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TUrilLKM Salurd Decembers Page Travel Outlook Black Cr highlights Christmas festivities Vmce Travel Hem December days may be the darkest but for the next three weeks or so they will be brightened by pre Christmas festivities in ha cities throughout Canada and the US Here is a rundown of just some of the many celebrations marking the season and welcoming visitors At Torontos Black Creek Pioneer Village until Dec 24 the setting is that of a Victorian Christmas Visitors will see early Ontario preparations representing different eras and various ethnic backgrounds as they drop into the village homes and shops They will smell hot mulled cider and fresh baking from ovens hear the sound of sletghbells in the village streets and see handmade ornaments and evergreen garlands The ninth annual Festival of Lights at Niagara Falls continues until Jan 7 More than visitors and 2 700 coaches were counted at the festival s colorful displays a year ago and more are expected this year The festival held on both sides of the international boundary was in spired by a similar annual celebra tion in nearby Simcoe Ont The Falls festivities are staged nightly between five and li clock with animated display areas open from noon to p m on weekends and holidays MILLIONAIRES ROW At wealthy Newport R I three of the millionaires mansions for which the city is noted will be open and festooned for the first three weekends in December Vic Christmas is the theme at Chateau sur White Christmas at The Elms and Christmas at Marble House Music of the season will be performed Details Among New York s many attractions is the re creation of a scene from the famous Nutcracker ballet On display at the Grand Hyatt Hotel adjoining Grand Central Station will be two 14foot toy soldiers a lifesize sugarplum fairy and child size snow fames while several hotel employees will be costumed after other characters from the Tchaikovsky ballet The hotel offers a special package from Dec 21 to 30 that in eludes two tickets to a per formance of the New York City Ballet s production of The Nut cracker as well as for one night parking and other amenities for US Up to two children can stay free with their parents CREOIF CHRISTMAS In New Orleans La this month is designated as Creole Christmas Among the many festivities are performances of The Nutcracker and Handel Messiah candlelit caroling in Square Creole cooking demonstra tions and tours of antebellum homes decorated in 18th and century Christmas finery Many of the restaurants in the Crescent Ci ty are offering the a course dinner featuring traditional New Orleans dishes Charleston S C will have Candlelit and Caroling Tours of historic homes accompanied by strolling songsters and musicians As well throughout this month Holiday Walking Tours will lead visitors past notable private homes and gardens bedecked for Christmas ending up with eggnog and cookies at the Mills House Charleston leading hotel Several Charleston restaurants will host a progressive dinner with diners moving from inn to inn from ap petizer to dessert Out southern communities stag ing somewhat similar celebrations include Island Ga Dec 2 and Savannah Ga Dec 26 At Fort Lauderdale Fla the Boat Parade on Dec will be the highlight of the annual pageant It features 100 yachts most of them lavishly decorated and illuminated The previous night at West Palm Beach next major city to the north the fourth annual parade of boats will be held while nearby Boca Raton s Winter Fantasy Boat Parade is scheduled for the night of Dec ONTHEPUIF1C San Diego California s southernmost major city will hold weekend community parades at various locations during December most notably the Dec and Parade of Lights with colorfully decorated boats on display at the waterfront On Dec 9 between 6 and carollers dressed in Victorian costumes barbershop quartets and Dickens characters will entertain visitors throughout Son Diego s Old Town In Hawaii the Lam Bay Hotel on the Kohala coast is putting a new twist on the tradi Twelve Days of Christmas by staging special events on the days preceding Dec rather than following it ranging from one coconut to be mailed home free on the 13th to 12 hula dancers dancing on the Other activities include a com petition among pastry chefs to create the best gingerbread house prize money goes to chanty ROOM AT THE INN Here are notes on news of cur rent interest to travellers Until year end hotel commodation is being offered free at the 32 Doubletree Hotels in the southern and western S to needy individuals and families from out of town who are visiting ed realtives and friends Referrals to Doubletree are made by hospitals or local social agencies and reviewed on an individual basis Each hotel sets aside complimentary rooms per night and recipients may stay up to a week Phoenix based Doubletree is a subsidiary of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co In a move that could help reduce congestion at Torontos Lester Pearson International Airport Canadian 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