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TCTC Jingle Bell Run

Name: TCTC Jingle Bell Run
Start: 2025-12-21
End: 2025-12-21
Location: Traverse City, Michigan

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calendar_today 21 Dec, 2025

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About the Event

Traverse City Track Club’s Jingle Bell Run: 5:30pm - Sunday, December 21, 2025

The Jingle Bell Run is a nighttime holiday run that tours favorite neighborhood streets bordering downtown Traverse City that are adorned in holiday lights and decorations. The event welcomes runners and walkers of all ages and abilities donned in festive holiday costumes. It is a fun and festive, family-friendly event.

The Jingle Bell Run is a non-timed 5k run/walk, followed by complimentary cookies and hot cocoa, holiday cheer, and social time. The event, free to current TCTC members, is a reunion to welcome family and friends over the holiday season and enjoy the downtown Traverse City running scene in the winter season. The Jingle Bell Run typically averages over 500 participants!

Packet pickup begins at 4:30 p.m. (Park Place Hotel)
Run begins at 5:30 p.m. (Park Place Hotel)

Distance: 5K

Course: Neighborhood streets adjacent to downtown Traverse City. Not timed.

Fee: Free to 2025 TCTC members (must become a member or renew your membership by October 31, 2025)

Special Details:

Wear your favorite holiday attire, including lights!
Complimentary hot chocolate and cookies after the run thanks to the Traverse City Track Club!
A cash bar will be available for purchase at the Park Place Hotel after the run.
Don't forget to upload your selfies, costumes, and other pictures on our photo page!
Registrants will have the opportunity to donate during registration to the Traverse City Track Club, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and support programming.

Races Offered

5K

Dec 21, 2025

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Distance — 5K

terrain

Type — Road running

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Weather Overview

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for December in Traverse City.

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

thermostat -2.0° / 2.6°

wb_sunny -7.7° / -2.2°

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

air 15.7 /

water_drop 80.1%

Temp (°C)

Feels Like (°C)

Wind (km/h)

Humidity (%)

thermostat -2.0° / 2.6°

wb_sunny -7.7° / -2.2°

air 15.7 km/h

water_drop 80.1%

About Traverse City

Traverse City is a scenic city on the Grand Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan. Directly north of Traverse City, the Old Mission Peninsula splits the Grand Traverse Bay in two, with a beautiful windswept landscape and great views of the bay on either side. Slightly to the west, the Leelanau Peninsula, with its charming small towns, forms the "pinkie finger" of the Michigan peninsula, jutting into Lake Michigan. Both peninsulas are prime winemaking regions within the state, and as such are one of the main tourist attractions in the region. Over a million visitors come each year to tour the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, a scenic lakeside park with impressively large sand dunes. It's also a very popular destination for outdoor activities, owing to the proximity of Lake Michigan in summer, the impressive autumn colors, and the high snowfalls in winter.