For your yuletide pleasure, we’ve put together a list of some local holiday activities to enjoy with your friends and family that will be sure to bring out your inner child. Enjoy!

- Birmingham Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides
Where: Corner of Henrietta and Merrill near the Santa House
When: Now through 12/21/13 - Birmingham Santa House—Get pictures taken with Santa
Where: Shain Park
When: Now through 12/24/13
Cost: $5 donation that goes o Birmingham Lions Club and Leader Dogs for the Blind - Holiday Walk in Rochester—Twinkling trees and live organ playing
Where: Meadow Brook Hall, 480 S. Adams Road, Rochester
When: Now through 12/23/13
Cost: $20/adults, $5/ages 17 and under, free/ages 2 and under - 40th Annual Dickens Festival—Downtown Holly is transformed into a Christmas Village, complete with carriage rides, caroling, games, and more.
Where: Downtown Holly, MI
When: Now through 12/15/13
Cost: Free - Downtown Rochester Big Bright Light Show—Witness an impressive display of over 1 million holiday lights
Where: Rochester, MI—Main Street from South Bridge to Romeo Road and Fourth Street from Walnut to Water streets
When: Now through 1/5/14
Cost: Free - Holiday Lights Night in Clarkston—Enjoy a lights parade and listen to Santa read a holiday story in Depot Park
Where: Downtown Clarkston
When: December 14th, 6PM
Cost: Free - Holiday Ice & the Saucy Social—See ice carvings, Santa Clause and live reindeer
Where: Downtown Ferndale
When: December 14th, from 10AM to 6PM
Cost: Free