Free, festive holiday fun for the whole family.
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
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
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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
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Roasted Chicken
parsnip, charred cipollini, veal jus
Ruinart Rose
Dom Ruinart Rose, 2004
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Île Flottante
ginger biscuit, berry gelée, pomegranate sorbet
Ticket price includes tax and gratuity
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.
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!
Toast the holiday seasons with a lavish five-course dinner at the Fairmont Copley Plaza
All Photos: Person + Killian Photography
Fairmont Copley Plaza will toast the holiday season with a lavish five-course Holiday Bacchanal Dinner featuring a special menu and wine pairings from Executive Chef Laurent Poulain.
Join the Fairmont on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. for Boston’s most luxurious affair where guests dine underneath the hotel’s magnificent ceiling murals. Once a year for this event, the dramatic 106 year-old lobby is transformed into an elegant ambiance with tables running the length of the space.
Cocktail attire is suggested.
MENU
Braised Lamb Shoulder & Vermont Smoked Cheddar Croque Monsieur
oven dried tomatoes
Pairing: Guigal Chateauneuf du Pape 2013
Nantucket Bay Scallop & New England Lobster Gratin
grilled baguette
Pairing: Cave de Lugny Charmes Macon 2016
Pickled Roasted Local Baby Beets
candied pumpkin seeds, Great Hill blue cheese, beet syrup, fleur de sel, micro greens, EVOO
Pairing: Lucien Albrecht Gewurztraminer 2016
Orange Citrus Glazed Long Island Duck Breasts & Leg Confit
truffle vinaigrette, fine herbs, sautéed seasonal mushrooms, creamy polenta, maple roasted root vegetables
Pairing: Chanson Marsannay Rouge 2015
Warm Flourless Dark Chocolate Cake
white chocolate ice cream, milk chocolate feather and mint garnish, raspberry coulis
Pairing: Dow’s Quinta Senhora Ribeira 2015 Vintage Port
Ring in the New Year with an Italian Masquerade at Terra at Eataly Boston
When it comes to throwing a party, Terra knows how it’s done…by adding fun cocktails, smoky bites, and a festive Italian twist to the mix! On December 31, don your finest mask (or we will provide you with one, too!) and ascend to our greenhouse oasis for a grand Italian masquerade. As soon as you enter the party, you’ll be greeted by complimentary bubbly to kick off the evening. Our live band, The Silver Arrow Band, will play sweet tunes as party-goers dance the night away under the sparkling stars—all while balancing enticing cocktails in hand. And the perfect accompaniment to those hand-crafted drinks? Rustic bites from Terra, one of Boston’s ‘Top 50 Restaurants of 2018!’ Terra’s award-winning Executive Chef Dan Bazzinotti has designed a very special menu of passed appetizers for guests to indulge in throughout the night.
As the clock approaches the new year, celebrate the new year Italian-style with a midnight toast of Ferrari Brut!
Ticket includes:
- Glass of welcome wine
- Midnight toast of Ferrari Brut
- Passed Terra appetizers throughout the evening
- Live music by The Silver Arrow Band
