Jumpstart your Christmas spirit at the Junior League of Lake Charles’ annual Mistletoe & Moss Holiday Market.This year, more than 80 vendors from all over the United States will set up shop at the event. Booths will feature items for everyone, including apparel, jewelry and accessories, specialty foods and seasonal and year-round decorative items and home furnishings. Organizers are expecting about 6,000 shoppers.

Also, don’t miss Friday’s special event, Ladies Night: Sip and Shop from 5-8 p.m. Ladies Night includes live entertainment, hors d’eouvres provided by local restaurants, as well as complimentary cocktails. Tickets for this event are $25 per person. In addition, there will be Cookies with Santa & Friends on Saturday, with seating at 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Kids can meet with Santa, write their Santa letters, make reindeer food and decorate cookies. Tickets are $15 per child.