Holiday Light Displays
- Lake Compounce Holiday Lights: Bristol
- Fantasy of Lights at Lighthouse Point Park: New Haven
- Festival of Silver Lights: Meriden
- Magic of Lights at the Toyota Oakdale Theatre: Wallingford
- Holiday Light Fantasia: Hartford
- Winterfest and the Tunnel of Lights: Stamford
- Holiday Light Show at Shady Brook Farm: Milford
- Light Up Thomaston: Thomaston
- Holiday of Lights at Lake Compounce: Bristol
- Chester Winter Carnivale: Chester
Festive Events and Activities
- North Pole Express at Essex Steam Train: Essex
- Polar Express Train Ride at Danbury Railway Museum: Danbury
- Connecticut Trolley Museum Winterfest: East Windsor
- Holiday Stroll in Mystic: Mystic
- Winterfest and Tree Lighting in West Hartford: West Hartford
- Olde Mistick Village Festival of Lights: Mystic
- Festival of Trees and Traditions at the Wadsworth Atheneum: Hartford
- Holiday Lights at the Maritime Aquarium: Norwalk
- Gingerbread House Festival at Wood Memorial Library: South Windsor
- Christmas by Candlelight at Old Sturbridge Village: Sturbridge, MA (near CT)
Santa’s Visits and Workshops
- Santa’s Workshop at the Connecticut Post Mall: Milford
- Breakfast with Santa at Mystic Aquarium: Mystic
- Santa’s Trolley Winter Wonderland at Connecticut Trolley Museum: East Windsor
- Santa Express Train Ride at Naugatuck Railroad: Thomaston
- Santa’s Village at Ski Sundown: New Hartford
- Santa Visits the New England Air Museum: Windsor Locks
- Santa Land at Wickham Park: Manchester
- Santa’s Farm at Wickham Park: Manchester
- Santa’s Train Workshop at the Danbury Railway Museum: Danbury
- Santa’s Reindeer at Beardsley Zoo: Bridgeport
Ice Skating Rinks
- Winterfest Ice Skating Rink at Bushnell Park: Hartford
- The Rinks at Shelton: Shelton
- Sono Ice House: Norwalk
- Newington Arena: Newington
- Champions Skating Center: Cromwell
- South Windsor Arena: South Windsor
- Terry Conners Ice Rink: Stamford
- Danbury Ice Arena: Danbury
- Enfield Twin Rinks: Enfield
- Northford Ice Pavilion: Northford
Museums and Educational Fun
- Connecticut Science Center: Hartford
- Discovery Museum and Planetarium: Bridgeport
- New England Air Museum: Windsor Locks
- Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History: New Haven
- The Children’s Museum: West Hartford
- Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center: Bristol
- Stepping Stones Museum for Children: Norwalk
- The Dinosaur Place at Nature’s Art Village: Montville
- The Barker Character, Comic & Cartoon Museum: Cheshire
- Mystic Seaport Museum: Mystic