About the Christmas Pajama Night Run 2026
The course runs through downtown Columbia, past the Christmas light displays that line the streets. It is a night race, so the decorations are the scenery. Pajamas are encouraged, and those who wear them go into a drawing for gift cards. The whole thing leans more holiday event than competition, with prizes for top men's, women's, and kids' finishers.
Free Christmas refreshments are at the finish. A trolley runs separately through town to see more lights, and an ice skating rink nearby is open the same evening.
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Distances & Start Times
2 Miles12/19/2026 18:30$20
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