Looking for something to do over the next week or so? Look no further. Here are some of the many holiday events taking place now through December 8:
•Now through January 4: Holiday Arts Sale, Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association, West Main Street, Blue Ridge, 706-632-2144;
•Now through January 4: Jerry Mucklow Photography Exhibit, Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association, West Main Street, Blue Ridge, 706-632-2144;
•Now through December 15: “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Blue Ridge Community Theater, tickets, 706-632-9191;
•November 28: Blue Ridge Turkey Trot 5K, downtown Blue Ridge, 7 a.m. registration, 8 a.m. run, 828-557-5405;
•November 28: Community Thanksgiving Open Table, Fannin County High School cafeteria, noon to 4 p.m., Good Samaritans of Fannin County; 706-455-3818;
•November 29 through December 15: Gingerbread Village, Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association, Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Blue Ridge, 706-632-2144;
•November 29: Light Up McCaysville, Riverwalk Shops, 4 to 7 p.m., 706-492-4636;
•November 30: Light Up Blue Ridge, downtown Blue Ridge, 706-258-2432;
•November 29 & 30: Fannin County High School Art Club fundraiser, INOLA Blue Ridge, noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, and noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, 678-431-9270;
•December 3: Fannin Regional Hospital (FRH) Auxiliary Love Light ceremony, 5 p.m., FRH lobby, Blue Ridge, 706-632-4278;
•December 3: Fannin County High School Chorus Concert, 7 p.m., 706-632-2081;
•December 5 - 7: Fannin County High School Drama class productions, Performing Arts Center on the high school campus, December 5, 6 p.m.; December 6, 6 p.m.; and, December 7, 3 & 6 p.m., 706-632-2081;
•December 5: Veterans Christmas Dinner, 6:30 p.m., all veterans and their families welcome, Circle J Restaurant, 706-632-2536;
•December 6 & 7, Live Nativity, Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Highway 2, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Blue Ridge, 706-632-8220;
•December 6: Fannin Christian Learning Center’s Christmas Concert, First Baptist of McCaysville/Copperhill, 6 p.m., McCaysville, 706-258-3940;
•December 7: Quiet Time with Santa, 9 a.m., Law Office of Laura J. Ray, Blue Ridge, reservations, 706-946-2000;
•December 7: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Bazaar, 7 Ewing Street, Blue Ridge, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 706-632-8245;
•December 7: Morning at the Manger, First Baptist Church, Blue Ridge, 9:30 a.m. to noon, reservations encouraged, 706-632-2763;
•December 7: Copperhill Kiwanis Club Christmas Parade, 2 to 4 p.m., downtown McCaysville and Copperhill, 706-455-0082;
•December 7: Christmas in Ducktown, Tennessee, 6 p.m., 706-851-4329;
•December 7: Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony, Fannin Veterans Memorial Park, 12 noon, Blue Ridge, 678-507-8592;
•December 8: Christmas Tour of Homes, Fannin County Family Connection, 501 Industrial Park Rd., Blue Ridge, tickets, 706-632-6063;
•December 8: Brasstown Ringers Christmas concert, First United Methodist Church, Copperhill, 5 p.m., 423-496-4931.