From supporting local business to enjoying the holiday spirit through song and festivals, area residents have a lot of fun to choose from leading up to the start of 2020. Below are events scheduled today and throughout the month of December.

Today

Shop Small Saturday, Downtown Bradford

Yuletide Memories Winter Festival, downtown Ridgway, featuring Shop Small Saturday activities

First day of rifle season for white-tailed deer, Pennsylvania

Program about white-tailed deer and elk, 2 to 3 p.m., Elk Country Visitor Center, 950 Winslow Hill Road, Benezette

A Very Coudy Christmas Craft Show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Coudersport Elementary School, 802 Vine St., free to attend

5th annual Small Business Saturday Vendor Show, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kane Fire Hall, featuring local artisans and small businesses, with No Feline Left Behind manning the kitchen

DEC. 1

Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Present “A Jazzy Little Christmas,” 7:30 p.m., part of the 2019-20 Headline Series of Bradford Creative & Performing Arts Center, $35 per ticket

Santa Parade, 1 p.m., Fraley Street, Kane

DEC. 2

Paper Marbling Workshop, 6 to 7 p.m., fourth floor art room, Marilyn Horne Hall, Bradford, marbling involves laying paint on a thickened surface and manipulating the colors to make an abstract piece of art, $45, sign up through continuing education at the university

Cyber Monday

DEC. 3

Vocal Arts Ensemble Holiday Concert, noon to 1 p.m., Studio Theater, Blaisdell Hall, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, featuring student vocalists who perform seasonal favorites, traditional works and contemporary compositions

Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund accepting donated gifts, noon to 6 p.m., former Goodwill at 75 Forman St., Bradford

Battle of the Banks, 5 to 8 p.m., to benefit the Kane Area Revitalization Enterprise efforts to beautify Kane’s gateway along U.S. Route 6, featuring live music, food, specialty drinks by guest bartenders from local banks, the bank with the most tips wins

Giving Tuesday

DEC. 4

Sing Diversity—The Songwriting Project, 6 p.m., free, a reception featuring the unveiling of Pitt-Bradford student music videos, refreshments will be served, visit www.thesongwritingproject.org for more

Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund accepting donated gifts, noon to 6 p.m., former Goodwill at 75 Forman St.

Bowls of Love Free Community Meal, 4 to 5 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 140 N. St. Marys St., St. Marys, dessert donations and volunteers to serve appreciated

Holiday Pysanky with Shandra, 6 to 8 p.m., Elk County Council on the Arts, 237 Main St., Ridgway, cost is $35, and advance registration is required

DEC. 5

Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund accepting donated gifts, noon to 6 p.m., former Goodwill at 75 Forman St.

DEC. 6

Music for the Advent and Christmas Season, an organ recital by Garrett F. Martin, noon, Harriett B. Wick Chapel, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, free to attend

Cruisin’ Into Christmas Parade, 6 p.m., Main Street, Bradford

Ridgway-Elk County Holiday Cheer Tour, 5 to 9 p.m., Ridgway, featuring holiday specials by downtown retailers and a wine or beer tasting

DEC. 7

Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund accepting donated gifts, 9 a.m. to noon, former Goodwill at 75 Forman St., Bradford

Santa’s Pancake Party, 9 a.m. to noon, fundraiser for the Kane Area Community Center, 46 Fraley St., $5 per person and free for children 2 and under, featuring craft-making, a visit from Santa and the Elfie Selfie Booth

DEC. 8

Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund senior event, 6 p.m., University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

Santa Claus Fly-In, Bradford Regional Airport

DEC. 11

Bowls of Love Free Community Meal, 4 to 5 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 140 N. St. Marys St., St. Marys, dessert donations and volunteers to serve appreciated

Shop Late Night, 5 to 8 p.m., Kane, organized by the Kane Chamber of Commerce, featuring a cookie crawl with different cookies in local businesses

DEC. 13

Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund gift distribution day, former Goodwill at 75 Forman St., Bradford, recipients should come at the designated time

Christmas in the Wilds, Cameron County Chamber of Commerce & Artisan Center, 34 E. Fourth St., Emporium, featuring a nighttime holiday house tour

DEC. 14

Dickens Christmas Market, Marilyn Horne Hall, featuring more than 30 artisan vendors, a performance by the American Caroling Co. and visits from a Victorian Father Christmas

Old Fashioned Christmas, Downtown Bradford

Winter Wine Walk, 3:30 p.m., starting at Katie Boser Photography, 55 Main St., $20 presale or $25 at the door, visit www.facebook.com/bradfordwinewalk/ for details

Santa in the Shay, noon to 4 p.m., Pennsylvania Lumber Museum, Galeton, featuring a visit from Santa in the cab of the museum’s Shay locomotive to listen to children’s holiday requests, cookies and hot cocoa will be served, also features a holiday bazaar of local artisans

Santa Crawl, Kane bar crawl to benefit the Kane Area United Fund

Christmas in the Wilds, Cameron County Chamber of Commerce & Artisan Center, 34 E. Fourth St., Emporium, featuring breakfast with Santa, vendors lining downtown, a parade and a nighttime house decorating contest

Holiday Open House, noon to 2 p.m., Sinnemahoning State Park, 4843 Park Road, free to attend, featuring a visit from Santa, holiday displays by park staff, Grandpa Hank’s winter village, wildlife exhibits, craft-making, a cozy fire and hot chocolate, mulled cider and refreshments

DEC. 18

Bowls of Love Free Community Meal, 4 to 5 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 140 N. St. Marys St., St. Marys, dessert donations and volunteers to serve appreciated

DEC. 19

Battle of the Bulge presentation, 7 p.m., World War II Museum, 201 Main St., Eldred, featuring a 75th anniversary program of the battle by Steve Appleby, free to the public but donations welcome

DEC. 20

Marilyn Horne Museum’s Christmas Concert, 7 to 8 p.m., Wick Chapel, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, featuring music from “Charlie Brown Christmas” performed by jazz artists Christopher Azzara, Eric Schmitz and Eugene Bisdikian, free and open to the public

Annual Ugly Sweater Party, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., Flickerwood Wine Cellars, free to attend, prizes for ugliest sweater, music by Uncorked

DEC. 23

First Day of Hanukkah

DEC. 24

Christmas Eve

DEC. 25

Merry Christmas

Christmas Day Happening at the Central Fire Hall, Ridgway, featuring a community dinner so no one has to be alone on Christmas, home deliveries also available

Bowls of Love Free Community Meal, 4 to 5 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 140 N. St. Marys St., St. Marys, dessert donations and volunteers to serve appreciated

DEC. 30

Last Day of Hanukkah

DEC. 31

First Night Bradford, locations throughout Bradford, visit firstnightbradford.org or the First Night Bradford Facebook page for a complete schedule

JAN. 1

Bowls of Love Free Community Meal, 4 to 5 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 140 N. St. Marys St., St. Marys, dessert donations and volunteers to serve appreciated

First Day Hike at Lyman Run State Park, 1 to 4 p.m., meet at the lower Lyman Run parking lot, 454 Lyman Run Road, Galeton