2025 Portage Tree Lighting Guide: Food, Santa + Fun on Saturday, December 6 in Celery Flats
Visit Celery Flats for the Portage Tree Lighting Ceremony. You’ll find decorated trees, giant Christmas Cards, and holiday photo ops galore!
Liz is native to the Mitten, having grown up in Metro Detroit. As a Kalamazoo transplant, this mom of two is passionate about connecting parents to find their villages. She enjoys working outside, using nerdy technology, and consuming more Twizzlers than necessary.
Visit Celery Flats for the Portage Tree Lighting Ceremony. You’ll find decorated trees, giant Christmas Cards, and holiday photo ops galore!
Mega Kalamazoo shopping guide for the holidays, featuring local gifts from retailers. We’ve also included experiences, memberships and ticket subscriptions to all of our favorite, locally-owned places.
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Visit Downtown Kalamazoo this holiday season to visit Santa’s Workshop, ride the Holly Jolly Trolley and find some amazing local gifts.
Free Thanksgiving Meals in Greater Kalamazoo Sandwiched between costume-filled Halloween and all of the winter holiday merriment, Thanksgiving is known
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Shine bright this holiday season with Kalamazoo Christmas lights and displays around Southwest Michigan.
Big roundup of Christmas Events in Kalamazoo: tree lightings, Santa, Nutcracker shows, parades and more festive fun.
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Get the scoop on visits to Reindeer Ranch in Kalamazoo this holiday season.
Celebrate the 63rd Anniversary of the Kalamazoo Holiday Parade! The Maple Hill Holiday Parade kicks off November 22, 2025 at 11AM.
See our compiled list of city and community trick-or-treat times for Kalamazoo and Southwest Michigan.
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Some of our favorite picks for Halloween Houses in SWMI plus downtown business displays in Kalamazoo and Plainwell.
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