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⛲️ City of Fountains Festivities
It's a festive weekend in Kansas City! Plus: a new sauna studio in Leawood, this week's top stories, and house hunch!

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Weekend Roundup 🎄
Happy Friday, Kansas City! Looking for weekend plans? Here you go:
🎅 Santa Claus is Coming: This Saturday is Santa Saturday at The Shops of Prairie Village! From 10-2, come get a picture with Ol’ Saint Nick, sip on hot cocoa, and knock out some holiday shopping.*
🩰 The Nutcracker: The Kansas City Ballet kicks off this season of The Nutcracker. The show premiers tonight at 7:30 pm, with shows through December 24th.
🐶 Bark at the Park: Tomorrow afternoon from 2-4 pm, Kansas City Parks and Recreation is hosting Santa Paws in the Park at Loose Park. The event features a pet parade, an ugly sweater contest, pictures with Santa, pup cups, snacks, and more!
🥕 Merry Market: The Overland Park Farmers Market is hosting its Holiday Market and Pavilion Farewell Celebration on Saturday morning from 8-12. This will be the market’s final event in its current form, as it will undergo a $34 million renovation over the next year.
🚂 Christmas Village: It’s weekend #2 at the Hallmark Christmas Experience at Crown Center! Immerse yourself in the holiday experience on Friday and Saturday from 10-10 or Sunday from 10-6.
☕️ Coffee Competition: The USCC Regional Qualifying Competition takes place this weekend at Messenger Coffee Co. + Ibis Bakery.
🐘 Advent Animals: Santa will be making a special stop at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium from 10-3 on Saturday and Sunday. Santa’s Village can be found near the sheep station in the Australia section.
🎸 Christmas Rock: Trans-Siberian Orchestra will perform two electrifying shows at the T-Mobile Center on Saturday at 3 pm and 7:30 pm.
🎠 Winterland Wonder: Quixotic presents Winterland, a Holiday Cirque Experience at The Grand Theater at Crown Center. The captivating Cirque performance takes the stage three times this weekend.
🏎️ Going Once, Going Twice: America’s premier classic auto auction, Mecum Auctions, rolls into the Kansas City Convention Center this weekend.
🎻 Holiday Handel: The Kansas City Symphony will host three performances of Handel’s Messiah at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts throughout the weekend.
🏈 Home for the Holidays: The Kansas City Chiefs return to Arrowhead to take on the divisional rival Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday evening at 7:20.
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House Hunch 🏠

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This Week’s Top Stories 📲
Online real estate publication Rent published a blog highlighting Hidden Gems in Kansas City.
Kansas City was ranked #104 in WalletHub’s 2025 ranking for Best & Worst Cities for Singles.
The Campground is hosting its fifth annual Christkindlmarkt this weekend in the West Bottoms.
On This Day! is a new weekly(ish) newsletter looking at pop culture on today’s date during a random year between 1970-2010. Who doesn’t love a free nostalgia trip?
Peggy and Terry Dunn were named the 2024 Kansas Citians of the Year by the KC Chamber. Peggy is the former mayor of Leawood, and Terry is the former CEO of JE Dunn Construction.
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