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Fairfax County's Holiday Season

A collection of events to fill your days with cheer.

Make every last day of the year a festive one, be warmed by the holiday spirit of the season and spend time with friends and family--Fairfax County has something for everyone to take joy in before the year is up.

Alexandria & Mount Vernon Calendar: Nov. 29, 2012

E-mail announcements to gazette@connectionnewspapers.com. Photos and artwork are encouraged. Deadline is Thursday at noon.

Dancers To Perform in ‘Billy Elliot,’ ‘Nutcracker’

Dancers from Just Dance Studio in Alexandria will make their dance debut at Kennedy Center and Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore this month.

Poem: She Remembers the Splendor

Backstage at the Ballet

Final dress rehearsals are underway for this weekend’s performances of “The Nutcracker.”

Entertainment Brief: Historic Mount Vernon Sparkles with Holiday Cheer

Join "Mrs. Washington" as she hosts an enchanting evening of candlelight tours, fireside caroling, and hot cider and ginger cookies.

Entertainment Brief: 2012 Holiday Shop – A Mount Vernon Tradition The 51st annual

Holiday Shop — a popular Mount Vernon tradition — will be held Saturday, Nov. 17, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mount Vernon Unitarian Church, 1909 Windmill Lane, Alexandria, near Fort Hunt Rd., and Mason Hill Dr.

Entertainment Brief: MVCCT Presents ‘Oklahoma!’ at Bryant Alternative School

Mount Vernon Community Children’s Theatre, now in its 32nd season, is presents “Oklahoma!” Nov. 9-18.

Late Fall Classes at Art at the Center

Art at the Center is offering a half-session of several classes beginning next week. Visit www.artatthecenter.org for details and to register.

Alexandria/Mount Vernon Calendar: Oct. 10, 2012

Upcoming events and activities

18th Century Colonial Market and Fair at Mount Vernon

The lanes of the marketplace echoed the names of the five farms on General George Washington’s estate in Mount Vernon: Muddy Hole Farm, Dogue Run Farm, Union Farm, River Farm and Mansion Farm.