If you're looking for holiday gifts this season or even just interested in taking in the Christmas season, specialty markets across Michigan offer a chance to celebrate while supporting artisans and small businesses.

Michigan communities are embracing the global theme, transforming downtowns and marketplaces into outdoor European-style Christmas markets. Holland and Grand Rapids , in west Michigan, Frankenmuth , Rochester and Ann Arbor , in eastern Michigan, are getting ready to welcome shoppers with from local vendors, European cuisine and alcoholic beverages, Santa appearances, Christmas caroling and more.

In the Upper Peninsula, the UP State Fairgrounds in Escanaba will embrace the holiday spirit for a Christmas Market Dec. 20, the shopping experience accompanied by Ch

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