Celebration’s Holiday Season 2026: The Town’s December Calendar, From the Official Listings
Celebration's December 2026 calendar from the official listings: Now Snowing from November 28 to December 31, Kids Night Out on December 4, the December 6 holiday market, food trucks on December 11 and a resident-only concert on December 17, with deadlines and prices as published.
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Celebration’s December calendar is set by two different organisers, and it helps to keep them separate. The Celebration Residential Owners Association (CROA), through Celebration Town Hall, publishes the resident and community programme on celebration.fl.us. Celebration Town Center, the downtown district, publishes its own holiday programme, including the 28th Annual Now Snowing. This guide takes each event from its official listing, with dates, times and prices as published. Nothing here is carried over from last year.
For the full run of this desk’s coverage, see the Celebration news hub and the Celebration area portal. Earlier explainers in this series include CROA and Town Hall, explained and the villages of Celebration, explained.
Now Snowing and the tree lighting: Saturday, November 28 to Thursday, December 31
The Town Center’s own event pages confirm the 2026 programme. The 28th Annual Now Snowing runs from November 28 through December 31, 2026, at Celebration Town Center. The Town Center describes nightly snowfalls on Market Street through the season, with strolling carolers, photos with Santa, horse-drawn carriage rides, train rides, ice skating and a Snow Village listed among the season’s elements on its tree lighting page. Admission and public parking are free, according to both Town Center event pages.
Opening night has a published timetable. On Saturday, November 28, the Tree Lighting Ceremony begins at 5:30 PM, the tree lighting countdown follows at 5:55 PM, and the first snowfall of the season is at 6:00 PM sharp along Market Street. The Town Center’s Now Snowing page for 2026 does not publish an hour-by-hour snowfall timetable for the later nights of the season, so this guide does not list one. Residents planning a particular evening should check the Town Center event page for that date rather than rely on a previous year’s schedule.
Kids Night Out: Winter Wonderland: Friday, December 4
The official upcoming-events page at celebration.fl.us lists Kids Night Out: Winter Wonderland for Friday, December 4, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Heritage Hall. The listing is for children aged 6 to 12 years. The price is $45 per child and $30 for each additional sibling, as published. Registration runs through Monday, November 23, and the listing advises registering early. The event is described as a winter party for children, with games, activities, crafts and winter music, while parents take the evening for holiday shopping or a seasonal party of their own.
The registration deadline is the practical point in this listing. A family that misses Monday, November 23 has missed the published window, whatever space might remain afterwards.
Tales of Holiday Magic with Once Upon a Magic Market: Sunday, December 6
On Sunday, December 6, from 12 noon to 5 PM, Celebration Town Hall at 851 Celebration Avenue hosts Tales of Holiday Magic with Once Upon a Magic Market. The official listing describes an indoor and outdoor market, with small business vendors inside Town Hall and food trucks outside. It lists handmade goods and holiday gifts among what is on sale, alongside music, entertainment and children’s activities, pet-friendly activities, rescue organisations and local adoption opportunities, and a visit from Santa. Admission is free and the event is open to the public, according to the listing. That open-to-the-public line matters in a town where several December events are resident-only.
Battle of the Holiday Food Trucks: Friday, December 11
The upcoming-events page lists the Battle of the Holiday Food Trucks for Friday, December 11, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Lakeside Park, 631 Sycamore Street. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. As published, attendees can buy from the food trucks present and cast a vote for a favourite, with a winning truck named going into the holidays. The listing does not publish a list of participating trucks in advance, so there is no line-up to report here.
Holiday Concert: Thursday, December 17, resident-only
The Holiday Concert is listed for Thursday, December 17 at 6:00 PM at Lakeside Park, 631 Sycamore Street. Unlike the December 6 market and the December 11 food trucks, this one is a resident-only event and a CROA ID is required, according to the official listing. The listing invites residents to reserve a table, with a link to secure a table from the events page. Non-residents should not plan around this date.
Holiday Home Tree Delivery from CROA
Also on the official upcoming-events page, CROA offers a Holiday Home Tree Delivery, powered by Jollytree. The listing describes farm-fresh trees selected from the top 5 per cent of the crop by quality, cut late, kept refrigerated at 34 degrees Fahrenheit and delivered to the front door, with deliveries beginning November 21. A portion of the proceeds benefits the CROA Operating Fund, according to the listing. The events page carries the ordering link and the detail sits behind it, so sizes and prices are as the order page states them, not summarised here.
What has already happened
Founders Day, marking Celebration’s 30th anniversary year, ran from Thursday, November 5 to Saturday, November 7. It has passed and is not part of the December calendar. It is mentioned here only because older listings still circulate. The December programme above is the forward calendar as published on November 15, 2026.
Planning notes, from the listings themselves
- Two deadlines come before December: tree deliveries begin November 21, and Kids Night Out registration closes Monday, November 23.
- Free and open to the public, as listed: Now Snowing, the December 6 market and the December 11 food trucks.
- Resident-only, as listed: the December 17 Holiday Concert, with a CROA ID required.
- Priced, as listed: Kids Night Out at $45 per child and $30 per additional sibling.
More from this desk: the Celebration news hub carries the latest stories, the Celebration area portal covers the town area by area, and the Celebration News archive holds the full run. Related reading: the Celebration Farmers Market guide, downtown Celebration dining, from the official directory and Celebration trails, lakes and parks, explained.
Sources & notes: Celebration official upcoming-events page, celebration.fl.us/upcoming-events; Celebration Town Center, Now Snowing Nightly 2026 event page and Tree Lighting Ceremony 2026 event page, celebrationtowncenter.com. All pages read November 15, 2026. Event dates, times, prices and deadlines are as published in those listings. The Town Center’s 2026 Now Snowing page does not publish a nightly hour-by-hour snowfall timetable, so none is given here.
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