This is it…  the weekend before the most exciting day of the year (for food lovers) Thanksgiving.  The horn of plenty, the celebration of the harvest, clinking glasses with family, Macy’s Day parades, football and all such indulgences.  Take time to enjoy the weekend.  If you’ve planned well you don’t have to stress about coming week.  If you haven’t planned well, turn on the cartoons for the kids, grab a cup of coffee and a notepad and take a minute to plan. Then, get out and take advantage of some of the things going on this weekend.

Today, Saturday

Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Citi Wang Theatre: Photos with Globe Santa, a live performance by Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer: The Musical, DIY snow globes, LegoLand Discovery Center activities, The Gingerbread Construction Co. will be there for cookie decorating, Zoo New England will have an interactive reindeer exhibit, and so much more. (free)

The Faneuil Hall Tree Lighting

2:00 p.m.             Arrival of Globe Santa and the Christmas Revels
3:00 p.m.             The Love Dogs presented by Scullers Jazz Club
4:00 p.m.             Jilly Martin and Ryan Brooks Kelly presented by the Hard Rock Cafe
7:00p.m.              Pre-show entertainment with the Sugarbabies Band

Mayor Martin J. Walsh will join the festivities with a reading of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and will help light the almost 90 foot tree. The event will also kick off the New England Patriots Annual Holiday Toy Drive for which Faneuil Hall Marketplace will be a drop off location for toy donations for needy children.

Bust (the magazine not the body part) Holiday Craftacular

Visit the Holiday Craftacular at the Cyclorama in the South End.  Get all your shopping done before Thanksgiving and then you can enjoy the entire holiday season with a hot toddy and a biscuit while everyone else is somewhere else much less pleasant buying ugly, or uninspired junk they’d rather not be buying anyway.

Sunday

Cultural Survival Bazaar at Cambridge College in Cambridge.  Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.  Shop the world and support artists and artisans.

Jingle Bell/Run Walk in Newton.  What better way to prepare for the Thanksgiving feast than by working up an appetite while getting into the spirit of things?  The race is at the Fessenden School in Newton.  There is a kids Santa dash as well as the run/walk.

Student Voice recitals at the New England Conservatory.  Listen to the future of music for free 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

MISHA and PUFF trunk show!! Sunday at Hatched in Boston 10-Noon. Come in wearing your #mishaandpuff to receive a discount off your purchase. Hope to see you there!!

If you haven’t been to Liz’s new store location, what a good excuse to come in and stock up on all things cozy and wool! @hatchedboston – 668 Centre street, Boston, MA http://ift.tt/1r0s9Cn