Be an elf Volunteer to be a part of the team setting up and lighting more than 5,000 luminarias that will illuminate campus Dec. 2. ASNAU and the Office of Student Life are seeking helpers to distribute the lights from noon to 2 p.m. Dec. 2, and assistance is needed to light them at 6 p.m. that same evening. Contact Megan Proctor at (928) 523-4971.

Light up your holiday season at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 with the traditional NAU tree lighting ceremony next to the Blome building.

Thousands of luminarias will line walkways through central and north campus, creating a dazzling display to usher in the season.

The events are coordinated by Associated Students of NAU and Mortar Board, a service organization of seniors. Hot chocolate and cookies will be served.

Students aren't the only Santas on campus.

Edith Copley, professor of music and director of Choral Studies at NAU, is just as busy this time of year.

Besides the recent packed performance of Handel's Messiah and four sold-out festive Holiday Dinners, complete with hand bell music and performances by five campus choirs, Copley is gearing up for Christmas in the Mountains, an evening of familiar holiday music.

Christmas in the Mountains features the Master Chorale of Flagstaff, the Harold M. Harter Memorial Handbell Choir and the Children's Chorale of Flagstaff at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8, and 3 p.m Dec 10, in Ardrey Auditorium. Tickets for adults are $14 and students are $8. For tickets, call (928) 523-2642.

Fry your own latkes and doughnuts and receive a free Hanukkah kit during NAU's pre-Hanukkah celebration complete with food, music and dreidels at 8 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Chabad Jewish Center, 22 E. Elm St.

The lighting of Flagstaff's largest menorah will be 5 p.m. Dec. 17 in Heritage Square in downtown Flagstaff. Festivities will include Hanukkah treats, free prizes and Jewish music.

Northern Lights Holiday Parade 6 p.m. Sat., Dec. 9 Downtown Flagstaff Cheer on NAU's festively decorated shuttle bus as it lights up the streets of downtown Flagstaff. People interested in walking in the parade should contact Molly Munger at (929) 523-5518.

"Hanukkah is a holiday that enriches our lives with the light of tradition," said Rabbi Dovie Shapiro, director of the Chabad Jewish Student Center. "When students are away from their families, we offer them a home away from home where they can celebrate and experience our wonderful heritage."

For information, contact (928) 255-5756 or e-mail ChabadNAU@gmail.com.

The range of emotions that often emerge during the holidays are expressed in "Impressions and Anxieties of the Holiday Season," a free Wind Symphony concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 in Ardrey Auditorium.

Poetry by Augustine Daniels will be read among a lineup of music designed "to acknowledge emotions that we all experience during the holiday season but often do not address or acknowledge," said Danny Schmidt, director of bands.

Schmidt said not only is the wonderment of the season musically conveyed, but that the concert also addresses the disappointment and introspection often felt this time of year.

"This is not your typical Christmas concert," he said. "It is intended to 'equip' us for the season."

If you favor the music from a certain instrument, check out the scope of student studio recitals and concerts on the NAU calendar. All of these are free and open to the public.

If you're looking for unique gifts, go to the NAU Clay Club's holiday ceramics sale from 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 1, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 2 and 3 at the Ceramics Complex, building 80. Reasonably priced one-of-a-kind ceramic objects made by faculty and students will be for sale.

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