From the Humane Rescue Alliance:
“Get in the holiday spirit by joining the Humane Rescue Alliance for holiday photos with your pet! A photographer will capture festive moments with you and furry friends alongside HRA’s mascot, Wags, at two locations in DC. There’s a $20 suggested donation, with 100% of proceeds benefiting the Humane Rescue Alliance.” (more…)
From an email:
“Heads up Curd Nerds!
Back by popular demand, Paste & Rind’s Holiday Cheese Collections are back!
Better than an advent calendar, choose either the Hannukah (8 pieces) or Christmas (12 pieces) box (or both) and keep it cheesy all season long. (more…)
From the legends at Ivy and Coney (1537 7th Street, NW):
Ivy and Coney, the Today Show’s favorite dive bar (see reference), is proud to celebrate Hanukkah with all of you again! Beginning Monday, December 5th through the end of the month, the Manischewitz shall flow, the dreidels shall spin, and fun will be had by most. Mercifully, Hanukkah gets going on a reasonable date this year (12/18), so we’ll be able to pregame well into the month. The year 5782 was another whopper, so let’s all toast 5783 not being another dumpster fire!
To properly honor the most dangerous of holidays, one where you both get to play with fire and drink dubiously colored wine, we’ve got (more…)
From Wunder Garten:
“Wunder Garten (1101 First St. NE) will host its 6th annual WINTERFEST holiday festival from Friday, December 2, 2022 through Friday,December 23, 2022. Whether you’re in the mood for hot cocktails at the city’s most festive atmosphere. It truly is a Winter Wonderland of DC
Find everything from Christmas trees, to cozy fire pits and a hot chocolate bar, to holiday craft activities surrounded in a completely holiday decorated Winter Wunderland for that perfect Instagram selfie or that holiday card.
There’s nothing better than curling up to a cozy fire pit with some spiked hot cocoa or a Hot Toddy! Wunder Garten will feature its toasty holiday hot beverages, including spiked hot cider with fireball, peppermint hot cocoa with a candy cane, and mulled wine. (more…)
“National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, 2021. NPS / Nathan King”
Update from another reader:
“I asked NPS directly about the rest of the timing, and here’s what they sent back to me:
“We anticipate pre-show activities beginning around 5pm, and the main show itself about a half an hour later. The main show is anticipated to run approximately one hour or so.”
Update from NPS:
“President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will help celebrate the 2022 holiday season by lighting the National Christmas Tree at the 100th National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff will also attend the lighting. The ceremony takes place on the Ellipse in President’s Park on Nov. 30.
The lighting ceremony will also include remarks from Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland.”
“Dear PoPville,
I was wondering if anyone knows what the order of events is at the National Christmas Tree Lighting on Wednesday – their website is quite vague.
I got tickets in the lottery and it says to arrive between 2:30 and 4:30; (more…)
Thanks to J. for sending from Adams Morgan: “Most people buy their tree this weekend, so this must be roughly 365 days old…”
And so concludes Last Christmas Tree in Town 2022 coverage. See you in March 2023!
Last Christmas Tree in Town is brought to you by the Friends of the White Whale Society.
photo by Jeff Vincent
May your bellies be full with delicious foods and your families be healthy and not too crazy.
Safe and happy holiday to all.
1427 H Street, NE
From an email:
“Featuring Motown Christmas songs themed Cocktails and soundtracks playing in the background. Multiple installations including a Christmas tree room in the speakeasy, a Black Santa Throne room, Gingerbread Man Wall and much more. Classic African American Christmas movies playing on the tv throughout. (more…)
79 Potomac Ave, SE courtesy Salt Line
From an email:
“The Salt Line is once again hosting a Christmas tree lot at its Navy Yard location. Now in its 11th year, the Christmas tree lot will offer Fraser and Balsam firs ranging in sizes from tabletop to 12 feet tall, as well as tree stands, wreaths, garlands, and ornaments. 100% of sales proceeds benefit the DC Firefighters Burn Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to the rehabilitation and recovery of injured firefighters and burn patients. The lot will be open daily starting Friday, November 25, until inventory is sold out. Anyone who purchases a tree will receive a free hot cocktail from The Salt Line.
From a press release:
“The nationally acclaimed Downtown Holiday Market, presented by DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID and Diverse Markets Management, returns to the nation’s capital for its 18th year starting Friday, November 18 through Friday, December 23. On opening day, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser will be kicking off the market during the opening ceremony welcome beginning at 12PM. The spacious, open-air market will take place in the eclectic arts and entertainment corridor in Penn Quarter, filling up two entire blocks of F Street NW, from 7th to 9th Streets, NW–steps away from the buzzing Capital One Arena and Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. (more…)