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The film group named Martin Scorsese Best Director for the 3-D family film ?Hugo.?- 7:17 pm There's still time to enjoy Christmas at Biltmore. The decorations are up through Jan. 1 and the estate is open Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. ...
A A There's still time to enjoy Christmas at Biltmore. The decorations are up through Jan. 1 and the estate is open Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Christmas at Biltmore, through Jan. 1, Biltmore Estate. House and grounds decorated for the season. Candlelight Christmas Evenings, offering evening candlelight tours of Biltmore House, take place through Dec. 31. Local choirs and small musical ensembles stationed in the Winter Garden will perform music of the season as guests enter Biltmore House. 877-BILTMORE. www.biltmore.com.
19th Century Carolina Christmas, through Jan. 4. Smith-McDowell House, at 283 Victoria Road, Asheville, is decked in Victorian holiday decor. Candlelight tours available by reservation for groups. $10 for adults, $6 for college students, $5 for ages 8-18. Call 253-9231 or visit www.wnchistory.org.
Holidays for Hospice, through Dec. 27. Asheville Mall hosts the CarePartners Garden of Memories, a quilt-themed contemplative space with books listing names of those remembered and honored through memorial ornaments. For details on ornaments, visit www.carepartnersfoundation.org. Call 277-4815.
?The Polar Express,? through Saturday, Bryson City. Read along with the story ?The Polar Express? on Great Smoky Mountains Railroad. Times and dates vary. Tickets start at $39 for adults, $26 for ages 2-12. Visit www.gsmr.com or call 800-872-4681.
National Gingerbread House Competition, on display through Jan. 1. The Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa hosts its 19th annual National Gingerbread House Competition. Community viewing Monday-Thursday only. At 290 Macon Ave., Asheville. Call 800-438-0050, ext. 1281.
?Stories of Gingerbread? guided tours, through Jan. 1. Go behind the scenes and learn about entries in the Grove Park Inn?s gingerbread competition. Hourlong tours at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays. Adults $12, children 12 and younger $6. Reservations required; call 800-438-5800.
Holiday Fest, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., through Saturday, at Tom Sawyer?s Christmas Tree Farm and Elf Village, Glenville/Cashiers. Free. Visit www.tomsawyerchristmastreefarm.com.
Bounty of Bethlehem dinner, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Immaculata Catholic School, 711 Buncombe St., Hendersonville. A free community Christmas dinner that includes entertainment, gifts and a visit from Santa. Call 693-5115 or visit www.bountyofbethlehem.org.