STORY AND PHOTOS BY KAREN BOSSICK
Christmas in Sun Valley isn’t complete until you’ve captured memories of Sun Valley’s Christmas Eve Ice Show to tuck away in your scrapbook.
This year’s Christmas-themed show will feature Natalia Zaitseva and Brent Bommentre—two of the professional skaters who dazzle during Sun Valley’s summer Ice Shows, along with tiny tots from the Sun Valley Figure Skating Club who are sure to steal your heart as they teeter, then totter, on blades just 0.04 inch wide.
The show starts at 5:30 p.m. tonight—Christmas Eve—with caroling by the Sun Valley Carolers. Come earlier for complimentary cookies, cider and cocoa.
Santa will put in an appearance and the show will be capped by a torchlight parade down Bald Mountain featuring red jacketed instructors in Sun Valley’s Ski & Ride School. They’ll still be schussing down the mountain as fireworks explode from Dollar Mountain.
Both the torchlight parade and fireworks will be visible from parts of Sun Valley Village and the Horseman’s Center parking lot.
Dress warm, as nighttime temperatures are finally dropping into single digits after weeks of unseasonably warm temperatures. No blankets may be placed on bleachers before 3 p.m.
Other holiday happenings:
SUNDAY, Dec. 24
9 a.m.-2 p.m. Brunch with Santa at Sun Valley Clubhouse
2-5 p.m. Apres Ski Music at River Run Lodge featuring Colin Martin
All Day. Gingerbread House viewing in the Boiler Room in Sun Valley Village
MONDAY, Dec. 25
2-5 p.m. Apres Ski Live Music at River Run Lodge featuring Katie Buxton
TUESDAY, Dec. 26
2-5 p.m. Apres Ski Live Music at River Run Lodge featuring Jon Divello
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 27
2-5 p.m. Apres Ski Live Music at River Run Lodge featuring The Pisten Bullys
THURSDAY, Dec. 28
2-5 p.m. Apres Ski Live Music at River Run Lodge featuring the Kim Stocking Band
7 p.m. Free screening of “Sun Valley Serenade” outside at the Lodge Pool.
FRIDAY, Dec. 29
2-5 p.m. Apres Ski Live Music at River Run Lodge featuring Secuestrado
SATURDAY, Dec. 30
2-5 p.m. Apres Ski Live Music at River Run Lodge featuring Jon Divello
7:30 p.m. Stand-up Comedy Show featuring Don Friesen, two-time winner of the San Francisco International Comedy Competition, at the Sun Valley Opera House.
SUNDAY, Dec. 31
6-9 p.m. New Year’s Eve night skiing at Dollar Mountain, featuring groovy tunes and fireworks at 9. Tickets are $55 for adults and $40 for kids, available at 208-622-2135.
9 p.m.-1 a.m. New Year’s Eve Snow Ball Party at River Run Lodge. Guests are invited to don the glam for complimentary champagne from 9 to 10 p.m. and delicious bites and a live D and photobooth. Tickets are $125, available at 208-622-2135.
All Day. Last day to view and vote on gingerbread houses in the Community Gingerbread Contest at the Boiler Room.