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Halloween to New Year's
Trunk or treats, tree lightings, parades, Santa, lights and Christmas Eve services around Forsyth County. When an organizer hasn't posted this year's date, we show last year's and say so.
Halloween
Thanksgiving
Get Basted Turkey Trot
8:00a, North Forsyth Middle School, 3645 Coal Mountain Dr, Cumming.
Christmas: lights, parades and Santa
Holiday Artists Market at Halcyon
11:00a to 6:00p, The Village Green at Halcyon, 6365 Halcyon Way, South Forsyth.
Christmas Festival at Cumming Arts Center
Sat 9:00a to Sun 4:00p, Cumming Arts Center, 111 Pilgrim Mill Rd, Cumming.
Tree Lighting and Holiday Market at The Collection at Forsyth
10:00a to 7:00p, The Collection at Forsyth, 410 Peachtree Pkwy, Cumming.
Magical Nights of Lights at Lanier Islands
Nightly 5:00p to 10:00p, Lanier Islands Resort, 7000 Lanier Islands Pkwy, Buford, Buford. Drive-through lights, priced per car, not per person. Santa arrives Nov 27.
Cumming City Center Winter and Holiday Market
10:00a to 6:00p, Cumming City Center, 423 Canton Rd, Cumming, Free.
Cumming City Center Christmas Tree Lighting
6:00p to 7:30p, Lou Sobh Amphitheater, Cumming City Center, 423 Canton Rd, Cumming, Free.
Welcome Back, Jingles the Elf!
11:00a to 11:30a, Post Road Library, 5010 Post Rd, Cumming.
Halcyon Holiday Magic
11:00a to 3:30p, Halcyon, 6365 Halcyon Way, South Forsyth, $20 per child; adults free. Ticketed. Proceeds go to Family Promise.
Snow Day at Cumming City Center
10:00a to 5:00p, Cumming City Center, 423 Canton Rd, Cumming, $10 per person, or free with a new toy. Bring a new, unwrapped toy for free entry.
City of Cumming Christmas Parade
5:00p to 7:00p, Forsyth Central High School to the Cumming Fairgrounds, through downtown, Cumming. Road closures start at 4:30p.
Cumming Christmas Jingle Jog 5K and Family Fun Run
8:30a, Cumming City Center, 423 Canton Rd, Cumming, $40 for the 5K, $25 for the kids fun run. Kids fun run at 9:30a.
Christmas Eve services
Browns Bridge Church
Christmas Eve times not posted yet. We check every week from Nov 1.
Cumming Church of Christ
Christmas Eve times not posted yet. We check every week from Nov 1.
Cumming First United Methodist Church
Christmas Eve times not posted yet. We check every week from Nov 1.
First Redeemer Church
Christmas Eve times not posted yet. We check every week from Nov 1.
Good Shepherd Catholic Church
Christmas Eve times not posted yet. We check every week from Nov 1.
Grace Fellowship of South Forsyth
Christmas Eve times not posted yet. We check every week from Nov 1.
Lanier United Methodist Church
Christmas Eve times not posted yet. We check every week from Nov 1.
Midway United Methodist Church
Christmas Eve times not posted yet. We check every week from Nov 1.
Parkway Church
Christmas Eve times not posted yet. We check every week from Nov 1.
St. Brendan the Navigator Catholic Church
Christmas Eve times not posted yet. We check every week from Nov 1.
The lights map
Opens the day after Thanksgiving
A map of the best-lit houses and streets, added by the people who live there. We show the street address you give us and nothing about who lives there. You can take it down any time.