Chanukah 2020 | KidFriendly DC

Five Things for Today: December 14, 2020

1. The National Gallery of Art’s Virtual Artful Conversations for December begin today. During these “Color your Feelings” themed sessions, participants will create colorful works of art along with museum staff guiding the workshops. Have on hand a pencil, tempera or acrylic paints, paintbrush, and a cup of water and paper towel for rinsing your paintbrush. As an alternative to paints, they recommend colored pencils or crayons on paper. And working with paint, they recommend painting on cardboard. Recommended for ages 7-12 and an adult companion. Sessions take place today and December 16 & 17 at 4pm, and December 20 at 10am & 1pm. Free registration is required.

2. Lots of ideas for Christmas crafts with kids, perfect for a rainy day.

3. Early Christmas present: If you order today, you can get some of these sleds in time for the snow that’s supposed to come on Wednesday. (And you can start scoping out sledding hills — the recent post about Activities During the Covid Winter includes a link on where to find some good ones if you want to go beyond your neighborhood sledding spot.)

4. A Cookbook Gift Guide from Bon Appetit.

5. Ugly holiday sweaters for 2020.

Five Things for Today: December 10, 2020

The National Menorah Lighting from a Chanukah past

1. Chanukah begins tonight! If you’re looking for a community celebration (socially distanced, of course), the National Menorah Lighting is at 4pm on the Ellipse — tickets are free, but you must register for them. The Wharf is also hosting a Lighting of the Menorah all eight nights — join at District Square at 5pm. It’s free to attend, and you can just show up. And for more ways to celebrate, both virtual and IRL, see the KFDC holiday guide.

2. Montgomery Parks’ nature centers are offering unique and fun opportunities to enjoy the season safely and outdoors this winter. Visit their website to browse programs and get more info.

3. Heads up! The Geminid meteor shower sounds really cool, and it’s expected to peak overnight December 13-14, but you might be able to start seeing it over Friday night, December 11-12. The catch: The best time to view it is 2am.

4. In case you haven’t seen the best look ever making the Internet rounds yet… The original and the holiday music version. 😏

5. A classic for tonight’s holiday. And if you’re celebrating… drink your gin and tonica and have a happy, happy, happy, happy Chanukah!