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- Cary Holiday Night Market, Downtown Cary
- 11/21 5pm - 9pm
- https://thenightmarketcompany.com/
- Town of Cary Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair, Cary
- 11/15 9am - 2pm
- https://www.carync.gov/recreation-enjoyment/events/holiday-events/annual-holiday-arts-crafts-fair
- Christmas Carousel Holiday Market, Raleigh Fair Grounds
- 11/28 - 11/30
- https://christmascarousel.com/
- Scandinavian Christmas Fair, Raleigh
- 12/6 10am - 5pm
- http://scanfair.org/
- Holiday Market at NC Museum of Art, Raleigh
- 12/6 11am - 4pm
- https://triangleonthecheap.com/market-at-ncma/
- Patchwork Holiday Market, Durham
- 12/6 - 12/7
- https://thepatchworkmarket.com/
- Fenton Holiday Makers’ Market, Cary
- 11/15 & 12/20 11am - 4pm
- https://fentonnc.com/events/
- German Holiday Market, Durham Central Park
- 12/6 3:30pm - 8:30pm
- https://durhamcentralpark.org/events/
- Durham Craft Market Annual Holiday Show, Durham Central Park
- Geek and Grub Market (Christmas Nightmare Edition), Durham Armory
- Raleigh Christmas Parade, Downtown Raleigh
- 11/22 9:30am
- https://grma.org/christmas-parade/
- Sanford Night Time Christmas Parade
- Garner Christmas Parade, Downtown Garner
- 12/6 4:30pm
- https://www.garnerchristmasparade.com/
- Apex Rotary Christmas Parade, Downtown Apex
- Hillsborough Holiday Parade, Hillsborough
- City of Durham Holiday Parade, Downtown Durham
- Happy Holly Days Parade, Holly Springs
- Chapel Hill Carrboro Holiday Parade, Chapel Hill
- 12/6 10am - 12pm
- https://www.chapelhillarts.org/calendar/chapel-hill-carrboro-community-holiday-parade/
- Cary Jaycee Christmas Parade, Downtown Cary
- 12/13 2pm - 4pm
- https://www.caryjaycees.org/parade
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- Downtown Raleigh Tree Lighting
- 11/21 5:30pm - 8pm
- https://downtownraleigh.org/dra-programs/tree-lighting
- Candy Cane Lane, Zebulon
- 11/22 4pm - 8pm
- https://www.instagram.com/p/DQrrE1WjcuC/
- American Tobacco Tower Lighting, Durham
- Clayton Christmas Village & Tree Lighting
- Fuquay Varina Town Tree Lighting
- Lighting of Wake Forest
- Downtown Cary Tree Lighting Celebration
- Town of Carrboro Holiday Tree Lighting
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- Chinese Lantern Festival, Koka Booth
- Raleigh Holiday Half Marathon
- 12/6 8am
- https://raleighhalfmarathon.com/
- Evening with the Elves, Marbles
- 12/5 6pm - 8:30pm
- https://www.marbleskidsmuseum.org/evening-with-elves
- Hanukkah Menorah Lighting, Downtown Cary
- 12/16 5:30pm - 6:30pm
- https://www.carync.gov/recreation-enjoyment/events/holiday-events/hanukkah-menorah-lighting
- Kwanzaa Celebration, Downtown Cary
- 12/29 1:30pm - 6pm
- https://www.carync.gov/recreation-enjoyment/events/holiday-events/kwanzaa
- Wreath Making Workshop, Chapel Hill
- Christmas Family Ornament Workshop, Sanford
- 11/30 3:15pm
- https://visitsanfordnc.com/upcoming-events/#/event/296828-christmas-craft-family-ornament-workshop
- Horse Drawn Carriage Rides, Fenton
- 11/22 3pm - 8pm
- https://fentonnc.com/event/horse-drawn-carriage-rides-2/
- Cary Ballet Presents: The Nutcracker
- Multiple dates/times
- https://www.caryballetcompany.org/nutcracker