Following are some of the holiday events scheduled in the surrounding area over the next month:

December

-- Christmas Storybook Land welcomes people of all ages to its 45th presentation from Dec. 3-17 at the Linn County Fair & Expo Center, 3700 Knox Butte Road E., Albany. This year will be a drive-through experience featuring indoor and outdoor Christmas forest wonderlands with over 100 scenes of characters from Mother Goose rhymes, children’s fairy tales and family movies, two elaborate model train displays, a Victorian village, and the North Pole with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Entry is free...