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It’s great to be a calistoga Lighted Tractor Parade L O CA L photo by IVAn mILLER during the holidays The holiday season in Napa Valley is a great time for fine wine, superb food, cold nights and warm fires. Take advantage of the quieter time with easier reservations and more elbow room at the region’s best tasting rooms—and these holiday events below Yountville’s 23rd Annual Festival of Lights On Sunday morning, December 2, Santa and his Out of town brightens the valley beginning November 23, cast of characters will hold court at the County with celebrations from 2 – 6 pm. Featuring food, Fairgrounds in Calistoga for Santa’s Breakfast. guests & visitors? wine and entertainment town-wide, Yountville Settle into some seasonal breakfast fare, listen is set aglow with thousands of twinkling lights to holiday music and enjoy this magical holiday adorning trees and shops along Washington weekend. Napa Valley’s luxury lodging Street. Enjoy visits with Santa Claus, carolers, The Napa Holiday Historic Tour & Taste Event properties have created a bounty horse-drawn carriage rides and shopping at V is December 1, 3-7 pm, featuring food and wine of exclusive holiday packages for Marketplace, which will be open until 7 pm for pairings from the city of Napa’s premier chefs travelers, or maybe for weekend or holiday shopping. and winemakers. Each of the twelve historic weeknight getaway for locals! With added value offerings of special The weekend of December 1 marks the be- Napa inns pulls out all the stops for the holidays, gift baskets, tastings, wines and ginning of Calistoga Holiday Village 2012, with festive lights and entertainment — live mu- events, it truly is a special time to officially kicking off the holiday season with the sic, choral ensembles, pastry demonstrations and take advantage of the valley. Special lighting of the town Christmas tree. Carolers even mini-massages. Buses and shuttles provide holiday offers to look for include: and characters will greet the children with a cider complimentary transportation between inns. and hot chocolate tasting as well as goodies from Tickets include food, wine and access to all B&B Villagio Inn & Spa and Vintage Inn local purveyors. The kids can hang out at Santa’s tours. http://www.napaholidaytour.com in yountville, 707-945-4588 or Workshop and create seasonal holiday crafts and One of the most anticipated culinary events www.villagio.com other festive holiday activities. of the holiday season is The Twelve Days of Harvest Inn in St. Helena, wineries Passport Program, tasting wines twelve unique evenings to support the mission of at www.harvestinn.com2012 event benefits Share Our Strength® withinter in the1-800-950-8466 or TheChristmas at Meadowood Napa Valley,w Adults can take advantage of the from sixteen different wineries for $50. Winter ending childhood hunger in America by 2015. Calistoga Ranch, 800-942-4220 in the Wineries is an ongoing event that runs Fourteen renowned chefs will work in collabora- or www.calistogaranch.com from December 1-February 10, 2013. www.calistogavisitors.com/calistoga-winter-in- Solage Calistoga, 866-942-7442tion with host Chef Christopher Kostow to craft the-wineries.php Napa Valley’s most exclusive wineries. Celebrat- or www.solagecalistoga.comtwelve celebratory dinners paired with some of The 17th Annual Calistoga Lighted Tractor ing Meadowood’s close ties to The Culinary Silverado Resort and Spa, Parade, the ultimate small-town holiday experi- Institute of America (CIA) at Greystone, all www.silveradoresort.com ence, begins at 7:00 pm on Saturday. Vintage Twelve Days chefs will also take part in a lecture or call 707-257-0200 or 800-532-0500 and modern tractors, antique trucks, and series with the school for the benefit of the CIA Milliken Creek Inn & Spa, construction equipment bedecked with dazzling students. For Twelve Days reservations, please www.MillikenCreekInn.com lights roll down Calistoga’s scenic main street to call (707) 963-3646 or email reservations@ or call 800-822-8418. celebrate the season and the city’s agricultural meadowood.com. Auberge du Soleil, 800-348-5406 heritage. End the night with Elf Story time at For more holiday events, see Calendar, page 62, www.aubergedusoleil.com participating lodging properties. and listings on Downtown Napa map. N O V E M B E R / D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 2 41


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