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December calendar details events in region.

Holiday Gift Market Community Creative Center

T hrough Dec. 16 — The Walton Arts Center plays host to the Community Creative Center’s Holiday Gift Market in the McBride Studio during all Walton Arts Center holiday performances. Information: (479) 5712706 or communitycreativecenter.org.

Children’s Christmas Train Children’s Safety Center

1 8 a.m-3 p.m. — The Children’s Christmas Train will run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with rides departing every hour on the hour. The journey will take passengers from the Springdale depot to Johnson, and back, in a restored 1940s coach car. Tickets are $10 for children ages 3 to 12 and $20 for adults. Children younger than 2 do not require a ticket.

Breakfast With Santa Arts Center of the Ozarks

1 8:30, 9:15 and 10 a.m. — Breakfast With Santa hosted by the Arts Center of the Ozarks will include a visit and photo with Santa, breakfast, cookie decorating and Christmas crafts. Tickets are $10 for adults and $15 for children. Information: (479) 751-5441 or www.artscenteroftheozarks.org.

Jingle Bell Jog 5K and Reindeer Fun Run Botanical Garden of the Ozarks

1 9 a.m. — The Jingle Bell Jog 5K and Reindeer Fun Run to benefit the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks will

be held at the garden and will be a timed event with awards presented immediately after the race. The benefit will include pastries, hot chocolate, coffee, music, door prizes and special guests. Register at register-wizard. com. Registration for the 5K is $30 or $100 for a team of five, $10 for children younger than 12 or $15 for 12 and older for the Fun Run. Information: (479) 530-8084 or bgozarks.org.

O Night Divine Mercy Health Foundation Northwest Arkansas

1 6 p.m. — The 25th annual Mercy Health Foundation Northwest Arkansas Charity Ball: O Night Divine will be at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers. The black-tie event will feature dinner, live auction, a surprise musical guest and after-party. Tickets are $250. Information: (479) 338-2990 or mercy.net.

Winter Dreams Home Tour Junior League of Northwest Arkansas

2 11 a.m-5 p.m. — The annual Junior League of Northwest Arkansas’ Winter Dreams Tour of Homes will include homes in Benton and Washington counties decked out for the season. Tickets for the 20th annual benefit are $25. Information: info@ juniorleaguenwa.org.

Trophy Luncheon Brandon Burlsworth Foundation

3 11:30 a.m. — The Brandon Burlsworth Trophy Ceremony Luncheon will be held at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center in Springdale. Tickets are $50. Information: (870) 741-1443 or info@ burlsworthtrophy.com.

Jingle Mingle Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas

6 6 p.m. — The 18th annual Jingle Mingle to benefit Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas will be at Stone Chapel at Matt Lane Farm in Goshen. Information: (479) 935-4888 or spsfnwa.org.

White Christmas Charity Ball Mercy Fort Smith

7 5:30 p.m. — Mercy Health Foundation Fort Smith will hold the annual White Christmas Charity Ball at the Fort Smith Convention Center. The evening will include dinner, live auction, drinks and after-party. Tickets are $200. Information: (479) 314-1138 or hollye. dickinson@mercy.net.

It’s a Wonderful Waltz! Winter Garden Ball Healing Gardens of NWA

8 6-11 p.m. — The It’s a Wonderful Waltz! Winter Garden Ball to benefit Healing Gardens of Northwest Arkansas will be at the Center for Nonprofits in Rogers. The evening will include ballroom dancing, heavy hors d’oeuvres, hot chocolate bar, silent auction and dancing at the after party. Tickets are $25 or $75 for a family pass (two adults and up to four children 17 or younger. Information: (479) 366-6944 or rachel@ healinggardensofnwa.org.

NEW 365 Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

31 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. — Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will ring in the New Year with NEW 365 Museum Dance Party. Guests will enjoy access to galleries, cash bars, hors d’oeuvres from Eleven, a silent disco, dance performances and more. Open to participants ages 21 and up. Valid photo ID required for entry. Tickets are $75 or $60 for members Information: crystalbridges.org or (479) 6572335.

File Photo Santa Claus gives high fives to the kids as they cross the finish line during a previous Reindeer Fun Run at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks. The Jingle Bell Jog 5K and Reindeer Fun Run Dec. 1 will benefit the garden.

File Photo/ANDY SHUPE Instructor Dani Pugel (top) helps Sadie Skaggs of Bentonville as she creates a clay bowl during the Community Creative Center’s Spring Break Pottery Wheel Camp. The center’s Holiday Gift Market will run through Dec. 16 and features works by local artists.