Travelzoo is offering $35 tickets for “The Nutcracker” ballet performed in Fort Lauderdale.
The regular price is $47. The money-saving deal also includes discount tickets for $50, for seating valued at up to $74.
The shows December 14, December 15 and December 16 are presented by Miami City Ballet at the Broward Center.
The discount tickets need to purchased by December 12.
For a deal on energy-efficient L.E.D. holiday lights, some vendors offer discounts for trading in old incandescent lights.
L.E.D. lights require about 75 percent to 80 percent less energy than old-fashioned bulbs, according to the United States Department of Energy.
The Christmas Palace stores are offering 20% discounts on L.E.D. light sets for each old light set traded in.
Skip the stores.
Supplies for the family’s Halloween outfits might be right in your own house.
Living On The Cheap offers an assortment of frugal ideas for homemade costumes.
If you’ve created something you’d like to share, we’d be delighted if you’d post a comment here or on our Facebook page.
My favorite was quite simple. Recycle some old gift wrapping ribbon — voila, a present.
Several Broward parks offer free recycling for holidays trees.
Decorations must be removed. Up to two trees are permitted for each vehicle.
The program is available until Jan. 22.
Information and links to Broward County parks that accept the trees are available on the web site.
If you’re supplementing your assortment of holiday tunes, here’s access to a free download.
Stella Artois is offering free jazz holiday music on its website.
Thanks to Cities On The Cheap.
Santa is featured at free holiday festivities in Deerfield Beach.
The free event includes music, vendors and kids’ activities.
The Holiday Celebration at The Cove is December 10 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Cove Shopping Center, 954-426-6898
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Amazon is offering 25 days of free music, with a new holiday song for to download free every day from Dec. 1-25.
If you miss a day, you can go back and download all the songs through Dec. 25.
Amazon is an advertising partner of On the Cheap.
Get a free Chicken Flatbread Sandwich Combo with a $20 gift card purchase at Taco Bell.
This deal is only available at the time of purchase. It’s good through Dec. 25.
This is likely the first of many freebies with gift card purchases as the holiday season approaches. We’ll write up the deals we hear about, and let us know if you come across any good deals.
Several Broward parks offer free recycling for holidays trees.
Up to two trees are permitted for each vehicle and all decorations must be removed. The program is available until Jan. 23, except Jan. 17.
For information, phone 954-357-8177, or e-mail praglin@broward.org.
Deerfield Beach is offering some holiday events this week.
Whether or not there’s a nip in the air, many folks enjoy a frosty treat.
Here are some of the free and cheap events in Broward County this Labor Day weekend:
* Hollywood — Hometown 4th of July at the Beach Theatre, Johnson Street and Hollywood Beach, noon to 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 4.
The event includes music along with games such as limbo and apple stacking.
At Charnow Park, 300 Connecticut St. in Hollywood, music and games kick off at 12:30 p.m.
The offshore fireworks are at 9 p.m. For information, phone 954-921-3404
* Fort Lauderdale — 4th Of July Spectacular on Fort Lauderdale Beach, includes family activities and entertainment 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, July 4. The family activities and music are on the beach across from 600 Seabreeze Boulevard. Fireworks are at 9 p.m. off A1A and Los Olas Boulevard. For information, phone 954-828-5363.
* Weston — Hometown Parade, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 4, along Town Center Boulevard, Three Villages Road and Main Street. For information, phone 954-389-4321.
Holiday songs and dances from around the world are featured in Santa’s Holiday Revue.
Tickets to the musical are $15 at the door — or $10 if purchased before. The show is 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19 in the Cypress Bay Theater, 18600 Vista Park Boulevard, Weston.
For tickets, phone 954-389-4321.
Here’s a holiday treat. Save $3 on tickets to a musical production.
The show is A Christmas Carol, presented by the Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays Dec. 11 to Dec. 20.
The performances are 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at Dillard Center For The Arts, 2501 NW 11th St., Fort Lauderdale.
To receive the discount, use the code “website.” For information and tickets, phone 954-763-6701 or click here.