The 21st annual Holiday Port Festival, a free, family-friendly event, will provide performances by local choirs, bands and dance troupes Friday through Sunday, Dec. 2-4, at Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave., in Fairhaven. There also …

Also of note: polka, marionettes, gingerbread houses, sand sculpting, car shows, 20 international dance troupes and, not to be missed, the 2010 wiener dog races. Prosit! 5 p.m.

Also free Friday are pictures with Santa, cookies, candy, gingerbread, chili and more, Worfe said. Two entertainment stages are filled with choirs, dance troupes, youth performances and drill teams. The Heart of Christmas Parade is filling up and …