Festive Fun in Union County
Experience the magic of the season with festive activities sure to make you feel like a kid again! Enjoy holiday cheer and create once-in-a-lifetime memories with seasonal delights, Christmas crafts, merry music, and more! Get in the spirit and celebrate the season in beautiful Union County!
Festive Feasts & Treats
Learn from owner, Cindy, how to toss and turn your pizza dough to make it nice and round at Giovanni's Pizza! After tomato sauce and cheese, you get to choose your favorite topping and add it however you want. After making your very own pizza you also get a garden salad, drink with refills and Frosty’s Cinnamon Delight.
From meat-and-potatoes meals to made-from-scratch pastries and pies, Der Dutchman Restaurant is the place to savor the delicious bounty of genuine Amish kitchen cooking. Located next to the restaurant/bakery, Carlisle Gifts, offers a unique shopping experience.
Create Something Special this Christmas
Marysville Art League provides different opportunities for Christmas crafts. From painting ornaments to creating Christmas cards, there's a craft for everyone!
Participate in Hammer and Stain's Ho Ho Ho workshop where you can make a beautiful ornament!
German-themed with an emphasis on experimentation and from-scratch baking Kitschen Bakery supports local farmers and producers to create delicious baked goods that are truly old-fashioned, unique, and innovative. Join in the holiday fun, as owner, Katy Porter-Conley shares the story of Union County's giant, Noah Orr, as you decorate a delicious sugar cookie from his mother's famous recipe.
Christmas at Night
Pastime Park lights up for the holidays beginning Thanksgiving weekend. This drive-through display features thousands of lights and holiday characters! It's fun for all ages! NEW in 2023: the lights are synced to holiday music! Just tune to 89.5 FM radio to enjoy the synchronized sights and sounds!
The Merry and Bright Bridges in Union County, Ohio, add a touch of magic to the landscape during November and December. Both the Pottersburg and Bigelow covered bridges are adorned with twinkling lights, creating a festive atmosphere for visitors.
After December 7th, step into a winter wonderland of lights at Richwood Lake. There you will feel like a kid again with the twinkling of lights around the shelter house and gazebo and throughout the park.
Find the Perfect Gift!
Find the unique and one-of-a-kind gift for that special someone. In Uptown Marysville, you will surely find a hidden treasure, delicious decadence, and naturally crafts from Union County. Explore Uptown Marysville, where you will find a host of shopping and dining options. Most notably:
- 2nd Chances Thrift Store
- 2nd Chances Furniture & Home
- Betsy’s Boutique
- Coffee Hall and Creamery
- Gathered Goods
- Iron Threads
- Kitschen Bakery
- Plumm Home
- Rollies
- Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Store
- The Ribbon Box
- Union Station 1820
- Wander & Wild
- Whit’s Frozen Custard
Theatre lovers, rejoice!
The Singsations are back just in time for the holidays with a concert version of beloved movie-musical White Christmas. Directed by Susan Bunsold Wilson, with assistance from Dee Winters, Miriam Carson and Wendy Nuspl, this community production will feature an outstanding cast of characters from the Marysville and Union County area. Dancers from The Academy Dance Studio and orchestra conductor Scott Underwood round out the production.
Avalon Theatre presents One Christmas Carol. One Christmas Carol is an adaptation of Charles Dicken's Christmas Carol. It is one actor and over 35 distinct characters, this one-man tour de force is an intimate and spirited evening of theatre that everyone in the family will love! Dickens’ famous story about selfishness and selflessness is stripped down to its bare essence, forgoing the usual opulence of the holidays and focusing on what is of utmost importance during the season. Dickens’ colorful characters are all present— Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchitt, Tiny Tim, Fezziwig, Belle, the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future— springing to new life with a treasure trove of moral lessons for one and all. God bless us, everyone!
