The Jingle Bell Run

12/11/2025

TONIGHT - Dec 11
FRIDAY NIGHT - Dec 12
Last two chances to get your packets early!

5Kers - When you look up your bib number, if you are after bib 812 you are living on the edge if you want a shirt in the size you hope for! Right now, first come/first serve: we still have some shirts in every size, but we can't promise that will be the case forever ever.

PROCRASTI-LATERS - Haven't registered yet? We love Late Registrations! Get to it - thejinglebellrun.com - use code ProcrastiLATE for $3 off. See, sometimes it pays to be LATE!

Know your bib number before you arrive! Go here and type the first few letters of your first or last name to find it - https://www.raceentry.com/races/the-jingle-bell-run/2025/verify-registration

12/10/2025

Guess who's back for this year's The Jingle Bell Run?! Our friend, Sean, walks the entire course and gives mostly false, sometimes funny, information about things you'll see along the way! Not a runner? Great! Join Sean! You'll see him holding this sign on race morning towards the back of the chute. Just start walking with him! Sign up at to walk or run at thejinglebellrun.com

12/04/2025

~+*TODAY - Thursday - Early Packet Pickup*+~
Avoid the rush—grab your packet early! 🎄
And, it's Community Night at Sights & Sounds of Christmas - free entry for all!

📍 Jingle Bell Run Tent to the left of the Main Gates (must park and walk up)
🕙 TODAY - Dec 4 • 6 PM - 10 PM

Know your bib number before you arrive and be entered to win a $50 gift card to the location of your choice!

Look it up here - https://www.raceentry.com/races/the-jingle-bell-run/2025/verify-registration

Let's get ready to jingle on Dec 13, 2025 – Downtown San Marcos
Be there with Bells On!
More info: THEJingleBellRun.com
Packet Pickup Drawing presented by Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative

12/04/2025

NAUGHTY HILL NEWS!! We all love to complain about the one hill on the course - Naughty Hill! You know, that little jaunt from Belvin up to Burleson that makes you feel like you might roll back down if you don't keep your momentum up?! Yeah, we know!

This year, we have a sponsor who is giving some fun prizes - randomly! Thank you to Therapy Nexus for bringing some added delight to a challenging spot on the course!

Sign up for Santa's Jingle Bell Run here - thejinglebellrun.com

12/02/2025

~+*TODAY - Daytime Packet Pickup*+~
Avoid the rush—grab your packet early! 🎄
📍 San Marcos Chamber of Commerce
🕙 TODAY - Dec 2 • 10 AM – 2 PM
Know your bib number and be entered to win a $50 gift card to the location of your choice!
https://www.raceentry.com/races/the-jingle-bell-run/2025/verify-registration
Let's get ready to jingle on Dec 13, 2025 – Downtown San Marcos
Be there with Bells On!
More info: THEJingleBellRun.com
Packet Pickup Drawing presented by Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative

12/01/2025

The celebration doesn’t stop at the finish line! 🎉
Join us immediately after awards at Black’s Barbecue for a drink on us!
Jingle, run, then relax in Downtown San Marcos – Dec 13, 2025
Be there with Bells On!
Details: THEJingleBellRun.com
After Party sponsored by Black's BBQ

11/30/2025

THE holiday kickoff. THE tradition we come back for. THE Jingle Bell Run.

Here's what we've put together...so far!

• Only 5K route in downtown San Marcos
• FREE entry into Sights & Sounds of Christmas
• Free hot cocoa or iced tea ticket
• Free post-race drink at the after-party at Black’s BBQ
• Shot at over $1,000 in door prizes
• Kids K route enclosed in our festival grounds - great for all littles
• Bells in your packet so you can help create the largest jingle possible in downtown San Marcos as we ring in the holiday season!

Be there with bells on.
THEJingleBellRun.com
December 13 • 9 AM

The Sights & Sounds of Christmas Jingle Bell Run 5K will race through San Marcos’ beautiful downtown and Historic District on December 13.

11/29/2025

BIG NEWS! 🎉
Our amazing community has stepped up in a huge way — and because of their generosity, we’ll be giving away over $1,000 in prizes on race morning! 🙌. Our top prize sponsors are Nephews San Marcos and Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative

Join us for the Awards Ceremony right after the Kids K, where we'll announce all the winners. You won’t want to miss it — the energy, the fun, and the giveaways are all part of what makes the Jingle Bell Run such a special tradition.

Big shout out to Nephew's and Bluebonnet and these small businesses who are adding delight to the morning! Patio Dolcetto South Square Collective San Marcos Lions Club Tube Rental Cafe On The Square Therapy Nexus Armadillo Boulders San Marcos The Davenport SanMarcos

🎅 December 13, 2025
📍 Be there with bells on!
👉 thejinglebellrun.com

11/28/2025

~+*Daytime Packet Pickup*+~
Avoid the rush—grab your packet early! 🎄
📍 San Marcos Chamber of Commerce
🕙 Dec 2 • 10 AM – 2 PM
Know your bib number and be entered to win a $50 gift card to the location of your choice!
https://www.raceentry.com/races/the-jingle-bell-run/2025/verify-registration
Let's get ready to jingle on Dec 13, 2025 – Downtown San Marcos
Be there with Bells On!
More info: THEJingleBellRun.com
Packet Pickup Drawing presented by Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative

11/26/2025

Got the bells? Prove it! 🔔. Let's fill the air with jingle bells all through downtown!
What's in it for you?
Custom race bibs
Jingle Bells in your packets!
Free Haircut from Premier Cuts
Best Festive Contest for Adults and Kids
Most Bells Contest for Kids
Over $1,000 in Door Prizes from Nephew's and Bluebonnet Electric
Naughty Hill Prizes from Therapy Nexus
Custom age group awards from La Cima
Cookies, Iced Tea, Hot Cocoa at the finish
Multiple Early Packet Pickup dates
Free Entry to Sights-n-Sounds
Free Drink at the After Party at Blacks BBQ
AND MORE!

Join us for The Jingle Bell Run on Dec. 13 in Downtown San Marcos.
Register now at THEJingleBellRun.com 🎄

Thank you to TexanCare Family Medicine Clinic Black's BBQ La Cima San Marcos San Marcos Lions Club Tube Rental Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative Therapy Nexus Sights & Sounds of Christmas

11/22/2025

The cheer, the costumes, the community—this is what Jingle Bell Run is all about! ❤️💚
Join the tradition on December 13, 2025 in Downtown San Marcos.
Be there with Bells On!
Register today: THEJingleBellRun.com