Christmas is just two weeks away, Kwanzaa starts on the 26th and Chanukah begins tonight – the holiday season is officially in full swing! Just in case you have any time in between holiday shopping and prepping the house for visiting family and friends (and snow, if this year is anything like last), here area few fun and festive events going on this weekend on the hill:

• Celebrate the holidays Scandinavian-style, at the Swedish Cultural Center’s Lucia Ball at 6 p.m. tonight. They’ll be feasting, dancing, and a festival pageant. Tickets are $50. Details here.
• Bar hop for a good cause Saturday at 12 Bars of Christmas, an annual pub crawl for Dynamic Family Services. Spend the day bouncing around 12 Lower Queen Anne bars, all while raising money for charity! Fun starts at 3 p.m. Details here.
• Join the Queen Anne Movie Guild on Saturday for a showing of their December film, A Sea Change, a documentary which chronicles the acidification of the world’s oceans and questions what life would be like without fish. Screening starts at 7 p.m. at the Queen Anne United Methodist Church. Details here.
• Check out the latest from Olympia-based papercut artist Nikki McClure on Sunday, from 2 to 3 p.m. She will be signing her new 2010 calendar, entitled Revive, at Eat Local‘s Queen Anne location (she’ll be at their Burien store from 1 to 2 p.m.). Details here.
• Enjoy live music, ice-skating, riding the carousel, ice sculpting and fireside singalongs all weekend and through the New Year at Seattle Center’s Winterfest. Best of all it’s free!

Venturing off the hill this weekend? Check out all the festivities in our nearby neighborhoods with MyBallard’s weekend calendar, and FremontUniverse’s weekend to-do list.

Know of any events we haven’t listed? Email us at tips@queenanneview.com. Happy weekend!