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Give your child a thrill this Christmas-- put them on Santa's Nice List! Just upload his or her name and photo and receive a personalized video message from Santa! Create your video now: http://family.go.com/santas-list/
"A Christmas Carol" has returned to Ford's Theater: http://fordstheatre.org
There's only one Metro stop on the National Mall itself - the Smithsonian station. Be sure to check out other locations as places like Archives-Navy Memorial and McPherson Square are only a few blocks away.
Celebrate the foodways of the Americas with food demonstrations, hands-on activities, performances, and much more. The unique foods of the Americas travelled across the hemisphere and beyond through complex trade routes and made contributions to the entire world: http://www.nmai.si.edu
Tip: When you visit DC, lettered streets run east to west while numbered streets go north to south.
Thinking about visiting DC? Request a free Visitor's Guide:
http://washington.org/visiting/browse-dc/interactive-visitors-guide
Consider "Saturday Morning at the National," National Theatre's free performance series designed for the whole family. Shows range from puppet and magic shows to showcases of music and ballet. http://www.nationaltheatre.org/saturday/saturday.htm
The 2009 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held on Thursday, December 3, 2009, at 5:00 p.m., on the Ellipse next to the White House. If you can't be here, watch it live on your PBS station. http://www.thenationaltree.org
The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden ice-skating rink is open November 14, 2009 through mid-March 2010, weather permitting. View magnificent works of sculpture while skating in the open air and enjoying music from the state-of-the-art sound system. http://www.nga.gov/ginfo/skating.shtm