults $10; Youth aged 13-17, $5; Children 12 and under free.

Santa and Mrs. Claus scheduled to attend, Sat 11-3 & Sun 11-2 (See website for any updates)

Location: Fraternal Order of Eagles Lodge #4123, 21 Cool Springs Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22405

Club members will be available to answer your questions regarding model railroading and our club’s activities.

We are a non-profit organization and our Christmas Show enables us to provide displays at activities such as scouting, museums, local community events and care facilities.

See our web site at https://www.rmrailroaders.com/ for further information and directions to the Eagles Lodge.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RMRailroaders/

Join us as we celebrate the holiday season! Enjoy classic holiday films on our Giant-Screen at the Medal of Honor Theater inside of the National Museum of the Marine Corps.

Each weekend will feature a new holiday film. Showings will be available Saturday and Sunday, 11AM and 3PM.

Tickets are available for $8 each, or add a snack bundle for an additional $5. Snack bundles include a choice of snacks and drinks and can be enjoyed inside of the theater during the film.

-Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch- Rated PG, 90 Minutes, 2018-
Each year at Christmas they disrupt his tranquil solitude with their increasingly bigger, brighter and louder celebrations. When the Whos declare they are going to make Christmas three times bigger this year, the Grinch realizes there is only one way for him to gain some peace and quiet: he must steal Christmas. To do so, he decides he will pose as Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, even going so far as to trap a lackadaisical misfit reindeer to pull his sleigh. Meanwhile, down in Who-ville, Cindy-Lou Who—a young girl overflowing with holiday cheer—plots with her gang of friends to trap Santa Claus as he makes his Christmas Eve rounds so that she can thank him for help for her overworked single mother. As Christmas approaches, however, her good-natured scheme threatens to collide with the Grinch’s more nefarious one. Will Cindy-Lou achieve her goal of finally meeting Santa Claus? Will the Grinch succeed in silencing the Whos’ holiday cheer once and for all?

Reserve your seat today: scnv.io/EluZ

Create holiday memories at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. Free cookies, cocoa, and holiday themed picture frames will be available on the second floor for kids while supplies last. Continue the festivities and catch Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (2018) in the Medal of Honor Theater at 11am and 3pm, as part of our Annual Holiday Film series. Be sure to bring your cameras and visit Leatherneck Gallery between 1-4pm to take free photos with Santa!

Frost 5K and Reindeer Run: 2023 Stafford Race Series

This race has moved back to its original race distance – 5K!!! Why? Well, to be honest, Frosty 5K sounds a LOT better than Frosty 3 Miler and we have a great USATF Certified 5K course available!! This race is back for its 7th year in Stafford, and it’s definitely become a holiday tradition for many Stafford area residents!

The Frosty 5K is the 5th and final race in the Stafford Race Series and the 12th and final race in the Coldwell Banker Elite Grand Prix Series. If you have completed all 5 races in the Stafford Race Series, be sure to pick up your SRS swag after the race!

THIS RACE SUPPORTS GWYNETH’S GIFT FOUNDATION:
Our mission is to serve as a catalyst to ensure that those suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have a greater chance of survival because they were provided with immediate life-saving measures from a community member educated on how to administer CPR and utilize an AED.

Our vision is a community that is educated, confident, and capable of responding to save the life of an individual in need of CPR. Gwyneth’s Gift is a world where everyone can save a life! Through this work, her spirit of caring, compassion, and community lives on. Our goals are to promote the importance of CPR and AEDs through education and public awareness campaigns; provide funding for the placement of AEDs in schools and other public facilities; offer scholarships to deserving high school students and encourage medical research and development in the areas of cardiology, neurology, and traumatic brain injury.