Arts & Entertainment
Dec 20 – Family Funday Sundays (Woodruff Arts Center)
thru Dec 31 – Joel Holmberg: New Videos and CNN Footage (Atlanta Contemporary Art Center)
thru Dec 31 – Oscar de la Renta (SCAD FASH)
thru Jan 1, 2016 – Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Open Exhibit: Everything Must Go (Serenbe)
thru Jan 3, 2016 – Indigenous Beauty: Masterworks of American Indian Art from the Diker Collection (Michael C. Carlos Museum)
thru Jan 3, 2016 – Searching for the Queen of Sheba (Fernbank Museum of Natural History)
thru Jan 3, 2016 – The Waters and the Wild: Alen MacWeeney Photographs of Ireland (Michael C. Carlos Museum)
thru Jan 3, 2016 – Nature Connects: Art With LEGO Bricks (Atlanta Botanical Garden/Gainesville)
thru Jan 10, 2016 – Designers, Makers, Users: 3D Printing the Future (MODA)
thru Jan 10, 2016 – Seriously Silly! The art & whimsy of Mo Willems (High Museum of Art)
thru Jan 16, 2016 – Romare Bearden (Alan Avery Art Company)
thru Jan 17, 2016 – Habsburg Splendor (High Museum of Art)
thru Jan 23, 2016 – Elliott Erwitt (Jackson Fine Art Gallery)
thru Jan 23, 2016 – Gail Albert Halaban (Jackson Fine Art Gallery)
thru Jan 23, 2016 – Saul Leiter (Jackson Fine Art Gallery)
thru Feb 11, 2016 – Wonders of the Arctic in IMAX (Fernbank Museum of Natural History)
thru May 29, 2016 – Spider Woman to Horned Serpent: Creation and Creativity in Native North American Art (Michael C. Carlos Museum)

Food & Drink
Dec 19 – Breakfast with Santa (ONE Midtown Kitchen)
Dec 19 – Dinner with Santa (ONE Midtown Kitchen)
Dec 20 – Cooking Demo: Chef Jeremy Miller & Bamboo Juices (Serenbe)
Dec 20 – Feastivus – A Celebration of Winter Pop-Up Dinner (Serenbe)
thru Dec 27 – Hot Toddies & Sweets (Saltwood)
thru Dec 31 – Yule Logs (Saltwood)
thru Jan 2016 – 50% off ONE Midtown Kitchen (with ticket stub from Garden Lights Holiday Nights)

Music
Dec 18 – Sounds of Vienna (High Museum of Art)
Dec 18 – Sam Holt and Danny Hutchens (Cook Hall)
Dec 19 – A Very Merry Holiday Pops (Atlanta Symphony Hall)
Dec 19 – Celtic Woman: Home For Christmas (Atlanta Symphony Hall)

Performing Arts
Dec 18-19 – Highwire Comedy Presents: A Very Wary Christmas (Academy Theatre)
thru Dec 19 – Merry %#!*ing Christmas (Woodruff Arts Center)
thru Dec 19 – Santa After Hours 2015: The Wreck-oning (Out of Box Theatre)
thru Dec 20 – A Christmas Carol (Aurora Theatre)
thru Dec 20 – A Christmas Tradition (Earl Smith Strand Theatre)
thru Dec 20 – Christmas Canteen (Aurora Theatre)
thru Dec 23 – A Christmas Carol (Alliance Theatre)
thru Dec 23 – The Snow Queen (Serenbe Playhouse)
thru Dec 24 – A Year With Frog and Toad (Synchronicity Theatre)
thru Dec 30 – Deep in the Heart of Tuna (Theatre in the Square/Marietta)
thru Dec 31 – The Santaland Diaries (Horizon Theatre)

Holiday Festivities & other fun things
Dec 18 – Candlelight Nights (Atlanta History Center)
Dec 18 – Family Winter Fest (Gwinnett County Fairgrounds)
Dec 19 – A Very Merry Christmas Party (Der Biergarten)
Dec 19 – Jingle Mingle (Crowne Plaza Ravinia)
Dec 19 – Ugly Sweater Run (Piedmont Park)
Dec 19–21 – Santa’s Missing Mail Puppet Show (Roswell Cultural Arts Center)
Dec 19 & 21 – Cookies with Mrs. Claus (Barrington Hall/Roswell)
thru Dec 14 – Annual Menorah Lighting (Avondale Estates)
thru Dec 15 – Home for the Holidays Designer Showhouse
thru Dec 15 – Christmas at Callanwolde (Callanwolde Fine Arts Center)
thru Dec 17 – Santa’s Mailbox (Woodstock)
thru Dec 18 – The North Pole Fa-La-La-La Follies Puppet Show (Roswell Cultural Arts Center)
thru Dec 19 – Breakfast or Lunch with Santa (Southeastern Railway Museum)
thru Dec 19 – Krampus Xmas (7 Stages Theatre)
thru Dec 19 – Polar Express Experience (Southeastern Railway Museum)
thru Dec 19 – Saint Nick (Atlanta Botanical Garden)
thru Dec 20 – American Girl Welcomes Santa (Alpharetta)
thru Dec 20 – A Christmas Tradition (Earl Smith Strand Theatre)
thru Dec 20 – Santa at Rhodes Hall
thru Dec 21 – Holiday Candlelight Tours of McDaniel Farm (Duluth)
thru Dec 22 – Mistletoe Market at Arts Clayton Gallery (Arts Clayton Gallery)
thru Dec 23 – Holiday Gift Bazaar 2015
thru Dec 23 – Holiday Popup Shop (Indie Craft Experience Studio)
thru Dec 24 – Avalon Holiday Express (Alpharetta)
thru Dec 24 – Santa at Avalon (Alpharetta)
thru Dec 24 – Santa at Ponce City Market
thru Dec 24 – Santa’s Cottage (Atlantic Station)
thru Dec 27 – The Botanical Express (Atlanta Botanical Garden)
thru Dec 31 – Christmas Light Recycling (Westside Provisions)
thru Dec 31 – Snow Show (Atlantic Station)
throughout Dec – Sparkle Holiday Celebration (Norcross)
thru Jan 2, 2016 – Fantasy in Lights (Callaway Gardens)
thru Jan 3, 2016 – Christmas at Roswell Visitors Center (Roswell)
thru Jan 3, 2016 – Holiday Festivities (World of Coca-Cola)
thru Jan 3, 2016 – Holiday in the Park (Six Flags over Georgia)
thru Jan 3, 2016 – Magical Nights of Lights (Lanier Islands)
thru Jan 3, 2016 – Stone Mountain Christmas (Stone Mountain)
thru Jan 3, 2016 – The Astor Holiday Ice Skating Rink (St. Regis Atlanta)
thru Jan 3, 2016 – Winter Wonderland (Marietta Square)
thru Jan 8, 2016 – Little Things Mean a Lot (Swan Coach House Gallery)
thru Jan 9, 2016 – Garden Lights: Holiday Nights (Atlanta Botanical Garden)
thru Jan 9, 2016 – Holiday Model Train Show (Atlanta Botanical Garden)
thru Jan 10, 2016 – Ice Skating Rink (Centennial Olympic Park)
thru Jan 10, 2016 – Winter Wonderland (Fernbank Museum)
thru Jan 24, 2016 – Avalon on Ice (Alpharetta)
thru Jan 31, 2016 – Ice Rink (Sugar Hill)
thru Feb 9, 2016 – Ice Skating (Olde Town Conyers Pavilion)
thru Feb 13, 2016 – SKATE (Atlantic Station)
thru Feb 15, 2016 – Winter Adventure (Lanier Islands)
thru Feb 16, 2016 – The Rink at Park Tavern in Piedmont Park (Park Tavern)

pictured: Yule Log from Saltwood