Ideas for Guests Visiting for the Holidays

Hosting company for the Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays? Don’t sweat it with my top list of ideas for guests visiting for the holidays!

🩰 SEE A PERFORMANCE
⭐️ EKU Center for the Arts for festive shows the whole family will enjoy
⭐️ Mannheim Streamroller and The Nutcracker at the Lexington Opera House
⭐️ My Old Kentucky Christmas Carol in Bardstown

⛸️ GO ICE SKATING
⭐️ Lexington offers a rink at Triangle Park and Greyline Station
⭐️ Visit Paristown in Louisville to hit the ice
⭐️ Pikeville City Park @visit_pikeville

🛍️ SHOP AT A CRAFT MARKET
⭐️ Kentucky Native Christmas Market in Lexington.
⭐MixMas Market in Lexington in Manchester Hall
⭐️Christmas on the Farm at Ashford Acres in Cynthiana
⭐️ Ashland Christmas Market in Lexington at the Henry Clay Estate
⭐️ Fête de Noël @paristownky

🎄SEE A HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW
⭐️ Southern Lights at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington
⭐️ A Christmas to Remember at Mustard Seed Hill in Millersburg
⭐️ Lights Under Louisville

🕯️TAKE A CLASS
⭐️ Cooking and art classes at Bleubird Studio in Georgetown
⭐️ Wreath Making or Cookie Decorating at Harkness Edwards Vineyard in Winchester
⭐️ Cookie Cake Decorating in Lexington @missdelaneycakes

🎥 SEE A HOLIDAY CLASSIC ON THE BIG SCREEN
⭐️ Best Christmas Pageant Ever and Red One at The Lex Live
⭐️ Christmas movies at the historic Kentucky Theatre 
⭐️ Holiday Classics at Rohs Opera House in Cynthiana

Entertaining on budget? Consider some ideas from my 15 Cheap Dates in Lexington blog.

🍸 TAKE A WALKING FOOD & HISTORY TOUR
⭐️ Food, drinks & history in downtown Lexington with Bites of the Bluegrass
⭐️ Enjoy bites, drinks & history featuring a new murder mystery in Louisville
⭐️ Discover Lexington’s art scene and see artists working in studio along with some delish appetizers

🥃 DISTILLERY TOURS
⭐️ Book your bourbon tour early and enjoy Kentucky distilleries decorated to the hilt. I recommend Four Roses, Buffalo Trace, Woodford Reserve and Town Branch. Book a tasting or visit to a smaller, local distillery including Pepper Distillery, J. Mattingly, Castle and Key, Wilderness Trail Distillery, Whiskey Thief, Bluegrass Distillers, and Jeptha Creed.

🎄HOP A TRAIN
⭐️ Holiday themed rides at the Historic Railpark in Bowling Green and My Old Kentucky Dinner Train in Bardstown

🍸 BOOK A PHOTO SHOOT
⭐️ You keep talking about it, time to book that holiday photo shoot!
⭐️ Here are a few of my favorite photographers- Sabrina Hounshell, Kirstin Speer and Jennifer Chang

I hope you all have safe and happy holidays filled with memories of friends and families while enjoying my ideas for guests visiting for the holidays!

Hosting company for the Thanksgiving or Christmas holidays? Don’t sweat it with my top list of ideas for guests visiting for the holidays! 🩰 SEE A PERFORMANCE⭐️ EKU Center for the Arts for festive shows the whole family will enjoy⭐️ Mannheim Streamroller and The Nutcracker at the Lexington Opera House⭐️ My Old Kentucky Christmas Carol…