The City of Sturgeon Bay and the City of Kewaunee want you to start early on the holiday season by celebrating and shopping locally.

In Kewaunee, their chamber of commerce kicks off its Christmas Stroll of businesses on Friday ahead of their Holiday Parade of Lights at 6:30 p.m. with more activities scheduled throughout the city over the rest of the weekend and after Thanksgiving.

Destination Sturgeon Bay celebrates Christmas by the Bay over the course of two days beginning Friday night. That’s when Santa Claus leads cars through the city for the Unwrapping Sturgeon Bay Community Car Cruise beginning at 5:30 p.m. from John Miles County Park to the Door County Cooperative parking lot. The event gives participants their first glance of area businesses' different Christmas window displays. The evening ends with lighting the city’s Christmas tree near the Old Bell Tower on Third Avenue. The event picks up again Saturday morning with the Christmas by the Bay Parade at 10 a.m., followed by free trolley rides and a visit with Santa at the Door County Historical Museum. Destination Door County Executive Director Cameryn Ehlers-Kwaterski says they are also bringing back its popular Moo-La-La Giveaway tradition to encourage people to stick around and shop local for the holidays.

Christmas By The Bay wraps on Sunday with Brunch with Santa at Stone Harbor Resort beginning at 9:30 a.m. The weekend full of events is sponsored by Door County's Christmas Playlist, 96.7 WBDK.  If you need to wait until after Thanksgiving to get into the Christmas mood, Egg Harbor is hosting Holly Days on November 24th and 25th, and Sister Bay is holding its Capture the Spirit event on November 25th.