Do you have grand ideas of getting that special tree this weekend? Don't cut down a thing until you've read our round ups of Cut Your Own Tree Farms in both Litchfield and Fairfield Counties. If you are just looking for pure kid fun without celebrating the holidays just quite yet, the LEGO Kidsfest is happening all weekend in Hartford. You can also learn about shelter dogs at the Stepping Stones Mutt-i-grees event or catch Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs playing in Bridgeport.

Rumor has it that you can see Santa for breakfast at the Bushnell and then later on at Angevine Farm this weekend. Many towns are hosting their own Christmas tree lightings and Ridgefield, Stamford, Riverton, Mystic and Kent are no exception.

Hop aboard a Holiday train ride at one of these great places: Essex Steam Train Museum, Connecticut Trolley Museum or the Danbury Railway Museum or just watch a free screening of Polar Express at the Avon Theatre! It's Gingerbread Day all weekend at the Noah Webster House, Visions of Gingerbread in Stamford and an entire Gingerbread Festival awaits you in Kent. For those of you who feel like making something, Pratt Nature Center is creating holiday crafts or you can attend this Wreath Making Workshop in Norfolk. Lest we not forget our troops over the holidays, join No Drama Mama & Papas at the East Norwalk Library as they create cards to send overseas this Holiday Season.

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