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Grosse Pointe War Memorial hosts Bedtime Stories with Santa on Thursday, December 10, 2026, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms. Kids come in PJs for fireside stories, songs, and milk-and-cookies with Santa.
Grosse Pointe War Memorial

The Henry Ford’s grown-ups-only holiday dinner on Thursday, December 10, 2026, 5–6 p.m., at Stand 44 in Greenfield Village, Dearborn: a chef-curated buffet, a flight of three Griffin Claw Brewing Company samples starring the museum’s limited seasonal Mummers’ Brew Ale, and costumed mummers. Ages 21 and up; the $98–107 ticket includes Holiday Nights admission, advance sale only, online or by phone.
Greenfield Village

The Henry Ford hosts a holiday feast on Thursday, December 10, at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. inside Eagle Tavern at Greenfield Village in Dearborn. Expect candlelight and historical presenters in period attire at this former 1850s stagecoach stop. Tickets are available online.
Greenfield Village

The Henry Ford’s family holiday dinner on Thursday, December 10, 2026: from 4:30 p.m. a horse-drawn wagon carries you from the Greenfield Village gate in Dearborn to A Taste of History, where a buffet supper runs 5–6 p.m. and Santa himself drops in. The $84–93 ticket includes Holiday Nights admission; advance sale only, online or by phone.
Greenfield Village

The Henry Ford turns Greenfield Village in Dearborn into a lantern-lit holiday evening on Thursday, December 10, 2026, 6:30–10 p.m.: roasting chestnuts, an ice rink, free Model T and horse-drawn wagon rides, and fireworks to close. Tickets are $39–48, free for kids 4 and under, online, by phone or on site.
Greenfield Village

Cirque Dreams Holidaze brings a dazzling holiday variety show to Flint's Whiting Auditorium on Thursday, December 10, at 7 p.m. This family-friendly spectacle combines breathtaking aerial acts, jugglers, acrobats, and live performances of holiday classics in a magical Christmas storyline.
Whiting Auditorium, 123 Whiting Street, Flint, MI, 12345, United States

Flint’s Crossroads Village is a lit-up Christmas village on Friday, December 11, 2026 from 4 to 9 p.m., and the combo ticket adds an evening ride on the historic Huckleberry Railroad. Train plus village is $27 for adults; book with Genesee County Parks.
Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad

The Henry Ford’s grown-ups-only holiday dinner on Friday, December 11, 2026, 5–6 p.m., at Stand 44 in Greenfield Village, Dearborn: a chef-curated buffet, a flight of three Griffin Claw Brewing Company samples starring the museum’s limited seasonal Mummers’ Brew Ale, and costumed mummers. Ages 21 and up; the $98–107 ticket includes Holiday Nights admission, advance sale only, online or by phone.
Greenfield Village

The Henry Ford hosts a holiday feast at Eagle Tavern in Greenfield Village in Dearborn on Friday, December 11, with seatings at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. It's a candlelit, 1850s stagecoach-stop setting that works well for a family night out.
Greenfield Village

The Henry Ford’s family holiday dinner on Friday, December 11, 2026: from 4:30 p.m. a horse-drawn wagon carries you from the Greenfield Village gate in Dearborn to A Taste of History, where a buffet supper runs 5–6 p.m. and Santa himself drops in. The $84–93 ticket includes Holiday Nights admission; advance sale only, online or by phone.
Greenfield Village

The Steam Railroading Institute’s North Pole Express leaves Owosso on Friday, December 11, 2026 (5 p.m.): Pere Marquette 1225, the model for the Polar Express engine, pulls it to Ashley’s Country Christmas, 4 hours 45 minutes round trip. Coach is $85, but every seat was sold out as of October 18.
Steam Railroading Institute

Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation’s quarter-scale trains wind through a winter wonderland of lights in Findlay, Ohio, on Friday, December 11, 2026 from 5:30 p.m. Adults $5, kids $3, at the door only.
Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation

The Henry Ford turns Greenfield Village in Dearborn into a lantern-lit holiday evening on Friday, December 11, 2026, 6:30–10 p.m.: roasting chestnuts, an ice rink, free Model T and horse-drawn wagon rides, and fireworks to close. Tickets are $39–48, free for kids 4 and under, online, by phone or on site.
Greenfield Village

Santa is at his little house in Shain Park in downtown Birmingham on Saturday, December 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Both the visit and the horse-drawn carriage rides are free.
Downtown Birmingham

Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History hosts the Roots and Futures Youth Summit on Saturday, December 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., where young people imagine the city a hundred years from now. It's free, with registration required.
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

The Southern Michigan Railroad Society’s Santa Express leaves Clinton on Saturday, December 12, 2026 (10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m.) from beside Clinton United Methodist Church for a ride to Santa’s caboose, where every child gets a few minutes with Santa and a gift. Adults $20, kids $15; book online.
Southern Michigan Railroad Society (boarding at Clinton United Methodist Church)

The Steam Railroading Institute’s North Pole Express leaves Owosso on Saturday, December 12, 2026 (10 a.m., 5 p.m.): Pere Marquette 1225, the model for the Polar Express engine, pulls it to Ashley’s Country Christmas, 4 hours 45 minutes round trip. Coach is $85, but every seat was sold out as of October 18.
Steam Railroading Institute

The Birmingham Shopping District is handing out free cinnamon-roasted almonds on Saturday, December 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at a tent on the corner of Maple Road and North Old Woodward Avenue in downtown Birmingham.
Downtown Birmingham
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