Schedule
Saturday, December 5, 2026, all over downtown Roscommon.
The committee is setting the 2026 schedule now. Until it's posted, this is last year's (2025) schedule so you can see how the day runs. Times and places will change.
Friday evening
6:30 pm
Christmas concert by area churches
Beacon Assembly of God, 250 Lake Street
Saturday
8:30 am to 11:30 am
Breakfast with Santa
Roscommon Elementary School, 175 W. Sunset Drive
Sponsored by PTO
9 am to noon
Cookie walk
Good Shepherd Methodist Church, 149 W. Robinson Lake Road
Proceeds go to charity.
9 am to 6 pm
Hot chocolate bar
The Bird and Bear Bakery
Toppings bar, plus a raffle for a Christmas treat platter.
10 am to 2 pm
Gingerbread house contest
Made Up North
10 am to 6:30 pm
Festival of Trees
Village Hall
Benefits the Northern Michigan Children's Assessment Center.
10 am to 8 pm
Christmas open house
Gallimore Boarding House
Cookies and candy for sale; free wassail.
10 am to 8 pm
Cookie walk
The Butcher's Wife
11 am to 8 pm
Craft show
CRAF Center gym
Raffle tickets and pasty pre-orders available here.
11 am to 2 pm
Kids' Corner make-and-take craft
CRAF Center
Free.
Sponsored by Don Nester Chevrolet
11 am to 2 pm
Hot cocoa bar, Christmas movie and kids' craft
Roscommon Area District Library, 106 Lake Street
11 am to 5 pm
12 Days of Christmas scavenger hunt
Entry forms at the craft show
Sponsored by Higgins Lake Foundation
11 am to 8 pm
Food trucks
Lake Street by Village Outfitters
noon
Reindeer Run
AuSable River Center
Sponsored by RARA
noon to 2 pm
Open gym
Skye High Gymnastics
$10 per family.
noon to 5:30 pm
Live wood carving
Sawdust and Splinters, Fourth Street by the CRAF Center
noon to 8 pm
Book fair
CRAF Center
Sponsored by Literacy Council
noon to 8 pm
Christmas tree silent auction
Richardson School House
Trees decorated by Roscommon Elementary classes.
2 pm to 3 pm
Santa Train
AuSable River Center
3 pm
Live Nativity (again after the parade)
CRAF Center lawn
St. Michael Catholic Church youth group.
3 pm to 5 pm
Reindeer games
On the closed streets
3 pm to 7 pm
Free wagon rides
Lake Street by the Irish Kilt
3 pm to 8 pm
Live reindeer
Next to The Butcher's Wife
4 pm to 8 pm
Village business open houses
Downtown shops
4 pm to 8 pm
Free cider and donuts
By the Chamber office
Sponsored by Roscommon Insurance Agency
4 pm to 8 pm
Petting zoo
Gardiner's Jewelry
4 pm to 8 pm
Free hot cocoa and cider
Fifth Street Market parking lot
Sponsored by Gaylor Insurance Agency
4:30 pm
Lions Club hot dogs, until sold out
The Bird and the Bear
Cash or a canned-good donation.
5:45 pm
Electric Light Parade
North Fifth Street to Lake Street
Santa arrives at the end of the parade.
After the parade
Village tree lighting, then visits with Santa
CRAF Center lawn; Santa House at Lake and Fifth
6:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Baby It's Cold Outside party (21+)
AuSable River Center
Rotary collects donations for local food pantries.
Sponsored by Rotary and RARA
This is a list of anticipated events and may change because of weather and other factors.