nts e v e y a holid Visit MyNorth.com/Events and bellairechamber.org for Santa sightings, tree lightings and more.
BELLAIRE Spend a winter weekend outdoors, sprinkling in holiday shopping and dinner downtown when you’re ready to take the chill off. Your snow sport itinerary: skiing, tubing and fat tire biking at Shanty Creek Resort; snowshoeing and cross-country skiing at Grass River Natural Area; and snowmobiling the nearby Jordan Valley Trail System. PHOTO COURTESY OF BELLAIRE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DOWNTOWN DESTINATIONS When you’re ready to warm up, find a cozy spot on Bridge Street where Short’s Brewing Company, Mammoth Distilling, Bee Well Mead & Cider and Hello Vino will welcome you with a craft bevvie. Stop into fun shops along the way, like The Spice & Tea Exchange and Uniquely North.
SANTA’S SECRET On Christmas Day, Santa will be on the slopes at Shanty Creek’s Schuss Mountain and available to take photos (Santa likes to call them “elfies,” not “selfies”) with kids of all ages. Lift tickets are complimentary from 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m., but donations for Antrim County’s area food pantries are gladly accepted as a way of paying it forward. shantycreek.com
MERRY MAKING The intricately decorated sugar cookies at Ruthann’s Gourmet Bakery come highly recommended by the jolly fellow himself. Pastry cases are filled with frosted delights, like smiling snowmen and startopped Christmas trees, alongside scones, muffins and more. ruthannsgourmetbakery.com
O’ CHRISTMAS TREE Messiahs Tree Farm has been growing elegant evergreens since 1978. Find the farm at 7916 Alden Hwy., Bellaire. facebook.com/messiahs.bellaire
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