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• The West End Festival of Lights begins on Black Friday and will be held daily through at least Dec. 23. The walk-through light display is open daily from 2-9 p.m. weekends and 5-9 p.m. weekdays. On Nov. 26, 27 and 28 and Dec. 17, 18 and 19 there will be craft vendors, food vendors, horse and buggy rides, visits with Saint Nick and entertainment. The Carbon County Fair will host its Kris Kringle Fest on Dec. 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12 at the fairgrounds. There will be small rides, a train and bounce house for children, craft and food vendors, games, entertainment and hot chocolate.

• Nesquehoning’s Christmas tree lighting will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Lions Club tree, located in the park across the street from Turkey Hill on West Catawissa Street. Meeds United Memorial Church then invites everyone back to the church, located a few doors down the street, for caroling and cookies.

• Santa is coming to the West End, courtesy of being hosted by the West End Park and Open Space Commission. See Santa arrive on a West End firetruck at 6 p.m. at the Chestnuthill Township Park, 221 Route 715, Brodheadsville, on Dec. 3. Enjoy hot cocoa, cookies, a craft, and a visit with Santa through 8 p.m.

• Ross Township will host its Christmas tree lighting ceremony and visit with Santa on Dec. 4. Santa will arrive on a Blue Ridge firetruck at Ross Township Park, at 258 Anchorage Road, Saylorsburg, at 4 p.m.. Come and enjoy a tree lighting, hot cocoa, cookies, a craft, and a visit with Santa at his stop there.

• Slatington tree lighting ceremony will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Dec. 3.

• Lights at the Lake will debut on Dec. 3 at Mauch Chunk Lake Park, 625 Lentz Trail. From that point, it will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Jan. 2 with the exception of Dec. 24, 25 and Jan. 1, which will be closed due to those date being holidays. Tickets cost $20 per vehicle per each night, and can be purchased at www.lightsatthelake.com. Lights at the Lake will be a drive-thru light show that will feature brilliant holiday displays throughout picturesque Mauch Chunk Lake Park. Raising the House will run the holiday event on weekends from Dec. 3 until New Year’s weekend. It will also be available from 6-10 p.m. Dec. 23. The route is about a 1-mile long path at the lake and takes about 15-20 minutes to drive through, according to Tamara House, Raising the House board member.

• Walnutport’s fifth annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony will be held on Dec. 4 at the borough’s Recreation Center at 215 Lincoln Ave. A Candy Cane Hunt is at 3 p.m. The tree lighting will be held around 5 p.m.

• Weissport’s Christmas tree lighting will be held Dec. 4 in the Weissport Borough Park beginning at 6 p.m. There will be hot chocolate and Santa.

• Jim Thorpe Old Time Christmas weekends will be held Dec. 4 and 5, 11 and 12, and 18 and 19. A tree lighting will be held Dec. 3 in Josiah White Park, with Santa’s arrival and entertainment to benefit local nonprofits. Tentative activities for Old Time Christmas include children’s events, carolers, horse and buggy rides, choir boys, Dickens reading and a Christmas concert.

• The Jim Thorpe Krampus Festival will be held Dec. 4.

• Parryville: Breakfast with Santa will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 5.

• The Fifth Annual Candy Cane Hunt will be from 10 to 11 a.m. on Dec. 11 at Victory Park in Slatington.

• Parryville’s community tree lighting ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. Dec. 11.

• Hope Community Church in Weissport will hold a free Christmas dinner on Dec. 12 from noon to 2 p.m. at the church at 306 Bridge St.

• Polk Township 25th annual tree lighting is 4 p.m. Dec. 12.

• WinterFest 2022 is tentatively scheduled Feb. 19 and 20, with ice bars, ice carving and wood carving.