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Top 5 Things to Do This Week

By Krista Nesbit, Publisher, Macaroni KID Lake Orion - Rochester Hills - Oxford November 11, 2024

These are Macaroni KID Lake Orion - Rochester Hills - Oxford's picks for five things to do with kids this week. Click on the links for all the details:


1. Canterbury Village Tree Lighting
Canterbury Village kicks off the holiday season Friday evening with the lighting of their 45-foot, music synchronized, dancing lights Christmas tree! This festive event is fun for the entire family, complete with entertainment and carolers. Stores throughout the quaint village are open for holiday shopping, old fashioned carolers provide a musical atmosphere, and beloved holiday characters will visit with the children! Outdoor fire pits will be stationed throughout the village for warmth, and we'll have hot cocoa and warm cider available for purchase.


2. Nerf Club!
Calling all grades 1-5! Join Nerf Club for an epic evening of fun and friends! Play exciting Nerf games, enjoy pizza, and catch a quick message. Bring your friends to earn bonus tickets for monthly prize drawings. Got Nerf blasters? Bring 'em (Rival and Elite). No blaster? No problem! They've got spares. Make sure to register now! 


3. NDP Theatre Production "The Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon"
Do you love Christmas? Do you love cheesy Christmas movies that make you feel sickeningly sweet inside? Well, this year's NDP theatre production, "The Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon", might be the right place for you this November! Directed by Amy Gray and A’lana Osborne, you can experience six, count 'em SIX Hallmark movies mushed into one amalgamation of a production all staged for your enjoyment! Join us on the 15, 16, and 17 this November to experience the wonderful joy of Christmas and the smitten and mysterious world of romance, all hosted in the NDP cafeteria. The theatre department hopes to see you there, so buy your tickets now!


4. Canterbury Cocoa Crawl
The annual Canterbury Cocoa Crawl is back this weekend! Step into a scene out of a holiday movie in the beautifully decorated village and enjoy delicious warm cocoa at over 10 stops! There is nothing better than the rich flavor of a warm handcrafted hot cocoa! Each small shop of Canterbury Village will feature their own unique, handcrafted cocoa concoction for you to sample as you enjoy the quaint ambience of the decorated grounds! There will be plenty of sweet combinations for the entire family to enjoy and even some cocoa cocktails for the adults to enjoy at The C-Pub. Yum!


5. Bitty Bops (Babies under age 2, with an adult lap)
Monday at 10:30am, Bitty Bops is happening at Oxford Library! Babies like stories and music too! This program engages babies with songs, nursery rhymes, fingerplays and short stories. This is a special time for you and your baby, so please make other arrangements for siblings. Register now!


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