Home for the Holidays
***Special*** 25% discount available for friends and family coming home to Albany Oregon for the Holidays-
Not enough room for friends and family visiting this holiday season?
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Come Home to Albany for the Holidays
In the hustle and bustle of the holidays gone commercial, families still manage to get together to celebrate the “important things” that aren’t really things.
Historic Downtown Albany celebrates the holidays in a traditional style, described as a Hallmark card come to life. If you don’t know this for yourself, come find out why.
Christmas lights, visits from Santa, holiday windows, parlour tours, trolley and horse drawn wagon caroling tours, a free holiday concert in one of the best concert venues in the Northwest and a free holiday movie in our very own downtown movie theater are annual traditions here in Historic Downtown Albany, Oregon.
Albany residents come back year after year - Why not bring your family home to Albany for Christmas? Let them know why you choose to live here and show them the true heart of your community.
Special incentive: If you don’t have the room, Albany’s Lodging Facilities are offering a 25% discount for family and friends coming home for the holidays during the month of December.
Call the Albany Visitors Association to find out more about our great community events and where to stay if your house is already full, (541) 928-0911.
December Events in Historic Downtown Albany, Oregon
December 1 – January 1, 6pm – 10pm, Night Time Magic Holiday Light Program in Albany’s Historic Districts. Drive or walk through Albany’s historic districts and enjoy the magical feeling of Christmas past. Maps of the historic districts are available at the Albany Visitors Association: 250 Broadalbin SW, (541) 928-0911, www.albanyvisitors.com.
December 4 – 18, Christmas Storybook Land, Free with canned food donation. Monday through Friday, 6:30pm – 8:30pm. Saturday & Sunday, 10am – 8:30pm. Linn County Fair & Expo Center: 3700 Knox Butte Rd., (541) 926-4314.
December 5, 4:30pm, Downtown Twice Around Holiday Parade, followed by the Annual Community Tree Lighting Ceremony and Free Holiday Concert at the Venetian Theatre in Historic Downtown Albany. For information contact the Albany Downtown Association: (541) 928-2469 www.albanydowntown.com.
December 12 & 19th 5pm, 6pm and 7pm. The Albany Downtown Association will be offering Christmas Caroling tours on Albany’s vintage trolley, with song leaders, through the Monteith historic district. Trolley boards at the Albany Downtown Association office, 240 2nd Ave SW (2nd & Broadalbin). $5 per person. For more information, contact The Albany Downtown Association: (541) 928-2469, www.albanydowntown.com.
December 11, 12, 18 & 19th beginning at 5:30pm, Flinn’s offers Christmas Caroling tours on a horse-drawn wagon, with song leaders, through the Monteith historic district. Rides last 45 min. Last ride 8:30pm. Wagon boards at: Lavender & Lace: 311 1st Ave NW. $10 per person, $8 for seniors, $6 for children, special group rates available. For more information call: (541) 704-8563.
December 12, Stay Out Late Winter Walk. Downtown Shops will be open until 8pm for your shopping convenience. Carolers will add to the festivities.
Sunday, December 13, 2pm-7pm, 30th Annual Christmas Parlour Tour of Historic Homes, Museums, Churches & Library. The tour will feature six historic homes (listed on the ticket with a map), which have been lovingly restored and beautifully decorated for the holidays. Along with the homes on tour, guests will visit the Whitespires Church, The United Presbyterian Church, the Albany Regional Museum, the Monteith House Museum, the Carnegie Library, the Carousel Art Studio and Dentzel American Carousel Museum, and the Train House presented by Saint Mary’s Church. Music, refreshments, horse-drawn wagon rides, and vintage trolley rides are all included in the $10 ticket price ($8 for seniors and groups of 10 or more). Children under 12 are admitted free with a paid adult. For information contact the Albany Visitors Association: (541) 928-0911, www.albanyvisitors.com.
Sunday, December 13, Author/illustrator Alice Cotton, When Buildings Speak, will be featured for a free reading and book signing at 1:00pm at the Oregon Language Center, 237 3rd Ave SW. One of the historic homes on the Parlour tour will also host the author for a special book signing beginning at 3:30pm. For more information call: (541) 928-8975.
Sunday, December 13, Albany Fitwalkers will hold 5k/10k walk in conjunction with the Christmas Parlour Tour. Participants are given a discount for Parlour tour tickets. The walk start time is 1pm-4pm, finish by 7pm. For more information call: (541) 926-7890 or visit www.albanyfitwalkers.org.
December 19, 2009, 9am, Breakfast with Santa at the Venetian, 241 1st Ave W., Historic Downtown Albany. Reservations required. $15 for children, $20 for adults. Call the Albany Downtown Association for more information or to make reservations: (541) 928-2469.
December 19, FREE holiday movie at the Pix Theatre. This year’s movie will be the holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” starring Jimmy Stewart. Don’t miss the opportunity to see it on the big screen. The film starts at 2:30pm. For more information, contact the Albany Downtown Association: (541) 928-2469, www.albanydowntown.com.