Breakfast with Santa: Mount Airy Casino Resort, 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Mount Airy event center, 44 Woodland Road, Paradise Township. Pictures and breakfast with Santa. Cost is $5 per person with all proceeds benefiting Monroe County United Way. Information, call 877-682-4791.
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Breakfast with Santa:
Mount Airy Casino Resort, 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Mount Airy event center, 44 Woodland Road, Paradise Township. Pictures and breakfast with Santa. Cost is $5 per person with all proceeds benefiting Monroe County United Way. Information, call 877-682-4791.
Fireside Christmas
extravaganza: The Inn at Pocono Manor will host its annual Magical Fireside Christmas Extravaganza through Dec. 30. Hours are 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, noon to 8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily Dec. 23-30. Admission is $5 per person and includes five activities tickets. Additional activity tickets are available at $1 per ticket. Also, the inn will collect unwrapped gifts for Toys for Tots. The event will include festive decorations, Santa and Mrs. Claus, letter-writing to Santa, holiday storytelling, photos with Santa, Christmas cookie decorating, a human-sized gingerbread house, horse-drawn sleighing or buggy rides if no snow, holiday fire engine rides, a magical gingerbread village, holiday crafts and ornament making, face painting, holiday music and more. Information, call 570-839-7111, ext. 7601, or visit poconomanor.com.
Castle Inn:
Men’s shopping evening on Saturday. Shops stay open until 9 p.m. Special menu tailored to guys at Zen Safari and after-dinner treats in the Ice Cream Parlor.
The Shoppes at Castle Inn are inside the Castle Inn at 20 Delaware Ave., Delaware Water Gap. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Thursday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, except for special events.

Pocono Mountains, Pa. (PRWEB) December 20, 2012
January is Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month. Several ski resorts in the Pocono Mountains will join in the nationwide effort to get people outside and to enjoy snow sports this season.
“The Pocono Mountains has seven major ski resorts with over 1,000 instructors with a range of expertise for all ages and abilities,” explains David West, Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau vice president of sales and marketing. “That is an excellent student to teacher ratio. Each ski area has family-friendly facilities and trails ranging from beginner to expert ensuring everyone in the family a chance to learn and build confidence as a skier and snowboarder.”
The Pocono Mountains boasts seven ski areas, with more than 185 trails, including terrain parks. The trail breakdown is 35% Beginner/Novice, 32% Intermediate and 33% Expert, making the region ideal for every skill level.
Pocono Mountains ski areas have been perfecting snow-making since its beginning 60 years ago allowing skiers and riders to learn and take pleasure in snow sports even without the cooperation of Mother Nature. Whether the snow is natural or man-made, the conditions are always right for learning.