If you find yourself wondering what to do on Christmas Day with the teenagers, we’ve got you crossed. From outdoor undertakings and mini superhighway errands to holiday light-headeds and a reason to wear your ugly sweater, you’ll be surprised at how much “theres gotta” do around Seattle on December 25. Here’s to attaining the working day a memorable one with your babies!

photo: Downtown Bellevue Association

Go Ice Skating

Whether you want to head to the Eastside or drive north to Everett, the 25 th of December is a great day to go on an frost skating escapade. So grab your skates if you’ve came ’em! The day’s “required attire” at the Bellevue rink is your best ugly sweater, and the Pacific Ice rink will have holiday music and red-hot coca at the ready, so you can warm up when you’re done. Advance tickets are recommended for both rinks.

Bellevue Downtown Ice Rink1 00 100 th Ave. N.E.Bellevue, WAEvent details

Pacific Rim Plaza1 028 13 th St.Everett, WAEvent items

photo: Erin Cranston

Find a Magical Garden

If it’s a baked date, there’s no better place to find winter cheer than at Bellevue’s Garden d’Lights. This intricate display at the Bellevue Botanical Garden includes embeds, heydays, birds, animals and a cascading waterfall that’s sure to rapture your little on-lookers. The illuminates are on from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p. m ., so you can head out after the day’s occasions and take it all in. Psst! You’ll need to purchase tickets online ahead of time.

Bellevue Botanical Garden2 001 Main St.Bellevue, WA Event items

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Bundle Up for a Hike

We’ll keep our thumbs spanned for a pleasant wintertime epoch so you can take the children hiking on Christmas. Heading out for an easy hike at a nearby ballpark, sanctuary or forest preserve was a very good behavior to get the girls outside for some fresh air–a tall order with all the rain we’ve been having. Cataracts and series are specially mystical this time of year. Just remember to wear beds, bring ocean and have spare socks( along with other winter necessaries) in your jam-pack before you head out.

photo:( c) Angela Sterling

Enjoy the Nutcracker at Home

If you want to go the kids to see George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker at McCaw Hall, but you’re not quite sure they’re up to it more, try streaming the digital production at home. It’s available from Dec. 20 -2 8, 2021. It’s the excellent lane to get your annual sugarplum fairy lodge, without the fuss. To watch at home, simply acquisition your digital ticket, then make the adolescents dance, sing and take as many toilet cracks as they need while you stream.

Take a Road Trip

If you’re longing for a white-hot Christmas, pack up the girls, gas up the family roadster and leader towards the Cascade Mountains. There was still two breathtaking family-friendly day destinations “ve been waiting” there. At Suncadia Resort, you’ll find all the winter activity your family needs–ice skating, tubing, snowshoeing and more in one location. And with eateries this is gonna be helping up devours the working day, you can stop everyone fortunate from sunlight up to sun down. The Bavarian town of Leavenworth( pictured) is likely to be festooned with over 500,000 dawns and medals, from one intention of the main drag to the other. Stop in the shops, sit down to a hearty meal and take it all in before honcho home. The best part? Both are excellent ends for an overnight, too.

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Catch a Good Flick

Catching a movie on the big screen has long been a Christmas Day tradition. Maybe that’s why so many good movies are exhausted over the Christmas weekend. This year, homes can sit down to Sing 2 for another chance to sing along with Buster Moon and his favorite performers as they persuasion a reclusive boulder sun back to the stage. Disney’s Encanto too does its road to theaters the week of Christmas. It’s music, magic and an inspire narrative about recognizing your own talents. Then on Christmas Day, sit down to American Underdog, the narrative of a furnish son turned NFL pro. Boasts love of all ages will be inspired by this fiction. All of these movies are rated PG.

photo: Downtown Seattle Association

Light Up the Night

You can drive around your own neighborhood to look at Christmas daylights or premier to a decked out ‘hood like Candy Cane Lane, but if you really want to get up close and personal with a dazzle festivity beacon flaunt, it doesn’t get any better than the Holiday Lights& Delights at Westlake Park or Occidental Square. The oversized brightnes effigies of presents, embroideries and archways aren’t just for ogling at–some are for stroll through more. Add in an augmented reality event that reveals winter supernatural all around and you’ve went every reason to get out and explore on December 25.

Westlake Park4 01 Pine St.Seattle, WA

Occidental Square1 17 S. Washington St.Seattle, WAEvent details

Hit the Slopes

If a epoch on the mountain sounds good to you, you’re in luck. Our wet winter has wanted early snowfall in the mountains, so the majority of members of the Seattle-area ski slopes are open previously. Whether you’ve got a season pass or you need to grab a elevator ticket for the working day( they’re selling out fast !), there’s no better day to carve than Christmas, when the ascents are less gathered than normal. So strap your skis onto the rack and front to the hills today!

–Allison Sutcliffe, Kristina Moy& Jeffrey Totey

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