Saturday, Dec. 29

ENTERTAINMENT · Ruby Red Christmas returns to Ruby Falls at Lookout Mountain from 5-9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays in December. The last tour goes at 8 p.m., shops and carriage rides are open until 9 p.m. Tickets cost $17.95 for adults and $15.95 for children (child’s ticket includes a photo with Santa and foam craft-gingerbread house or photo frame at the North Pole workshop). Carriage rides (capacity six people) with tour cost $14.95 flat rate per carriage ride; without tour, $19.95 flat rate per ride. Enjoy snow at Cavern Castle, costumed characters and holiday music. For more information, visit rubyfalls.com/christmas.

ENTERTAINMENT · Georgia Winery will hold a New Year celebration, on Saturday, Dec. 29, and Monday, Dec. 31, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Be there for the unveiling of the newest addition to the sparkling wine list: Peach Paradise. The Georgia Winery is off Battlefield Parkway in Ringgold.

COMMUNITY · Holiday Candlelight Tours at the Marsh House in LaFayette will be offered each Saturday and Sunday in December from 6-8 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for children. This year’s theme is "Christmas 1880: At Home with The Marsh-Warthen Family." Hot cider and gingerbread will be served at the end of the tour. For more information, call 706-638-5187. For group tours, call 423-503-3843.

COMMUNITY · The City of LaFayette’s annual “Amazing Christmas” light show will continue through Jan. 2, 2013, at Joe Stock Memorial park. The synchronized musical light show is held from 6-10 p.m. nightly through most of December. Tune to FM 89.5 to hear the music played in the light show. For more information, call the city parks and recreation department at 706-639-1590.

COMMUNITY · The City of LaFayette will host a traditional and large-scale Lionel model train and village display inside a decorated Chattooga Academy/Gordon Hall. The display coinincides with the “Amazing Christmas” light show daily from 6-10 p.m., through Jan. 2, 2013.

COMMUNITY · Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will close the following monuments for the winter season: Wilder Brigade Monument, the Highway 27 picnic area, the Sanders picnic area and the Signal Point restrooms. These areas will reopen in mid-March, pending weather conditions. For more information, call 706-866-9241 or 423-821-7786 or visit nps.gov/chch.

Sunday, Dec. 30

ENTERTAINMENT · Celebrate Discovery Day on Sunday, Dec. 30, at Ruby Falls. Dec. 30 marks the 84th anniversary of the discovery of Ruby Falls. The first 84 visitors get in for the original ticket price of only $2. There will be 84 candles lit in honor of this anniversary. All guests will receive a vintage style postcard. Doors open at 8 a.m.

COMMUNITY · Holiday Candlelight Tours at the Marsh House in LaFayette will be offered each Saturday and Sunday in December from 6-8 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for children. This year’s theme is "Christmas 1880: At Home with The Marsh-Warthen Family." Hot cider and gingerbread will be served at the end of the tour. For more information, call 706-638-5187. For group tours, call 423-503-3843.

COMMUNITY · The City of LaFayette’s annual “Amazing Christmas” light show will continue through Jan. 2, 2013, at Joe Stock Memorial park. The synchronized musical light show is held from 6-10 p.m. nightly through most of December. Tune to FM 89.5 to hear the music played in the light show. For more information, call the city parks and recreation department at 706-639-1590.

COMMUNITY · The City of LaFayette will host a traditional and large-scale Lionel model train and village display inside a decorated Chattooga Academy/Gordon Hall. The display coinincides with the “Amazing Christmas” light show daily from 6-10 p.m., through Jan. 2, 2013.

Monday, Dec. 31

ENTERTAINMENT · One Eleven on the square in downtown LaFayette will host a Dance/Champagne party on New Year’s Eve, Monday, Dec. 31. Admission is $10 at the door. Guests must be 21 and older to attend.

ENTERTAINMENT · Celebrate New Year’s at the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga. The Hunter Museum of American Art, Events With Taste and SoundForce Entertainment have teamed up to present a New Year's Eve Party on the Bluff, Monday, Dec. 31, from 8:30 p.m.- 1 a.m. Cost is $65 per person for Hunter Museum members, $75 per person for non-members, and $85 day of the event and at the door. Guests must be 21 and older. Wear party attire. Tickets are available at huntermuseum.org or call 423-267-0968. Tickets are required for entry.

ENTERTAINMENT · News Years Eve Jubilee 2012, gospel concert featuring, Gold City, Appointed Quartet, The Willow Creek Quartet will perform at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31, at The Colonnade, 264 Catoosa Circle, in Ringgold. All tickets are reserved: $14 for adults, $5 for children age 10 and younger. Call 706-935-9000 for more information, or visit the website colonnadecenter.org.

ENTERTAINMENT · Georgia Winery will hold a New Year celebration, Monday, Dec. 31, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Be there for the unveiling of the newest addition to the sparkling wine list: Peach Paradise. The Georgia Winery is off Battlefield Parkway in Ringgold.

COMMUNITY · The Obedience Club of Chattanooga, 4 miles south of Chattanooga on Highway 193 in Flintstone, will hold registration for obedience, rally, and agility classes for puppies and dogs on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, from 1-3 p.m. Agility I and II Fundamentals will be held indoors. Bring a copy of shot records to registration. During registration, various OCC dog/handler teams will present training demonstrations. Classes begin on Monday night, Jan. 7, 2013. Visit chattanoogaobedienceclub.org or call 423 517-1448 for more information.