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Presidio Museum's Holiday Celebration

Category: Event Calendar

Date and Time for this Past Event

Location

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Details

$10/adult, $5/person ages 6-13
Pima County residents, military members and seniors 65 and over get $3 off with ID
Tickets must be purchased on-site.

Celebrate the holidays at the Presidio Museum:

**4:15-5 pm: Carrillo Magnet School will perform their Posada, a re-creation of the journey Mary and Joseph took from Nazareth to Bethlehem. After the procession, the children form a circle and sing traditional Spanish songs.
**5:15 pm: Cannon firing
**5:45 pm: Musket volley
**6 pm: Twas the Night Before Christmas/Legend of the Poinsettia readings
**6:15 pm: Cannon firing
**6:30 pm: Tour by lantern light of the Presidio
**6:45 pm: Musket volley

Throughout the event:
**Holiday-themed crafts, including making corn husk wreaths, Victorian paper teardrops, paper garlands, and Christmas card ornaments plus tin-smithed ornaments
**Presidio Tavern selling holiday drinks like champurrado and egg nog, spiked or not!

Don’t miss the Ismael Barajas concert following the Holiday Celebration at 7:30 pm across the street from the Presidio Museum at 201 N. Court Ave. Go to https://tucsonpresidio.com/calendar/ismael_barajas_concert/ for more information on the concert.