The semester came to end 3 weeks ago, you have (hopefully) caught up on sleep and rest and now, in consciousness of growing COVID numbers, you’re bored and looking for safe, distanced things to do. Enter, our Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) Things to Do Post! Below we have listed a number of drive-through/walk-by/virtually view winter holiday celebrations available for you to check out.
Drive Through
- Enjoy a synchronized light show from your car at Rose of Sharon Baptist Church
- Visit the home of Mangum Family Lights in Hillsborough
Walk Around
- Spot the 10 Bulls painted on buildings for Downtown Durham’s Walk-A-Bull – Walk through all the holiday lights at the American Tobacco Campus
- Visit the Duke Homestead the next few Saturdays for their Christmas Open House
- Downtown Raleigh Illuminate Art Walk
View Virtually
- Carolina Ballet broadcast of the Nutcracker, December 25 7:00pm
- Theatre in the Park-“A Christmas Carol”
- Justice Theatre’s presentation of Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity
Christmas Eve Service
For Christians, Christmas is an important holiday as it is when we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Many churches do Christmas Eve services to celebrate the season and, with COVID, most of them are virtual. A few church Christmas Eve services we know you can check out are:
Duke Chapel – December 24, 4 pm. Streaming Christmas Eve Service, plus other Christmas Events
Summit Church – December 24, 12pm. Streaming Christmas Eve Service
Waypoint Church – December 24, 4pm. Streaming Christmas Eve Service.
Christmas Special
If you missed our time to view and discuss the Christmas episode of The Chosen, you can still view it AND the whole first season! This is an opportunity to see dramatic retellings of acts of Jesus through the viewpoints of those who surrounded him.
*Bonus*
If you’re looking to eat somewhere different than your dorm or apartment, here’s a list of Durham restaurants that have outdoor seating with heaters!
