2009 PHOTOGRAPH FROM GAYLORD NATIONAL RESORT BY JOHN MCDONNELL
Best Bets: Holiday pictures
Skip the mall Santa or photo studio in favor of these settings. You’ll get shots like no one else’s.
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Gaylord NatioNal resort, 201 WaterfroNt st., oxoN Hill. 301-965-4000.
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It’s always a winter wonderland in this 15,000-square-foot depiction of scenes from Dr. Seuss’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” — all carved from ice. Forgo the fancy outfits; you’ll be wearing a puffy blue parka in the 9-degree climate. Capture your family zooming down a two-story ice slide or let the staff take your photo with Mr. Grinch. Consider (free) photos inside the hotel, where artificial snow falls in the 20-story atrium at 6:15 and 9:15 nightly. Nov. 18-Jan. 9. $24- $29, $18-$23 ages 62 and older, $13-$18 ages 4-12. Photo prices begin at $14.99.
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Where else will you find a model of the Lincoln Memorial made out of plant fibers? Te exhibit of two-to-three-foot models of D.C. landmarks offers a one-of-a-kind backdrop that’s just the right height for posing tykes. More options: the train display, the beds of poinsettias and the outdoor archways framed with evergreens. Nov. 25- Jan. 2. Free.
Menorah on Ice peNtaGoN roW ice riNk, 1201 s. Joyce st., arliNGtoN. 703-370-2774. WWW.cHabadaa.orG.
If you think a menorah carved from ice
is spectacle enough, just wait until the lighting ceremony at 7 p.m. Or go for a more candid shot of your posse skating along to the recorded Jewish music. Latkes and doughnuts will be provided, and kosher food will be available to purchase. 6-8:30 p.m. Dec. 2. $12, $10 in advance.
del ray holIday on the avenUe mouNt verNoN aveNue betWeeN east oxford aNd east duNcaN streets, alexaNdria. 703-683-2570.
WWW.visitdelray.com.
Gather to sing carols and wait for Santa — who arrives in a police car — to light the tree at Oxford Street. Ten proceed with him down the sidewalk, lined with luminarias, to sit on his lap at Alexandria Hyundai. A provided photographer will post pictures online for download. 6 p.m. Dec. 3. Free.
leeSBUrG holIday Parade kiNG street betWeeN ida lee drive aNd fairfax street. 703-777-1368.
WWW.idalee.orG.
Frosty, Rudolph and Santa (with a real beard!) appear at the end of the parade through the historic downtown. Ten they mingle with shoppers near King and Market streets. Tere’s no structured time for photos, but the costumed characters expect to pose with families. Elves and Mrs. Claus will provide paper and markers so kids can write letters to Santa at 1757 Real Estate Company on West Market Street. 10 a.m. Dec. 11. Free. — Anne Kenderdine
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