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30 Free Things to Do in December

November 30, 2018 By From The Editors

Finding free things to do in December is never a difficult task, especially in Champaign-Urbana and surrounding communities!

From truly unique Christmas shows (chemistry holiday show, anyone?) to parades, and visits with Santa popping up at many of our favorite local gems, you can take your kids to a special Christmas experience nearly every day! However, December tends to be the month where families spend the most money of the entire year on gifts, travel, special holiday wear and more.

Knowing that you may wish to save where you can, we thought we’d put together a list of 30 great FREE activities you can visit as a family this month!

A full list of ALL the great events happening throughout the month is available on our event calendar, including even more FREE and holiday-themed events.

Note: Many of these events happen one or more times this month; however, they are only listed once in the list below. Click on the event details to see if it mentions being offered multiple times or check our event calendar to find more occurrences. 

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Know a great FREE event you’d like to share with us? Take a moment and submit your event to our event calendar!

Want more info on Champaign-Urbana holiday fun for your family? Sign up for our Ho Ho Holidays email newsletter, and you’ll get 24 days of holiday info in your inbox, starting Dec. 1. 

Filed Under: Christmas, Holidays, Things To Do in CU, Winter Activities Tagged With: budget, champaign, Christmas, december, Events, family fun, free, frugal, holiday, kids, Santa, urbana

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