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Join Santa and Mrs. Claus at this family and dog friendly brunch at The Boathouse in Forest Park. You'll enjoy all the traditional brunch and lunch favorites while grabbing photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus and enjoying kids activities.

Enjoy shows that feature the Bald Eagle and other birds from the World Bird Sanctuary at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

See a live bald eagle up close, participate in cold weather games like ice putt putt golf, ice cube crush and spin the wheel, watch ice sculptors create works of art and more at the free Eagle Ice Festival at the Alton Visitors Center.

Visit the Endangered Wolf Center for a post-Christmas Howliday Celebration. Visitors will make fun treats for the animals and watch them celebrate the season. After sunset, you can howl with the wolves!

Looking for unique gifts this season? You'll find them at this one-day pop up holiday shop at Laumeier Sculpture Park featuring a variety of local artists and vendors. Admission is free.

Enjoy the iconic lights that adorn the Anheuser-Busch Brewery close up during walking tours (that are stroller-friendly).

The Historic Hanley House will host a special tea party in honor of Valentine's Day for moms and their sons.

From decoding messages to metal detectors and night vision, children will have the opportunity to check out spy equipment and even create their own edible messages at Spy Academy Parents Night Out with Mad Science. 

A surprise guest from a kingdom far, far away will visit to entertain and pose for pictures too! Reservations are required. 

Everyone is welcome at the Dive-In Movie at the Lodge of Des Peres. Enjoy a family movie while you float in one of the tubes or just play in the water in the indoor pool. 

Experience the first feaure film to be show in the newly renovated OMNIMAX Theater at the Saint Louis Science Center as Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and everyone's favorite snowman return in Frozen 2. 

Young revelers who may not be able to stay awake until midnight to celebrate the New Year can ring in 2020 at Noon New Year's Eve, a free celebration for kids and families at the Missouri History Museum. Visitors will enjoy a countdown to when the clock strikes noon! But before that, they'll make New Year's Eve hats and crafts, and boogie down to live music with the band Firedog. 

Bring your kids to the Missouri History Museum for the Winter Getaway, for free activities, family films and live music just for kids. 

Inspire your baby or child's love of music! Sing, dance, wiggle and giggle with your little one at a free Kindermusik or Music for Little Mozarts Demo Day class hosted by Kindermusik Academy of St. Louis and the Community Music School of Webster Groves.

Kids can shake off the cold weather with a tropical-themed celebration at The Butterfly House. Activities include tropical-themed games and crafts, marsh-friendly bugs, swamp-themed activities, music and live animal encounters.

Supper with Santa includes a pasta dinner, cookies and hot cocoa, a picture with Santa, a night stroll through the tropical conservatory, and Santa's Workshop stations, where kids can make fun crafts and act silly in the photo booth. After dinner, you'll visit Mrs. Claus's Cookie Kitchen for cookies and hot cocoa. Reservations are required.

Step inside the Tower Grove House at the Missouri Botanical Garden for nature-themed storytelling. Little ones will hear nature-themed stories in the cozy story corner of Henry Shaw's country home.

At Great Green Adventures: Marvelous Mediterranean, kids will learn about the Mediterranean climate in the Temperate House, where they'll find flowers and trees that are sheltered from the cold outside.

More than a half million lights will illuminate some of the Garden's most iconic locations, walkways will be transformed into sensory light tunnels providing an explosion of visual magic, and traditional candlelight village displays will delight crowds of all ages.

Visit one of the most dazzling holiday light displays in the Midwest on these special Family Nights when children's tickets are just $3.