MACKINAC ISLAND, MI - Holiday gatherings bring out the best in small towns across Michigan: Locals and visitors alike filling downtown streets. Music and cups of hot cocoa. And if we’re lucky, a little nip of snow in the air.

But if that small town is one of Michigan’s favorite islands? Then holiday events are even more magical.

Mackinac Island is hosting its annual Tree Lighting this Friday, and it’s also the weekend of the annual Christmas Bazaar. We’ve enjoyed this weekend extravaganza before, and it’s honestly a charming scene that seems like it is straight out of Whoville.

In the late afternoon of the annual Tree Lighting, people gather at one of the downtown intersections where a fully decked-out Christmas tree is waiting in the middle of the street. People circle the tree. A few

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