3:30–4:30 p.m. Photos & refreshments. Suggestion donation: $5. Holiday Open House: 5–7 p.m. Free refreshments, caroling & live hammer dulcimer music by Victor Simon. 12:30–4 p.m. Kelley House Museum. 45007 Albion St., Mendocino. kelleyhousemuseum.org. Fort Bragg Toy Run. 12:30 p.m.
Motorcycles start south of Rolling in Dough parking lot & travel to Fort Bragg Grange, where there will be food. Admission: $10 with an unwrapped toy & $20 without a toy. Fort Bragg Grange. 26500 N. Hwy. 1, Fort Bragg. kozt.com. FREE Christmas Tree Lighting & Parade. Tree lighting (in front of
Guest House museum): 6 p.m. Holiday lights parade: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 4: 3–5 p.m. Dec. 9, 16 & 23: 3–6 p.m. Dec. 11 & 18: 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Guest House Museum. 343 N. Main St., Fort Bragg. mendocinocoast.com. Photos with Santa. No appointment
needed. Photos starting at $7. Dec. 4: 3–5 p.m. Dec. 9, 16 & 23: 3–6 p.m. Dec. 11 & 18: 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Triple S Camera. 260 S. School St., Ukiah. Celebrate the Season at Pear Tree Center. Santa arrives at noon.
Santa visits: Saturdays & Sundays, 1–4 p.m. Thru Dec. 19. Photos with Santa: $5; use own camera/phone: $3. Free horse-drawn carriage rides at JCPenny: Dec. 12 & 19, noon–4 p.m. Accepting new, unwrapped toy donations for Toys for Tots. Pear Tree Center. 504 E. Perkins St., Ukiah. facebook.com/peartreecenterukiah.
Sunday 5 FREE Fiddlers’ Jam. Listen to fiddle tunes played by members of the Northern California Old Time Fiddlers Group. Bring lawn chair. Noon–2 p.m. Ely Barn.
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9921 Soda Bay Rd., Kelseyville. lakecountybloom.com. FREE Lighted Boat Parade. 5 p.m.
Noyo Harbor. 19101 S. Harbor Dr., Fort Bragg. kozt.com.
Monday 6 FREE Kelseyville Christmas in the Country. Merchant Open House:
5:30 p.m. Parade of Lights: 6:30 p.m. Photos with Santa. Main St., Kelseyville. (Town tree lighting at the firehouse.) visitkelseyville.com.
Tuesday 7 FREE Storytime in Washington Square. Participants must register
& receive a confirmation before being allowed to attend. Masks & social distancing required. Tuesdays. 10:30–11:30 a.m. Washington Square. 21256 Washington St., Middletown. Register: bit.ly/3gcqlta.
Wednesday 8 FREE Finley Country Market Holiday Gift Shop. Everything
homemade. Masks & social distancing. Open daily (except Sundays). 11 a.m.– 6 p.m. Runs thru Dec. 22. Finley Country Market. 1970 Big Valley Rd., Finley. lakecountybloom.com/ big-calendar.
Thursday 9 Mendocino Dance Project. $12–$20. Dec. 9–11: 7:30 p.m. Helen Schoeni Theatre. 45200 Little Lake St., Mendocino. mendocinotheatre.org.
Friday 10 FREE Willits Craft Fair. Two
locations: Willits City Hall (111 E. Commercial St., Willits): Dec. 10, noon–7 p.m. & Dec. 11, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Center for the Arts (71 E. Commercial St., Willits.): Dec. 10, noon–9 p.m. & Dec. 11, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Ceremony at
9 a.m. Hillcrest Cemetery. 10691 Palette Dr., Mendocino. willitscenter forthearts.org.
Saturday 11 FREE Teen Harry Potter Mystery.
Magic & murder at the Yule Ball. Teens (middle school & high school), grab a broom and ZOOM into Hogwarts to solve the mystery. (Content is rated PG.) Presented by Fort Bragg Library. Email Kim Doyle for the Zoom link: doylek@ mendocinocounty.org. FREE Christmas in Middletown.
Winter Wonderland, Santa’s workshop & reindeer games. 4–8 p.m. Downtown Middletown. lakecounty. com/event/christmas-in-middletown. FREE Drive-Thru Community Christmas Celebration. Drive-thru
dinner, plus elves will deliver toys to cars as Santa waves from a fire truck. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Burns Valley Elementary School. 3620 Pine St., Clearlake. lakecountybloom.com/ big-calendar. FREE Santa in Point Arena. 2–4 p.m. Point Arena City Hall. 451 School St., Point Arena. kozt.com.
Sunday 12 Opus Chamber Music Concert.
Featuring Angelica Duo (harp & violin). $25. Ages 18 & younger: free if accompanied by adult. 3–5 p.m. Cotton Auditorium. 500 N. Harold St., Fort Bragg. symphonyoftheredwoods.org.
Wednesday 15 FREE Kid’s Craft Snowglobes.
Supplies limited. 4:30–5:30 p.m. Redbud Library. 14785 Burns Valley Rd., Clearlake. tinyurl.com/2bm6xze3.
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