1-31 - Winter Garden aGlow
Idaho Botanical Gardens: A magnificent display of lights and decorations with over 600,000 lights hung artfully among our landscape. IdahoBotanicalGarden.org
1-31 - Caldwell's WINTER WONDERLAND
Indian Creek Plaza 6-9 PM: Visit Santa, go ice skating, eat your favorite treat, or start your holiday shopping. IndianCreekPlaza.com
1-24 - Christmas tree permits
Boise and Payette NF District Offices: Permit allows one tree to be cut, with a limit of three permits per family on both the Payette and Boise NFs. Recreation.gov
1-31 - Scentsy Commmons Christmas Lights
Scentsy, Meridian: 43 miles of lights, decorating 450 trees. The Tunnel of Lights features an additional 67,000 lights.
1-24 HOLIDAY MARKET
Art Source Gallery daily: Hand-made glass art, ceramics, wood and bronze sculpture, painting, photography, jewelry. ArtSourceGallery.com
1-18 - All is Calm
Boise Contemporary Theater: The Western Front, Christmas, 1914. A remarkable true story, told in the words and songs of the men who lived it. BcTheater.org
2-4 - Boise Christmas Show
Expo Idaho at 11 AM: Thousands of unique gifts, over 300 vendors plus Santa & Mrs. Claus! ExpoIdaho.com
2-23 - The Ultimate Christmas Show
Stage Coach Theatre: The Ultimate Annual Holiday Variety Show and Christmas Pageant StageCoachTheatre.com
2 - Christmas in Old Town Meridian
Generation Plaza at 5 PM: The parade will float through old town Meridian to usher in the start of the holiday season with Santa and lighting the Christmas tree. ChristmasInMeridian.org
3 - The "Holiday Pops" concert
Morrison Center at 1 & 7:30 PM: New traditions with vocalist Sam Tru, and a program of holiday classics, winter songs and plenty of festive cheer. BoisePhil.org
3 - Boise Holiday Parade
Downtown Boise at 10 AM: features locally built holiday floats, rad cars, school bands/choirs, and so much more. BoiseHolidayParade.org
3 - Eagle Country Christmas
Historic Downtown Eagle at 1 PM: Shop for gifts, take a picture with Santa, carriage rides, music and tree lighting at 5:30 PM. CityOfEagle.org
3 - Boise Tuba Christmas
State Capitol at 4 PM: 30th annual gathering of tuba and euphonium players who perform holiday music. BoiseState.edu/music-brass
9-11 - THE NUTCRACKER
Morrison Center: Ballet Idaho Academy students and professional company members with musical by The Boise Phil orchestra. MorrisonCenter.com
13/14 - Outdoor Harry Potter Christmas Market
Castle Gardens, Kuna at 3:30 PM: All vendors will be selling Harry Potter-inspired merchandise. potterpartiesidaho@gmail.com
16/17 - Handel's Messiah
Cathedral of the Rockies at 8 PM: From deeply tender arias to show-stopping choruses and splendid orchestral writing. BoisePhil.org
16/17 - LAST DAY OF CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC MARKET
Grove Plaza at 10 AM: buying a product made in Idaho. CapitalCityPublicmarket.com
17 - Boise SantaCon Crawl
Throw on that Santa Claus hat and beard for Boise's #1 FREE SantaCon Bar Crawl. PubCrawls.com
17 - YMCA Christmas Run
Boise High School at 9 AM: Christmas Run Presented by Saint Alphonsus Tis the season to sparkle! YMCAtvIdaho.org
31 - Idaho Potato Drop
Boise Capitol Building at 5 PM: Free New Year’s Eve destination that supports local arts, businesses and charities. IdahoPotatoDrop.com