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Got relatives in town this week? Check out these holiday events

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Published: 11/21/08


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The day after Thanksgiving will be the first night visitors can stroll through the Winter Garden aGlow at the Idaho Botanical Garden. Over 250,000 lights are hung throughout the grounds. Guest can enjoy live music, refreshments and even Santa Claus.

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FESTIVAL OF TREES, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 27, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Nov. 28-30. Boise Centre on The Grove, 850 W. Front St.

$6 general, $4 seniors ($2 on senior day, Nov. 26), $3 children 3-12, free for ages 2 and younger; $25 family pass at the door. Purchase specialty tickets such as breakfast with Santa and a gala at 367-2759.

WINTER GARDEN AGLOW, 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday and Nov. 28-30 and Dec. 5-Jan. 3 (except for Dec. 9), plus Feb. 6-13 for the Special Olympics. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise. $6 general, $4 children 4-12 and members, free for ages 3 and younger. 343-8649. For Santa dates and special events, go to IdahoStatesman.com.

The turkey may go in the oven this week, but the rest of the holidays are just warming up.

The Saint Alphonsus Festival of Trees and the Idaho Botanical Garden's Winter Garden aGlow have come to symbolize the opening of the holiday season. Both events will usher in the holidays this week.

Remember, just 34 more days until Christmas (30 until Hanukkah begins).

HOLIDAYS AGLOW

How many ways can you hang holiday lights? Ask Rod Burke, chief horticulturist at the Idaho Botanical Garden for 13 years.

"Blindfolded, standing on your head, backwards," he says laughing.

Burke and staff and a legion of volunteers have strewn the garden with 250,000 twinkling lights of all colors to give it a holiday glow that actually can be seen from several miles away.

The annual display opens over the long Thanksgiving weekend and runs through New Year's Day.

During its run, you'll find festive caroling, bonfires, and be able to visit with Santa and a real reindeer.

TREES AND MORE TREES

Over its 25 years, the Saint Al's Festival of Trees has brought smiles to hundreds of thousands of children and adults with colorful, glistening trees, storybook characters come to life and a visit with Santa .

This year, the Boise Centre on The Grove will become a wonderland filled with 85 richly decorated and sparkling trees, and more than 200 wreaths and other holiday decor.

"It's everything you remember about Christmas morning," said Linda Payne Smith, director of the Saint Al's Foundation that produces the event. "There's anticipation, there's surprise. It's just magic."

Dana Oland

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