Downtown Asheville's Grove Arcade provides a spectacular setting to enjoy the holidays and offers a festive slate of holiday events to enjoy while you patronize locally-owned businesses. Winter Wonderland at the Grove Arcade features a display of entries from the National Gingerbread House Competition, a special art exhibition featuring holiday cover art submissions from the Mountain Xpress, live holiday music during weekends, photos with Santa and special performances including a dramatic reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas that is sure to become a family tradition.