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Trees, lights for your Christmas viewing
Visitors walk through a holiday light display at Rhema
Bible Church in Broken Arrow. The Christmas lights display
will shine each night through the season. Tulsa World file
By KAREN SHADE World Scene Writer
Published: 11/26/2009 2:26 AM
Last Modified: 11/26/2009 10:31 AM
Festival of Trees
If you missed the opening of Philbrook Museum's 25th annual Festival of Trees last week, there's little cause for worry. The special exhibit of holiday fantasies runs through Dec. 13.
Artists and students put a creative touch on holiday decor for this event with carefully designed trees and small decorative items showcased and for sale. There's more to come, however, with three special events lined up to complete the Philbrook holiday experience.
The Garden Glow light display event will be 4-8 p.m. Saturday as the gardens around the museum glow with almost 50,000 lights, carolers and other activities. It is free with paid museum admission. The children's party is set for 9:30 a.m.-noon Dec. 5. It will include crafts and storytelling. Cost is $20-$25. Also, the "Four x Four" party, 5:30-9 p.m. Dec. 6, will take museum members on a tour of homes where they will find gourmet treasures. Cost is $150.
The museum is located at 2727 S. Rockford Road. Admission through the festival is $6.50-$8.50. For more, call 749-7941.
Light it up
Tulsa will be all lit up on Thanksgiving weekend, but there are plenty of mega-watt events from here to New Year's Eve to watch for. Here are the big ones.
Utica Square
, 21st Street and Utica Avenue, will flip the switch on more than 700,000 lights at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Look for photos with Santa, nice people serving hot chocolate and carolers singing the hits.
The Castle in Muskogee
, 3400 Fern Mountain Road, Muskogee, lights up its Christmas Kingdom at 6 p.m. Thursday with an assortment of holiday activities and an endless display of those glowing inflatable decorations.
Honor Heights Park
, West Shawnee Street and North 40th Street in Muskogee, turns on its Garden of Lights at dusk. More than 1 million lights and animated displays turn the grounds into a picturesque holiday favorite.
Rhema Bible College
, 1024 W. Kenosha St., Broken Arrow, turned on the lights of its massive campus display Wednesday. There must be a reason why visitors keep coming back for another drive through.
Lights on the Hill
takes place at Chandler Park, 6500 W. 21st St., where the power first goes on at 6 p.m. Friday. Three miles of light displays, horse-drawn carriage rides and an appearance from Santa highlight the event.
Wonderland of Lights
is Woolaroc Museum and Wildlife Preserve's holiday spectacle complete with wagon rides, music, more than 650,000 lights and Santa. It opens 5-9 p.m. Friday at the museum, 1925 Woolaroc Ranch Road, Bartlesville.
Festival of Lights Parade
, one of the oldest light parades, takes place in downtown Sand Springs from 4-7 p.m. Dec. 4.
River Winter Wonderland
will light up the River Parks walking and bike paths with a light parade on Dec. 5. But from 3:30-5:30 p.m., there will be live music, hot chocolate and more fun at the QuikTrip Plaza at 41st Street and Riverside Drive. Lights will be turned on at 5:20 p.m. and the parade of lights (bicycles, pets, strollers, humans) will start afterward.
PSO Parade of Lights
will be held Dec. 12 in downtown Tulsa and will include balloons, floats, marching bands and much more, all glowing with Christmas lights.
For contact information and details on the duration of light displays, see the Events grid on page 22.
By KAREN SHADE World Scene Writer
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