WEEKEND: Brunch with Santa offered at Lake Crescent Lodge on Sunday

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Lake Crescent Lodge will host Brunch with Santa on Sunday.

The brunch will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the lodge in Olympic National Park, off U.S. Highway 101 west of Port Angeles.

Brunch is $32 for adults, $28 for seniors and $14 for children ages 4 to 11. Children younger than 4 will be admitted free.

On Dec. 24, the lodge plans its Christmas Eve Buffet from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The buffet costs $42 for adults, $36 for seniors, $21 for children ages 4 to 11 and free for those younger than 4. Reservations are required.

On Christmas Day, a brunch will be served from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

It costs $39 for adults, $33 for seniors, $18 for children ages 4 to 11 and free for children younger than 4. Reservations are required.

The New Year’s Eve Gala will begin at 8 p.m. Dec. 31.

Revelers can enjoy dinner and dancing to live music before ringing in the new year and toasting Lake Crescent Lodge’s completion of its 100th year at the black tie affair.

Dinner will begin at 7 p.m. The gala will begin at 9 p.m.

The dinner and gala are $185 per person. The gala only is $109 per person. Reservations are required.

On Jan. 1, the lodge will serve a New Year’s Day brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The cost is $39 for adults, $33 for seniors and $18 for children ages 4 to 11.

It is free to children younger than 4. Reservations are suggested.

Lake Quinault Lodge

Santa will stop by Lake Quinault Lodge on Christmas Eve at 6 p.m.

He will arrive with a llama.

Santa will sit by the fire and read “The Night Before Christmas” while handing out gifts to children.

For more information, see www.olympicnationalparks.com or www.facebook.com/olympicnationalpark, or call 866-297-7367.

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