Wickford Festival of Lights (27th annual) is going on at Wickford Village, North Kingstown. Holiday lights display, store window display competition. Santa arrives by boat at the town dock Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1 and 2; Christmas carols with Santa, horse-drawn hayrides through town, music, dancing, cocoa, food samplings from Wickford restaurants on Saturday, Dec. 1. wickfordvillage.org/2012/03/ 27th-annual-festival-of-lights/.
RISD Museum Holiday Celebration, enter through Chace Center, 20 North Main St., Providence. (401) 456-6500; risdmuseum.org. Live music and dance performances, art-making activities, storytelling in the galleries, holiday refreshments, Santa Claus. Performers include the St. Mary Academy-Bay View Chamber Ensemble, the Moses Brown School Chorus and String Quartet, Joe's Backyard Band JUMP! Dance Company performing scenes from "The Polar Express," seasonal tales by storyteller Rob Dimmick and author Cathren Housley. Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Free. Museum is open free from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.