Hanukkah, Christmas events coming up in DeKalb

Through the end of the year, many holiday events are planned in DeKalb County - mainly about Christmas and Hanukkah.

Here are a few of them but just those being held mainly in Avondale Estates, Dunwoody and the city of Stone Mountain.

Avondale Estates AvondaleEstates.org

• Holiday Bake Sale by Avondale Woman’s Club: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Avondale Community Club.
• Poinsettia Sale by Avondale Elementary School. $15 each for white or red 6.5-inch poinsettias. Order by Nov. 26. Drive-through pickup will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Beth Breit Gym.
• City Christmas Tree Lighting: 6 p.m. Nov. 29
• Menorah Lighting for Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday: 6 p.m. Nov. 30
• Winter Wonderland: 1-6 p.m. Dec. 4
• Holiday Market: noon-6 p.m. Dec. 12
• Christmas Tour of Lights: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Dec. 12

Dunwoody

• Opening Night for Spruill’s Holiday Artists Market. 6-9 p.m. Wednesday. Spruill Gallery, 4681 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody. In person, online or by curbside pickup, shop items from more than 100 Georgia artists through Dec. 23 but closed Thanksgiving Day. SpruillArts.org/HolidayArtistsMarket
• Drive through or online: Operation Christmas Child. Gift-filled shoeboxes can be built online for distribution worldwide to children in need as a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse. To bring your shoebox, drop it off 4-6 p.m. daily through Friday, 1-5 p.m. Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 22 at FBA East Entrance, First Baptist Church of Atlanta, 4400 N. Peachtree Road, Dunwoody. fba.org Online: sampur.se/31Z8v8i
• Light Up the JCC - Hanukkah Celebration with Rabbi G. 5:15-6:15 p.m. Dec. 1. Free. Outside, Front MJCCA courtyard, Zaban Park, 5342 Tilly Mill Road, Dunwoody. Celebrate Hanukkah with a menorah lighting, Hanukkah songs, performances and free hot chocolate with free jelly doughnuts. No registration is required. bit.ly/3c7OpKT
• Spruill’s Handmade Gift Bazaar. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 18. Spruill Gallery, 4681 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody. SpruillArts.org/HolidayArtistsMarket
• Online: Dunwoody Nature Artist Market. Through Dec. 31. Find a wide range of nature paintings - 250 art pieces from the Dunwoody Fine Art Association and the Dunwoody Nature Center. etsy.com/shop/DunwoodyNatureArtMkt

Stone Mountain StoneMountainCity.org