🦃 Local Gift Ideas & Thanksgiving Week in Flagstaff

Local gift guide, a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving watch party, and Santa shows up on a firetruck

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Alissa Zorn
November 25, 2025

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning, Flagstaff! Thanks to everyone who sent me great local gift ideas! Today’s newsletter includes many of them. I’m taking this week off, so I’ve rounded up a little selection of events for the whole week. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving and I’ll catch ya next Tuesday!

Today in Flagstaff Inspires:

  • 🎁 Local Gift Ideas

  • 🍿 Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Watch Party

  • 🚒🎅 Santa's Grand Arrival

Let’s go!

— Alissa Zorn

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LOCAL GIFT IDEAS

As we head into a gifting time of year I am highlighting some of the wonderful artists, events and shops in town where you can find the perfect gift.

Local Shopping Events:

🌟 Downtown Flagstaff businesses are offering lots of deals this Friday, Saturday and Monday. You’ll find books, games, art, outdoor gear, clothes, coffee, tea, soaps and more. Make sure to grab their Holiday Shopping Passport for your chance to win prizes!

🍶 CCC’s Clay Club Holiday Sale is Dec. 2-4, 9am-5pm at the Lone Tree Campus. I found a gorgeous handmade bowl there last year.

🕊 Handmade Holiday Market presented by Flagstaff Handmade Collective is Dec. 4th, 12-7pm at High Country Motor Lodge. My favorite Peak Scents will be there!

🎄 The Flagstaff Holiday Craft Show is Dec. 6th 10am-5pm & 7th 11am-5pm at Flagstaff Mall. It features 70+ vendors, treats, snacks, and festive vibes.

📿 Museum of Northern Arizona’s Winter Market and Open House is Dec. 6 & 7, 10am-4pm. It features 25 Native American artists from the region.

Local Gift Guide

💌 Creative Classes:

👐 Gift Certificate for a Local Service:

🎁 Thoughtful Gifts:

There are too many great ideas to choose from! I’m listing a few here to get you thinking and will share more.

💕 Donation to a Local Non-Profit

  • Choose an organization that fits their interests and give your gift recipient a card or a related small gift with the donation in their name.

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Flagstaff CSA has holiday gifts galore - plenty of adorable, local, and festive treats like teas and honey, chocolates, granola, and so many other unique and specialty foods.

Thanks to Emily for this tip!

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

🎭Get Your Tickets for Emma, and to 🎀Emma’s Regency Christmas Ball: December 5-14 FlagShakes will bring Jane Austen’s timeless humor to life with the flirtatious comedy of manners, Emma. Get your tickets, then don’t miss your chance to step into the world of the play at a glittering Regency Ball on December 12th at Riordan Mansion!

Tuesday 11.25

📝🍺Poet Brews Open Mic for Writers: Come read what you’ve been writing! Read anything up to ten minutes. 7-9pm, 21+, Flagstaff Brewing Co.

Wednesday 11.26

🐕 Group Dog Walk with High Country Humane: Love dogs? Love the outdoors? Join the weekly pack walk with HCH staff! 11am, back parking lot of High Country Humane

🖊 Wily Writers: Join this weekly writing group for practice, motivation, sharing, and learning! 5:30-7pm Downtown Library, Northwest Corner

🎵 Wild Irish Community Dance Workshop: Irish group dances for all! World rhythms and improvisational twists! -taught by Kate Rose. 6-8pm, Joe C. Montoya Community Center

🧠 Mead Hall Trivia Night: Challenging questions and prizes for 1st and 2nd place! Teams of up to 5. 6-8:30pm, Drinking Horn Meadery

🍿 Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Watch Party: Get in a holiday mood with spiked hot cocoa and hot cider. 7pm, Mountain Top Taproom

❓ Wanderlust Trivia Night: Play trivia with Keenan and Jon. 7-9pm, Wanderlust Brewery

Thursday 11.27

🥁 NAU Lumberjack Marching Band Marching in the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: You can watch them on NBC & Peacock at 6:30am MST/8:30am EST.

💗 Thanksgiving Community Yoga Class: A heart-opening Community Class designed to ground, energize, and uplift you before the holiday celebrations begin. All levels. 11am-12:15pm, Northern Arizona Yoga Center

Friday 11.28

🚒🎅 Santa's Grand Arrival & Holiday Kickoff: Santa will roll in to the Flagstaff Mall in front of Planet Fitness on a Flagstaff Fire Department fire engine with his elf, Sparkles at 1pm! Free family photos and goodie bags for the first 200 kids 12 and under. 2-6pm, Entertainment Area Flagstaff Mall

✨ Bingo Beats and Beers: It’s Emo night and bingo! 6:30pm, Hops on Birch

Saturday 11.29

🌄 Apache Crown Dance at the Museum of Northern Arizona: The Diamond Creek Crown Dancers perform the Crown Dance, a representation of the Mountain Spirits and their importance in Apache culture. 1-2pm, MNA

Sunday 11.30

🍹 Free Mocktails Class: Learn delicious hot toddies for this festive time of year with options for adding spirits if you like! 2-4pm, Drinking Horn Meadery

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Alissa in front of Aspens on the peaks