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Dec
6
Thu
Gifts + Glam 2018 at Prudential Center
Dec 6 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Gifts + Glam 2018 at Prudential Center @ Prudential Center

Prudential Center invites you to enjoy exclusive shopping discounts, styling tips, mini-makeovers, snacks, cocktails, and holiday fun!

Kick off your holiday shopping and primping with Gifts and Glam 2018 and treat yourself as the Prudential Center team rolls out the Santa-Suit-Red Carpet!  Visit the check-in table by Club Monaco to pick up your event program.

Highlights
-Fashion show with Lord + Taylor
-Holiday cocktail bar ($2 cash donation to indulge)

Check out the following stations in Huntington Arcade:
Boston Sports Club
California Pizza Kitchen
Eataly
Fastachi
L’Occitane
Lord + Taylor
Moleskine
Pandora
Sephora
Sugarfina
wagamama

Special dining offers:
Num Pang Kitchen – 20% off your meal

Make a dent in your holiday shopping list with exclusive discounts at:
Aldo – Get a wallet for only $10 with a purchase of $40 or more
Boston Sports Club – Special Passport rate of $59.99/month
Boston Tops kiosk – 20$ off your purchase
California Pizza Kitchen – Spend $100 on gift cards, get a $20 Bonus Card
Fastachi – 15% off full-price items
Johnny Was – Free gift with purchase of $500 or more
L’Occitane – 10% off
Moleskine – 50% off smart notebooks with Ellipse pen purchase
Polo Ralph Lauren – 15% off to all students with valid ID
Sam Edelman – 20% off full-price purchase, exclusions apply
Sugarfina – Spend $30, get a free Champagne Bears small cube

Dec
8
Sat
Holiday Open House for Kids and Teens at the French Cultural Center
Dec 8 @ 9:30 am – 2:00 pm

Free, festive holiday fun for the whole family.

French Cultural Center Open House Boston Back Bay

Stop by the Center for some fun holiday activities for ages 1-17. This is a great opportunity to learn more about us, sample our children’s classes, and celebrate the season with cookie decorating, story time, French language workshops for teens, and more! 

All activities are FREE and open to the public. Walk-ins welcome, but activity registration is required as space is limited.

Schedule of Activities

9:30 AM – 10:15 AM
Holiday themed arts & crafts (ages 3 – 5)
RSVP here for the 9:30 AM workshop

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM 
Cooking Workshop (ages 7 – 12)
RSVP here for the 10:00 AM cooking workshop

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Holiday themed arts & crafts (ages 3 – 5)
RSVP here for the 10:30 AM acitivites

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Holiday themed arts & crafts (ages 6 – 8)
RSVP here for the 11:30 AM acitivites for children 6 to 8

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Cooking Workshop (for teens)
RSVP here for the cooking workshop for teens

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Holiday Story Time (ages 1 – 4)
RSVP here the storytime

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Pronunciation Workshop (for teens)
RSVP here for the pronunciation workshop for teens

Family Bûche de Noël Decorating Class at Mandarin Oriental, Boston
Dec 8 @ 11:00 am
Family Bûche de Noël Decorating Class at Mandarin Oriental, Boston @ Mandarin Oriental, Boston

Delicious and festive French fun for the whole family at Mandarin Oriental, Boston

Mandarin Oriental, Boston invites aspiring bakers and pastry enthusiasts of all ages to join Chef Robert Differ and Team for an exclusive decorating class featuring the traditional Parisian holiday dessert: Bûche de Noël.

Each participant will be presented with a pre-rolled Bûche de Noël that serves as a confectionary canvas. Emphasizing festive decorating techniques, this tailored class allows students to focus on all of the fun aspects of holiday baking without the stress of measuring, mixing and manipulating.

Each class participant will depart with a recipe for crafting this iconic Holiday-themed dessert at home, along with a freshly baked (and decorated!) Bûche de Noël to share with friends and family.

For more on the Mandarin Oriental, Boston, please click here.

Family Bûche de Noël Decorating Class at Mandarin Oriental, Boston
Dec 8 @ 11:00 am
Family Bûche de Noël Decorating Class at Mandarin Oriental, Boston @ Mandarin Oriental, Boston

Delicious and festive French fun for the whole family at Mandarin Oriental, Boston

Mandarin Oriental, Boston invites aspiring bakers and pastry enthusiasts of all ages to join Chef Robert Differ and Team for an exclusive decorating class featuring the traditional Parisian holiday dessert: Bûche de Noël.

Each participant will be presented with a pre-rolled Bûche de Noël that serves as a confectionary canvas. Emphasizing festive decorating techniques, this tailored class allows students to focus on all of the fun aspects of holiday baking without the stress of measuring, mixing and manipulating.

Each class participant will depart with a recipe for crafting this iconic Holiday-themed dessert at home, along with a freshly baked (and decorated!) Bûche de Noël to share with friends and family.

For more on the Mandarin Oriental, Boston, please click here.

Dec
9
Sun
The Giving Tea at The Lenox Hotel
Dec 9 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Celebrate the most magical time of the year by giving back with The Lenox and First Lady Lauren Baker.

Join The Lenox and First Lady Lauren Baker in giving joy to deserving children across Massachusetts. Every gift placed under the tree, every dollar spent at the tea goes directly to the children served by the Wonderfund. Create a tradition of giving to others at the Giving Tea!

Adults can enjoy holiday teas, cocktails & savory sandwiches while children decorate cookies & gift tags which will be oriented toward sending messages of hope and joy, child to child, across the Commonwealth for all the presents under the Room in Your Heart tree and to take home!

 

Cookie & Gift Tag Decorating • Gift Bags • Live Music

Special Guest Appearances • Holiday Attire Suggested

 

All attendees are asked to bring an unwrapped gift/gift card to be place in The Lenox’s ROOM IN YOUR HEART, benefitting the annual holiday drive for the WONDERFUND

SPONSORS:

100% off ALL SALES go to the WONDERFUND!

Dec
13
Thu
Pop-Up Cocoa Bar at Fairmont Copley Plaza
Dec 13 @ 7:30 am – 8:30 am

Celebrate National Cocoa Day with the Fairmont Copley Plaza and its Back Bay neighbor, L.A. Burdick Handmade Chocolates.

From 7:30–8:30AM, a Pop-Up Cocoa Bar will serve *complimentary* L.A. Burdick drinking chocolate and assorted mini muffins from OAK Long Bar + Kitchen’s Pastry Chef outside the hotel’s Dartmouth Street entrance for commuters and passersby to enjoy, while supplies last.

The artisan chocolatier, famous for its European-inspired chocolate bonbons, hot chocolates and pastries, will have cups of the following to warm the neighborhood:

  • Dark Drinking Chocolate – robust & full-bodied
  • Milk Drinking Chocolate – gentler yet still decadent & luscious

Visitors who drop their business cards will have the chance to win a $25 L.A. Burdick gift card.

To learn more about the Fairmont Copley Plaza, please click here.

For more on L.A. Burdick, please click here.

Ruinart Champagne Dinner at Bar Boulud
Dec 13 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Ruinart Champagne Dinner at Bar Boulud @ Bar Boulud at the Mandarin Oriental, Boston

Kick off the holiday season with Bar Boulud’s annual champagne dinner celebration.

The House of Ruinart is unlike any other. It was the first established House of Champagne in 1729 and inspired by the intuition of a monk well ahead of his time. On December 13th, join Guillaume Grillon, Ruinart Market Manager, Head Sommelier David Bérubé and Chef de Cuisine Brian Arruda for this festive 4-course menu and the Ruinart tradition in all its forms: the flagship Blanc de Blancs, the sensational Rose and their historic prestige cuvées of Dom Ruinart.

Featured Menu

Reception with Canapés
Ruinart Blanc de Blancs

••

Burrata Salad
caramelized fennel, radish, black truffle vin
Ruinart Blanc de Blancs

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Potato Gnocchi
royal trumpets, lobster nage, tarragon
Dom Ruinart, Blanc de Blancs, 2006

••

Roasted Chicken
parsnip, charred cipollini, veal jus
Ruinart Rose
Dom Ruinart Rose, 2004

•••

Île Flottante
ginger biscuit, berry gelée, pomegranate sorbet

 

Ticket price includes tax and gratuity

Dec
15
Sat
Family Bûche de Noël Decorating Class at Mandarin Oriental, Boston
Dec 15 @ 11:00 am
Family Bûche de Noël Decorating Class at Mandarin Oriental, Boston @ Mandarin Oriental, Boston

Delicious and festive French fun for the whole family at Mandarin Oriental, Boston

Mandarin Oriental, Boston invites aspiring bakers and pastry enthusiasts of all ages to join Chef Robert Differ and Team for an exclusive decorating class featuring the traditional Parisian holiday dessert: Bûche de Noël.

Each participant will be presented with a pre-rolled Bûche de Noël that serves as a confectionary canvas. Emphasizing festive decorating techniques, this tailored class allows students to focus on all of the fun aspects of holiday baking without the stress of measuring, mixing and manipulating.

Each class participant will depart with a recipe for crafting this iconic Holiday-themed dessert at home, along with a freshly baked (and decorated!) Bûche de Noël to share with friends and family.

For more on the Mandarin Oriental, Boston, please click here.

Dec
16
Sun
Carly Copley’s Birthday Party at the Fairmont Copley Plaza
Dec 16 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Carly Copley's Birthday Party at the Fairmont Copley Plaza @ Fairmont Copley Plaza | Boston | Massachusetts | United States

Wish Carly Copley a very happy birthday with cake and a story!

Fairmont Copley Plaza will host a birthday party for its canine ambassador, Carly Copley, on Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 1pm. Hosting Carly’s 8th birthday will be Vanessa Welch, Anchor for Boston 25 News, who will be reading “Catie Copley” to guests. The reading will be followed by birthday cake (for humans) and special snacks for Carly’s canine friends. This beloved Boston holiday tradition is free and open to the public.

In lieu of gifts for the hotel’s pampered pooch, Fairmont Copley Plaza invites guests to bring a donation of towels, blankets or toys for the dogs and cats at the Animal Rescue League’s Boston Shelter.

*This is a dog-friendly event.

The Giving Tea at The Lenox Hotel
Dec 16 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Celebrate the most magical time of the year by giving back with The Lenox and First Lady Lauren Baker.

Join The Lenox and First Lady Lauren Baker in giving joy to deserving children across Massachusetts. Every gift placed under the tree, every dollar spent at the tea goes directly to the children served by the Wonderfund. Create a tradition of giving to others at the Giving Tea!

Adults can enjoy holiday teas, cocktails & savory sandwiches while children decorate cookies & gift tags which will be oriented toward sending messages of hope and joy, child to child, across the Commonwealth for all the presents under the Room in Your Heart tree and to take home!

 

Cookie & Gift Tag Decorating • Gift Bags • Live Music

Special Guest Appearances • Holiday Attire Suggested

 

All attendees are asked to bring an unwrapped gift/gift card to be place in The Lenox’s ROOM IN YOUR HEART, benefitting the annual holiday drive for the WONDERFUND

SPONSORS:

100% off ALL SALES go to the WONDERFUND!


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