Get your fuzzy socks and hot cocoa ready. From local markets to holiday performances and festivals, Boston thrives in the wintertime.

Gather your family and friends to celebrate what makes the holiday season special with this guide featuring 46 winter events.

This year the market will double in size. | Photo by @oschapov

Holiday Markets

SoWa Winter Festival | Friday, Nov. 24-Sunday, Dec. 17 | Times vary | SoWa Power Station, 550 Harrison Ave. | $10 | Grab your ticket at the door (no advance reservations are available) to enjoy live music and specialty cocktails while you shop at the indoor South End venue.

Find this interactive playground at 64 Sleeper St. | Photo by BOStoday team

Light Displays

Fenway Tree Lighting | Wednesday, Dec. 6 | 6 p.m. | Outside Kelleher Rose Garden, across from 77 Park Dr. | Free | Bring items for the Winter Clothing Drive, take photos with the Red Sox's Wally and Tessie and enjoy performances from from Boston Children's Chorus and Grooversity with light refreshments.

Did you know that the Wang Theatre originally opened in 1925? | Photo by BOStoday team

Holiday Performances

"Urban Nutcracker" | Saturday, Dec. 16-Saturday, Dec. 23 | Times vary | Shubert Theatre, Boch Center, 270 Tremont St. | $29-$125 | See the modern take of Anthony Williams' production that combines winter scenes from a present-day Boston, with the rhythms of Duke Ellington and classical ballet.

"Elf" In Concert | Friday, Dec. 22 + Saturday, Dec. 23 | Wang Theatre, Boch Center, 270 Tremont St. | $60-$207 | "Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?" — This show will be a musical experience based on story from the holiday movie.

Holiday Parties, Festivals, and Events

Christmas by Candlelight | Friday, Nov. 24-Saturday, Dec. 30 | 2-8 p.m. | Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Rd., Sturbridge | $15-$45 | Explore the decorated village, watch a lighting ceremony, and stroll through the Christmas Tree Trail and Christmas Wish Bridge.

Christmas in Salem | Saturday, Dec. 2-Sunday, Dec. 3 | Times vary | Salem Armory Visitor Center, 2 New Liberty St., Salem | $35 for members, $40 for non-members | This year's holiday house tour will feature homes dating back hundreds of years and professionally decorated.

Bad Moms Brunch "Holiday Edition" | Sunday, Dec. 3, Sunday, Dec. 10, and Sunday, Dec. 17 | 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | Rebel's Guild, The Revere Hotel, 200 Stuart St. | Price of purchase | Enjoy a holly jolly Sunday Funday with cocktails, brunch bites, and a screening of "Bad Moms Christmas."

NYE and Other Winter Events

New Year's Day Birdwatching | Monday, Jan. 1 | 8-11 a.m. | Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary, 87 Perkins Row, Topsfield | $28 for members, $33 for non-members | Celebrate the beauty of winter and its birds with a guided look at a variety of inland habitats searching for all things with feathers.

Hike into the New Year | Saturday, Jan. 6 | 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Rd., Worcester | $10 | Start the year off on the right foot with a guided hike or snowshoe through the sanctuary trails.