Free Christmas Events

Our family at The Academy wishes you and your family good cheer, good health, and good will toward men! We also hope that you and your family will take advantage of some of the free Christmas activities that are available in Nashville and the surrounding areas.

For example, at The Factory in Franklin, you can wander through a wonderland of decorated 9′ Frasier fir Christmas trees. You can vote for your favorite and automatically enter a drawing to win a holiday-themed prize. This even runs throughout the month of December.

Library and Park Activities

Some other good places to find free activities are the public library branches and local parks. Here are a few scheduled events at libraries:

Holiday Movies
December 14, 2018 @ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Cookies with Santa
December 21, 2018 @ 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Smyrna Public Library
400 Enon Springs Rd W
Smyrna,T N 37167

Yuletide Yummy Confections!
December 20, 2018 @ 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Brentwood Library
8109 Concord Rd
Brentwood, TN 37027

Holiday Cookie Decorating
December 22, 2018 @ 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Inglewood Branch Nashville Library
4312 Gallatin Pike
Nashville, TN 37216

Park adventures include:

Winter Wonderland
December 15, 21, or 22, 2018 @ 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Travis Price Park, Springfield, TN 37127
Giant candy cane forest with festive decorated scenes, music, petting zoo, and hot cocoa booth. Also, don’t pass up the opportunity to take a family photo with Mr. and Mrs. Claus.

First Day of Winter Hike
December 21, 2018 @ 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Full Moon Hike
December 22, 2018 @ 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Timberland Park
Mile Marker 437.2 on the Historic Natchez Trace Parkway
Franklin, TN 37064

Winter Solstice Celebration
December 21, 2018 @ 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Bowie Nature Park
7211 Bowie Lake Rd
Fairview, TN 37062

S’more the Merrier – Winter Solstice Celebration
December 21, 2018 @ 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Winter Solstice HikeDecember 21, 2018 @ 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Shelby Bottoms Nature Center
1900 Davidson St
Nashville, TN 37206

It’s a Wonderful Life

And finally, how about a free viewing of that favorite Christmas movie, It’s A Wonderful Life? It’s showing at The Palace Theater on 146 N Water Ave. in Gallatin, TN 37066, on December 21, 2018 @ 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.