On the Town: Holiday occasions provide ice skating, lights and Santa enjoyable

To ice-skate in opposition to a backdrop of glowing lights, slide on an interior tube down what’s known as the Slip ‘N Slide Summit, take a selfie with a costumed polar bear or dance with Santa’s helpers on a colourful, lighted dance ground, head to Remington Park for a vacation expertise that has all of these.

My household and I did all these issues and extra Sunday evening on the Coca-Cola Classic Christmas, arrange as an outside mountain hideaway spanning 90,000 sq. toes within the parking zone. The temperature had simply dipped into the freezing vary this season, so the climate was excellent for a winter expertise. We loved strolling round and taking pictures within the Christmas gentle shows whereas sipping on a Holiday Spirit cocktail served in a lightweight bulb-shaped container.  We popped into the Cinemark film space with Adirondack chairs draped with blankets. We additionally noticed individuals benefiting from the Home Depot Craft Corner, others taking part in outside video games like cornhole and Santa’s helpers studying to kids in a nook.

Coca-Cola Classic Christmas offered media tickets so we may discover and benefit from the choices. Several actions, just like the ice-skating and the snow slide, had an add-on Premier Pass price along with common admission, which begins at $21.

I left feeling extra of the vacation spirit than after I walked in due to the Christmas songs and “instagrammable” shows that invited pictures. Themed nights additionally appear like enjoyable. They embody “Paws ‘n’ Claws” pet nights on Dec. 4 and 17; a Night of Honor for navy veterans, first responders and their households on Dec. 7; a Country Christmas full with line-dancing classes on Dec. 11 and Oklahoma City-area sports activities nights for OKC Thunder followers on Dec. 3 and the Oklahoma Sooners on Dec. 10.

Tickets can be found at ClassicChristmas.com. Event companions embody Arca Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages, Cinemark, Home Depot, Baileys, Social House Entertainment, OU Sooners and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

More Christmas enjoyable

We additionally had a good time final Friday welcoming the beginning of the vacation season with a particular Christmas Tree Lighting in The National Hotel’s historic Great Hall in downtown Oklahoma City. The beautiful tree spans the peak of the cavernous three-story room of marble, granite and limestone, and the vacation décor fills the remainder of the area and hooked up rooms – outsized Christmas ornaments, presents, nutcrackers and reindeer, vacation scenes and miniature gingerbread homes and Christmas timber on the cabinets of the bar in a room off to the facet.

The enjoyable tree-lighting ceremony included a go to from Santa and Mrs. Claus lighting the tree, carols led by OK3, letter-writing to Santa and drinks like a Midnight Mint Mocha Martini provided within the bar.

For details about vacation traditions taking place at The National, 120 N Robinson Ave., go to thenationalokc.com/events. Events embody Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 7, 14, and 21, common Holiday Tea choices, Christmas Day eating and extra.

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