2007 Hometown Holiday Weekends

Holiday Events

Thanksgiving - New Years
"A Downtown Christmas" at Peoples Bank

Back by overwhelming demand, Peoples Bank will grace their downtown Marietta windows this Holiday Season with Christmas displays of over 40 vintage and animated themes in the fashion of a Macy’s Department Store style. The Peoples Bank holiday window displays will be on exhibit beginning November 20th through December 31st..

We’ve designed an interactive element to this year’s display allowing children to walk up to 3 of the windows, press a button - and as a result, watch something special take place in each of those  3 windows.

Motorized Victorian and Colonial-costumed dolls, elves, and carolers, will be set in their own ‘window sized’ Holiday greeting card in Peoples’ 7 display windows on 2nd Street. Additional animated display areas include the bank’s escalator ledges, lobby and windows on Putnam Street. The private collection features animated displays that once graced the windows of New York’s famed Bloomingdales and Macy’s as well as some local displays from Parkersburg’s Dil’s Department Store. The 2006 display featured only a portion of the private collection.

Thanksgiving – New Years
Gingerbread Display at the Historic Lafayette Hotel
Cost: Free
Location: 101 Front Street, Marietta OH

Nov. 24 – Jan. 2
Belpre Holiday Lights Festival
Cost: Free
Location: Belpre Civitan Park, Belpre, OH
Time: Dusk

Nov. 24
Marietta Christmas Parade
Cost: Free
Location: Downtwon Marietta
Time: 1:00pm

Nov. 24 
Belpre Holiday Lights Parade
Cost: Free
Location: Belpre, OH
Time: 6:30pm

Nov. 24 & Dec.  8, 15
Decorate your own Ornament Workshop
Cost: $20.00 per person
Location: Fenton Gift Shop, Williamstown
Time: 10:00am, 11:00am and Noon

Nov. 24 & Dec. 1, 8
Comedy Club at The Lafayette Hotel
Cost: $10.00 per person
Time: 9:00pm 
Phone: 740-373-5522
Web: http://www.lafayettehotel.com

Nov. 25
Holiday Salon Series Concert at the Castle
Contact: Lynne Shuman
Location: 418 Fourth Street
Phone: 740-373-4180
Time: 2:00-4:00pm
Web: http://www.mariettacastle.org

Nov. 30
Merry-Etta Moonlight Savings
Shop until Midnight and SAVE 10% to 50% on your entire purchase in participating stores!
Cost: Free
Location: Downtown Marietta CVB
Time:  5:00pm – Midnight

Nov. 30 
Marietta Holiday Tree Lighting
Prize drawings; refreshments
Cost:  Free
Location:  Armory Lawn, Front Street
Time:  6:00pm

Dec. 1
"Our Holiday Wish for You"
Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre
Cost: Donation of non-parishable food items to be donated to the Marietta Food Pantry
Location: Putnam Street, Marietta
Phone: 740-374-9434
Time: 7:00pm
Web:  http://www.movp.org

Dec. 1
Victorian Tea at The Lafayette
Cost: $10.00 per person
Time: 2:00 – 4:00pm
Reservations Required

Dec. 1
Christmas Village Craft Show
Cost: Admission $2.00 donation
Location: The Betsey Mills Club, 300 Fourth Street, Marietta
Phone: 740-373-4981
Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Web: http://www.betseymills.org

Dec. 1 
Doll Tea at The Betsey Mills
For Girls ages 8 - 12
Cost: $10 Betsey Members, $12 Non-members
Location: The Betsey Mills Club, 300 Fourth Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750
Phone: 740-373-4981
Time: 2 - 4 p.m.
Web: http://www.betseymills.org

Dec. 1
Holiday Loft Tour
Contact: The Gallery   Phone:  740-374-5782
Location: Downtown Marietta
Time: 1:00-4:00pm
Cost: $5.00 per person

Dec. 1
Holiday Celebration on the Frontier
Campus Martius Museum
Phone: 740-373-3750
Location: 601 Second Street
Cost: $10.00 per child
Time: 5:00 - 8:00pm

Dec. 2
Christmas Victorian Tour at The Castle
Contact: Lynne Shuman
Cost: $7.00
Location: 418 Fourth Street, Marietta
Phone: 740-373-4180
Time: 1:00-6:00pm
Web: http://www.mariettacastle.org

Dec. 2
Belpre Women’s Club Holiday Tour of Homes
Location:  Belpre, OH
Time: 1:00 – 5:00pm
Cost: $10.00 per person

Dec. 2
81st Anniversary Handel’s Messiah
Cost: Free
Location:  St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Time: 7:00pm 

Dec. 6-9 
3rd Annual Winter Wild Ice Sculpture Weekend
Cost: Free
Location: The Betsey Mills Club, 300 Fourth Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750
Phone: 740-373-4981
Web: http://www.betseymills.org

Dec. 8
Local Artist Show
Washington State Community College
Location: Colegate Drive
Phone: 740-374-8716

Dec. 9
Henry Fearing House Christmas w/ Luncheon Buffet
Location: 131 Gilman Ave., Historic Harmar Village
Cost: Adults $3.00; Family $5.00
Time: 1:00 - 4:30pm
Phone: 740-374-8277

Dec. 9
Breakfast with Santa at The Betsey Mills 
Location: The Betsey Mills Club, 300 Fourth Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750
Phone: 740-373-4981
Time: 10:00am – 1:00pm

Dec. 9
Marietta Holiday Tour of Homes
Contact: Salle Bom
Cost: $10.00 per person
Location: Downtown Marietta
Phone: 740-373-8381
Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm

Dec. 9
The Castle - Christmas Victorian Tour
Contact: Lynne Shuman
Cost: $7.00 per person
Location: 418 Fourth Street
Phone: 740-373-4180
Time: 1:00-6:00pm
Web: http://www.mariettacastle.org

Dec. 15
Victorian Tea at The Castle
Cost: $10.00 per person
Time: 2:00 and 3:00pm
Location: 418 Fourth Street
Phone: 740-373-4180
Web: www.mariettacastle.org

Dec. 22-23
Sweetapple Farm LIVE Nativity
Location: Sweetapple Farm
Phone: 740-678-7447
Web: www.SweetAppleFarm.com