Your guide to activities and fun things to do with your preschoolers, toddlers and kids in Kansas City, KS

Aside from going to a shopping center to visit Santa Claus to get pictures taken and offer up Christmas lists, there are lots of traditions for families around the winter holidays.

Every year near the Christmas holiday, my family goes to see A Christmas Carol at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre on the campus of UMKC. We've gone for so many years I don't even remember when we started, but it's been playing in Kansas City for 28 years. It's a well-loved tradition for us- my parents, my husband and I, my brother and his wife, my grandmother and aunts, everyone goes. This year, My kids are finally old enough to go themselves, I think.

While probably not an appropriate show for very little children, as it can be rather dark and scary at times. But depending on your child's personality and ability to sit quietly and engage in theatre for long periods of time, Dickens' classic is a magical, timeless story of redemption and forgiveness.

I have friends whose families go down to the Plaza every year and ride around in a horse drawn carriage after a nice dinner out, no matter how cold it is. Many of use who grew up in the Kansas City area have memories of going down to see the window decorations at Saks Fifth Avenue on the Plaza, sadly no longer an Kansas City icon. And there's always ice skating at the Ice Terrace at Crown Center.

What are your holiday memories around KC?

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