location_city New Bern
location_on North Carolina
flag United States
calendar_today 02 Dec, 2025 – 13 Dec, 2025
directions_run Running
language Official Website
RegisterWorking with community partners, Craven Smart Start provides Craven County children with quality early learning opportunities and health and family support to give them a foundation for success in kindergarten and beyond. Proceeds raised from the Holiday Hustle will expand Craven Smart Start’s ability to provide more services for children, birth to five, and their families in Craven County. The Holiday Hustle will feature the Tinsel 10K and Jingle Bell Jog 5K, which take runners on a course through downtown New Bern starting and ending in Union Point Park. The event also includes the Santa Family Fun Run with a course around Union Point Park. All races will be available as a virtual option including the virtual 48.6 mile 12 Days of Christmas Challenge, we introduced in 2020.
Registration Fees:
$5 per person family discount for in person races (3 or more participants)
Register by Nov. 28 to guarantee T-shirt.
DUE TO SUPPLY ISSUES, PLEASE BE AWARE IF YOU REGISTER AFTER NOVEMBER 28TH, YOU WILL NOT GET A RACE SHIRT.
Registration Fee is NONREFUNDABLE.
Packet Pick up will be Friday, December 12th from 4-7 at Craven Smart Start, 211-F Neuse Blvd, New Bern or at Union Point Park beginning at 7am the morning of the race.
Awards:
In-Person Awards for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place, male & female, in age categories 8-17, 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-64 and 65+
Giveaway:
All in person registrants will receive a long sleeve performance t-shirt. Available in YS, YM, YL, AS, AM, AL, AXL, AXXL.
All Children 15 and under participating in the Family Fun Run will receive a medal.
Everyone that completes the Virtual 48.6 mile 12 Days of Christmas Challenge will receive a long sleeve performance T-shirt and medal upon completion. Participants of the 5k and 10k virtual run will receive a medal upon completion (no shirt).
Dec 02, 2025
Distance — 5K
Type — Road running
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Dec 02, 2025
Distance — 10K
Type — Road running
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Dec 02, 2025
Distance — Ultra
Type — Road running
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These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for December in New Bern.
New Bern is a city of 31,000 people (2020) in the coastal region of the state of North Carolina. New Bern has three historic districts with homes, stores, and churches dating as far back as the early 18th century.
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