Cedar Springs Merchants Association’s First Wednesday Wine Stroll for December takes place on Cedar Springs on Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The Oak Lawn Band and Voice of Pride singers will provide holiday music. Merchants offer free wine all evening (with the purchase of a Cedar Springs Merchants Association wine glass).

At 7 p.m., the Cedar Springs Christmas Tree will be lit on the patio of TMC: The Mining Company.

Sexy Santa will be on the Street handing out fun gifts and prizes. Go to the main tent in front of Buli Cafe to find out the “Secret Saying” for Santa to give you a prize!

AIDS Arms‘ Santa and elves will be visiting the bars collecting toys for children affected by HIV/AIDS.

Director of Development Tori Hobbs said that they would like to provide gifts to the more than 700 children of clients served by the agency. They will hold a Santa pub crawl in conjunction with First Wednesday.

Santa and the elves will begin the evening at 6:30 p.m. at the Round-Up Saloon. Here’s where they’ll be the rest of the evening:

6:45 at Peker’s
7:00 at Brick/Joe’s
7:30 at TMC
8:00 at Sue Ellen’s
8:30 at JR’s Bar & Grill
9:00 at Drama Room
9:30 at the Round-Up
10:00 at the Dallas Eagle
10:30 at Tin Room
11:00 at BJ’s NXS
11:30 Return to Round-up

Toys should be unwrapped. Anyone who cannot make it to the Santa Pub Crawl and would like to donate toys may contact Hobbs or Hannah Orsburn at AIDS Arms at 214-521-5191.