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Your guide to Northeast Ohio vacation activities
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Your guide to Northeast Ohio vacation activities

Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays, which is why you’ll want to check out these fun activities happening in Northeast Ohio.

We detail all the different types of events taking place in the area.

Tree lighting

Wade Oval

Wade Oval will be the host Light up the Circle on November 23 from 5-8 p.m

The lights will be on daily from November 24th to January 26th.

NELA Park

NELA Park’s Holiday Lighting Ceremony features the “Holiday Delighter” by GE Lighting

The NELA Park Holiday Lighting Ceremony will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year.

The ceremony will take place on December 6.

Winterland

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Cleveland’s holiday tree is coming to Public Square.

On November 30th, be sure to head to Public Square to see the lights turn on in Cleveland.

The annual tree lighting will be part of a day of family-friendly festivities and experiences in Cleveland.

For more information, click Here.

Annual traditions

Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad

All aboard!

The holiday season is here, which means the North Pole Adventure on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad is back.

The event, which runs until December 20, has something for the whole family and guest appearances from Santa Claus and his elves.

For more information and tickets, click Here.

Wild winter lights

Wild Winter Lights returns next month

The popular Wild Winter Lights event will take over the zoo from November 12th to December 30th.

The event features more than a million and a half lights strung across several holiday-themed areas of the zoo.

For more information, click Here.

The magic of lights

Magic of Lights drive-thru doubles traffic as families safely celebrate the holiday season

The Magic of Lights returns to the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds this holiday season.

The light show opens on November 27 and closes on January 4.

Click Here for more information.

Events

Transsiberian Orchestra

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It wouldn’t be the holidays without the Trans-Siberian Orchestra coming to town.

This year their concert is on December 27th at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

To learn more, click Here.

The Cleveland Orchestra

The Cleveland Orchestra celebrates 100 years

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MIAMI, FL – JANUARY 29: Music Director Franz Welser-Most with the Cleveland Orchestra at the 10th Anniversary Season at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts on January 29, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Rodrigo Varela/Getty Images for The Cleveland Orchestra)

The Cleveland Orchestra can perform concerts year-round, but in December they perform sounds of the holiday season.

Holiday concerts are held from December 11 to 22.

For more information, click Here.

The Nutcracker

The beloved holiday show, The Nutcracker, will take over Playhouse Square.

Come see the Cleveland Ballet perform the holiday classic.

For more information, click Here.

A Christmas carol

Even if you’re a Scrooge, you’ll enjoy this show.

A Christmas Carol will be performed at Playhouse Square from November 24th to December 23rd.

For more information, click Here.

Winter holiday camps

Great Lakes Science Center

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Great Lakes Science Center

The Science Center will host STEM camps from December 23rd to December 37th and from December 30th to January 3rd.

Kids will learn about space, chemistry, engineering and more.

Click Hereto find out more.

Indoor activities

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art. Photo by Kaylyn Hlavaty.

Photo by Kaylyn Hlavaty.

Cleveland Museum of Art. Photo by Kaylyn Hlavaty.

Looking for something fun and free to do while your kids are out of school?

Head to the Cleveland Museum of Art to see their new exhibits.

For more information, click Here.

Museum of Natural History

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A piece of the moon collected by Alan Bean on November 20, 1969 is on long-term loan from NASA to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

Did you miss going to the history museum? They reopen on December 15.

For more information, click Here.