Calendar

CANCELLATIONS

• Winter Wonder Lights outdoor holiday light display: Canceled for 2020, Meadow Brook Hall, Rochester, meadowbrookholidays.com. Ticket holders will receive a refund.

HOLIDAY

• Holiday Magic: Drive-through light display, 5-9 p.m. Dec. 17-24 and Dec. 26-30, at Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad, 6140 Bray Road, Flint, $10 per car, cash or credit, no buses, geneseecountyparks.org/crossroads-village.

• Cranbrook Christmas Jazz- Grace Out of Necessity: 7 p.m. Dec. 18, featuring Rodney Whitaker Sextet, guest vocalist Vanessa Rubin and Christ Church Cranbrook choir. Annual concert presented virtual at cccathome.org.

• Trans-Siberian Orchestra: “Christmas Eve and Other Stories Live In Concert,” 8 p.m. Dec. 18, livestream, trans-siberian. com, family-friendly, $30. Video on demand Dec. 19-20.

• Moscow Ballet’s “Great Russian Nutcracker”: Livestream at 8 p.m. Dec. 19 on MarqueeTV, through Jan. 1, 313Presents.com/Moscowballet, $24.99+.

• Santa House and Scavenger

Hunt: with COVID-19 precautions 10 a. m.-3 p. m. Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 20, downtown Birmingham. Sign up for scavenger hunt, socially distanced appointment with Santa Claus through Dec. 24 at bit. ly/3mp9OSk.

View live reindeer Dec. 19, allinbirmingham.com/calendar.php.

• Canterbury Village Holiday Stroll:

5-9 p.m. Friday-Sunday, through Dec. 20, holiday light displays with live characters, timed tickets, limited capacity, $10+ each, free for children younger than 2, military and veterans, masks required, CanterburyHolidayStroll.com.

• Pictures with Santa: 2-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Dec. 20, at Canterbury Village, Lake Orion, canterburyvillage.com.

• Annual Holiday Shop: Boutique through Dec. 21 at Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 1516 S. Cranbrook Road, Birmingham, BBArtCenter.org.

• Outdoor Holiday Magic: Through Dec. 24 at The Village of Rochester Hills, corner of Adams and Walton Road, Rochester Hills, festive lights and activities, TheVORH.com/Events. Santa visits through Dec. 24. Live reindeer on site 1-6 p.m. Dec. 20 and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 24.

• The Great Decorate: Birmingham Shopping District hosts holiday tree competition for downtown businesses and local artists to win a small business grant while raising funds for local foster teens, in partnership with the Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange. Visitors to downtown Birmingham, through Dec. 24, can view the decorated trees at each venue and vote for favorite by donating in person or online at thegreatdecorate.com.

• Twelve Oaks Mall: Adv. prepaid reservations for photo visits with Santa Claus through Dec. 24, social distancing and masks required for ages 2+, $19.99+ pricing varies for photo packages, shoptwelveoaks.com/pages/sfa.

• Great Lakes Crossing Outlets: Adv. prepaid reservations for photo visits with Santa through Dec. 24, social distancing, and masks required for ages 2+, $19.99+ pricing varies for photo packages, greatlakescrossingoutlets.com/pages/sfa.

• Somerset Collection: Adv. prepaid reservations for photo visits with Santa Wednesdays through Sundays, with proceeds to benefit Leader Dogs For

The Blind, social distancing and masks required for ages 2+, tickets $30+, mysomersetsantavisit.as.me/schedule.php.

• Holiday Wander: immersive holiday scenes exhibit Wednesdays through Sundays at Somerset Collection Level 3 North Nordstrom Court, thesomersetcollection.com/holiday-wander, $10 each to benefit charity.

• Holiday shopping experience: Somerset Collection Studio window displays, retailer presentations rotate at the Metropolitan Building in downtown Detroit. Shoppers can have items from Somerset Collection retailers delivered to lockers in the studio. To schedule a delivery, text or call 248-643-6088, thesomersetcollection.com.

• HollyDazzle, A Renaissance Christmas: 5:30-10:30 p.m. select dates through Dec. 27, 3⁄4-mile walk with holiday scenes, sensory lights on the Michigan Renaissance Festival grounds, 12600 Dixie Hwy., Holly, timed tickets for social distancing, adv. tickets at MichRen Fest.com, $20 adults, $8 per child, free for children 5 and younger, free parking, masks required.

• Michigan Mitten Drop Celebration: Dec. 31, New Year’s Eve illuminated mitten drop, Kings Court Castle, Canterbury Village, presented by Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers, live entertainment, horse-drawn carriage rides, fire pits, treats, food trucks, adult beverages, $5 each and free for ages younger than 2, and active military, bit.ly/3r0mjr6.

• Magic of Lights: Drive-through display through Jan. 2 at DTE Energy Music Theatre, Independence Twp., 1.5-mile route of holiday lights, soundtrack played through FM car radio, 5-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 5-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday. Adv. tickets $25+, MagicofLights.com/events/Clarkston.

• Wild Lights at the Detroit Zoo: Select nights through Jan. 3, 8450 W. 10 Mile, Royal Oak, 248-541-5717, adv. timed tickets, $15-$20, plus $8 parking, wildlights.detroitzoo.org.

Full list at theoaklandpress.com & dailytribune.com