Courtesy Photo A team of horses pull a carriage full of people through the small village at the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan on Saturday. More than 400 people attended a Yuletide event to embrace the magic of an old fashioned Christmas.

ALPENA – Holiday cheer filled Alpena’s historic village at the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan as over 400 visitors celebrated the season at the second annual Yuletide event on Saturday.

The event was co-hosted by the museum and Thunder Bay Arts Council and included jingling horse-drawn carriage rides, joyful sing-alongs, a visit from Santa, a bustling Christmas market, a puppet show and petting zoo, and kids’ crafts, as families embraced the magic of an old-fashioned Christmas.