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Utah Valley Living: Places to go, things to do (Dec. 20-31)

By Staff | Dec 20, 2025

Ashley Stilson, Daily Herald file photo

Santa Claus poses with a little girl during the Winter Lights Parade in downtown Spanish Fork on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019.

Here is a look at many of the events going on in Utah Valley and beyond in the next week:

CENTRAL

Provo

Dec. 20

Utah Metropolitan Ballet Nutcracker, Covey Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. (covey.provo.gov)

Holiday 2025 Beehive Bazaar Handmade Art and Craft Fair, The Beehive, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. (beehivebazaar.com)

Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol, Covey Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-22, covey.provo.gov)

CLAS Ropes Course Christmas Cruise 2025, CLAS Ropes Course, 5:15-9:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-23, clasropes.com)

Healer Live Nativity and Christmas Market, Aptive, 6-9 p.m. (Dec. 20-23, thehealernativity.org)

Them Also I Must Bring- Brandon Gonzales, The Compass Gallery, noon-8 p.m. (Dec. 20-27, thecompassgallery.com)

Alternativity Exhibit – Group Show, The Compass Gallery, noon-8 p.m. (Dec. 20-27, thecompassgallery.com)

God’s Grace 2025, JKR Gallery, 4-8 p.m. (Dec. 20-27, jkr-gallery.myshopify.com)

The Noun Show, Provo Library at Academy Square, 3:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 2, provolibrary.gov)

Jingle Bells Bubble Rave, Arlington Hall, 5-7 p.m. (jinglerave.com)

2025-26 Provo Winter Farmers Market, Provo Towne Centre Mall,, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (provotownecentre.com)

Brunch with Santa, Sundance Resort, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. (sundanceresort.com)

Ugly Sweater Party, Sundance Resort, noon-1 a.m. (sundanceresort.com)

2025 All-Star Christmas Special, Velour, 7:30 p.m. (24tix.com)

Dec. 21

Return to Light: A Winter Solstice Ritual, Sundance Resort, 6-7:30 p.m. (sundanceresort.com)

Church Christmas Social, Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ, 12:15 p.m. (provocommunityucc.org)

Dec. 22

A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage, Covey Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 22-23, covey.provo.gov)

Dec. 23

Snowcat Meet n’ Greet, Sundance Resort, TBA (sundanceresort.com)

Dec. 24

Christmas Eve Candlelight Family Service, Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ, 7 p.m. (provocommunityucc.org)

Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion Service, Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ, 7 p.m. (provocommunityucc.org)

Dec. 25

Christmas Day Brunch, Sundance Resort, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (sundanceresort.com)

Dec. 26

Friday Fusion, Arlington Hall, 8:30 p.m. (arlingtonhalls.com)

Night Owling, Sundance Resort, 6:30 p.m. (sundanceresort.com)

Dec. 29

Johnson Files Christmas Show, Covey Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 29-30, covey.provo.gov)

Dec. 30

Snowcat Meet n’ Greet, Sundance Resort, TBA (sundanceresort.com)

Dec. 31

Owl Bar New Year’s Eve Party, Sundance Resort, 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. (sundanceresort.com)

Provo’s New Years Through the Decades Countdown, Provo Recreation Center, 7 p.m. (provo.gov)

Orem

Dec. 20

The Best Christmas Pagent Ever: The Musical, SCERA Center for the Arts, 7:30 p.m. (scera.org)

Hearth and Home: Domestic Depictions From the Permanent Collection, UVU Museum of Art at Lakemount, 1-8 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 17, uvu.edu/museum)

Antra Sinha: Shimmering Sunlight, UVU Museum of Art, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 24, uvu.edu/museum)

2025 Christmas Lights in The Orchard, University Place Orem, 5-11 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 3, universityplaceorem.com)

Dec. 23

The Forgotten Carols 2025 Tour, Mountain View High School, 3:30 p.m./7:30 p.m. (forgottencarols.com)

Santa and Friends, University Place Orem, 5 p.m. (universityplaceorem.com)

Dec. 31

Open Studio in the Art Haus, UVU Museum of Art, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (uvu.edu/museum)

Lindon

Dec. 22

Pioneer Home Christmas, Harris Pioneer Home, 6-8 p.m. (lindonrecreation.org)

SOUTH

Springville

Dec. 20

Enduring Beauty: John Hafen and the Power of Art, Springville Museum of Art, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Dec. 20 into 2026, smofa.org)

Annual Youth Art Competition – Opening Reception, Springville Museum of Art, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 7, smofa.org)

Dec. 22

Mindful Mondays at the Museum, Springville Museum of Art, 6-8 p.m. (smofa.org)

Dec. 29

Mindful Mondays at the Museum, Springville Museum of Art, 6-8 p.m. (smofa.org)

Spanish Fork

Dec. 20

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Reimagined, Angelus Theatre, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-22, angelustheatre.com)

A Krampus Karol 2025, Angelus Theatre, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-23, angelustheatre.com)

Red Nose Ranch, Gordon’s Family Farm, noon-8 p.m. (Dec. 20-27, gordonfamilyfarms.com)

Spanish Fork Festival of Lights, Canyon View Park, 6-10 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 1, sfcitytix.com)

Handel’s Messiah Benefit Concert, Maple Mountain High School, 7:30 p.m. (nhco.events)

Laughing All The Way: Spanish Fork, Spanish Fork High School, 7 p.m. (events.latterdaily.com)

Dec. 22

Handel’s Messiah Benefit Concert, Maple Mountain High School, 7:30 p.m. (nhco.events)

Salem

Dec. 20

Christmas Story Murals Display, 70 W. Salem Canal Road, 5-11 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 1, Salemutah.gov)

Pond Town Christmas, Salem City Pond, 5:30-11 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 1, salemutah.gov)

Payson

Dec. 20

Winter Solstice Concert, Center of the Universe Cafe, 7 p.m. (cotucafe.com)

Dec. 21

Sunday Open Mic in Payson, Center of the Universe Cafe, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (cotucafe.com)

Dec. 23

Weekly Craft Night, Center of the Universe Cafe, 6-8 p.m. (cotucafe.com)

Dec. 24

Live Local Music Night, Center of the Universe Cafe, 6 p.m. (cotucafe.com)

Dec. 28

Sunday Open Mic in Payson, Center of the Universe Cafe, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (cotucafe.com)

Dec. 30

Weekly Craft Night, Center of the Universe Cafe, 6-8 p.m. (cotucafe.com)

Dec. 31

Live Local Music Night, Center of the Universe Cafe, 6 p.m. (cotucafe.com)

NORTH

Pleasant Grove

Dec. 20

A Christmas Carol: The Musical, Liahona Theater for the Community, 7:30 p.m. (alpinecommunitytheater.org)

A Christmas Carol 2025, The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-27, theruth.org)

Deck the Dome – Holiday Laser Show, Christa McAuliffe Space Cente, 5:20-8:45 p.m. (Dec. 20-31, spacecenterutah.org)

Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Ruth and Nathan Hale Theater, 7:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 3, theruth.org)

Dec. 23

Tuesday Trucks and Trivia Night, Grove Station, 6-8 p.m. (grovestationpg.com)

Dec. 30

Tuesday Trucks and Trivia Night, Grove Station, 6-8 p.m. (grovestationpg.com)

Lehi

Dec. 20

She Loves Me, Lehi Arts Council, 7:30 p.m. (lehiarts.org)

Luminaria, Thanksgiving Point, 4 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 10, thanksgivingpoint.org)

Mistletoe and Miracles Christmas Concert, Skyridge Theatre Auditorium, 7 p.m. (buyyourtix.com)

Breakfast with Santa, Thanksgiving Point, 9 a.m. (thanksgivingpoint.org)

Happy Hula Days, Thanksgiving Point, 9 a.m.-8 p.m. (thanksgivingpoint.org)

Cedar Hills

Dec. 22

Meet the Mayor, City Hall, 10-11 a.m. (cedarhills.org)

Dec. 29

Meet the Mayor, City Hall, 10-11 a.m. (cedarhills.org)

American Fork

Dec. 20

Rug Tufting Workshop, The Rug Room, 6-9:30 p.m. (Dec. 20 into 2026, therugroomutah.com)

Christmas in the Rotunda, American Fork Library, all day (Dec. 20-31, americanforkarts.com)

Christmas in Color, Art Dye Park, 5:30-9:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 3, americanfork.gov)

WEST

Eagle Mountain

Dec. 31

Noon Year’s Eve Party, City Hall, 11 a.m.-noon (eaglemountain.gov)

Nearby

Salt Lake City

Dec. 20

2025 ZooLights, Utah’s Hogle Zoo, 5:30-9 p.m. (Dec. 20-Jan. 4, hoglezoo.org)

A Kurt Bestor Christmas – 2025, Eccles Theater, 7:30 p.m. (live-at-the-eccles.com)

Heber Valley

Dec. 20

North Pole Express Christmas Train, Heber Valley Railroad, 5 p.m./7:30 p.m. (Dec. 20-30, hebertrain.com)

Holiday Lights Wagon Rides, Wasatch Mountain State Park, 5:30-9 p.m. (Dec. 20-31, rockymountainoutfitters.com)

Know of an event that should be listed? Let us know by emailing jlloyd@heraldextra.com.

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