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DECEMBER
December 15-17
A Seussified Christmas Carol
A whimsical reinvention of Dickens’ most beloved Christmas story in wacky
rhymed couplets, this tale of glorious holiday cheer is similar to something
Dr. Seuss might have come up with - if he ever had his way with the story.
Performances are at 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for youth. Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission
Ave., St. Augustine 904-825-1164 www.limelight-theatre.org
December 15-25
The Light of Christmas
Join Turning Point at Calvary for its yearly Light of Christmas event.
Experience a Christmas light display nightly. On December 15-17, guests
can also take a stroll through the nativity tent and winter wonderland.
This is a free, family friendly event from 6-9 p.m. 3500 S.R. 16, St. Augustine
904-829-9795 www.tpcalvary.com/events
December 16
Black Heritage & Civil Rights Walking Tour
You are invited to join St. Augustine Black Heritage Tours for a walking
tour of historical sites in St. Augustine where more than 400 years of
African American history lives. This 90-minute guided tour departs from
Tour Saint Augustine at 4 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person, and a portion
of the proceeds from the ticket sales for this tour will be donated to the
ACCORD Civil Rights Museum in St. Augustine. Advance reservations
required. 4 Granada St., St. Augustine 904-825-0087
www.staugustineblackheritagetours.com
December 16
Las Posadas Del Viejo San Agustín/The Posadas of Old St. Augustine
Florida Living History volunteers will present this annual holiday heritage
event set in 1580 from 7-9 p.m. along St. George Street in historic downtown
St. Augustine. Las Posadas, a 400-year-old colonial Hispanic Christmas
tradition, will include a nighttime, torch-lit procession through the oldest
city for youth of all ages. There will be a re-enacting of Mary and Joseph’s
search for lodgings in Bethlehem on the first Christmas Eve. The procession
will begin at the City Gate on Orange Street and will march south down the
length of St. George Street, ending at the Governor’s House Cultural Center
& Museum, 48 King St. The event is free. 877-352-4478
www.floridalivinghistory.org
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