Small Business Saturday, craft shows, parades and football top Delaware fun: Weekend Guide
With the turkey and stuffing mostly a memory (hopefully, you still have some left for sandwiches), it's time to turn our attention to winter holidays.
Are you decorating the outside of your house or your yard this weekend? If so, be sure to consider adding your address to our holiday lights map and contribute to fighting hunger in Delaware.
Love high school football? Take a look at capsule previews for all DIAA semifinal matchups, as well as check back for live coverage and much more.
As for the Eagles, they take on the Bills Sunday at 4:25 p.m. Check out Martin Frank's predictions.
Want to follow the Blue Hens' postsesason play? Check it out here.
If you're out and about this weekend, plan for a high of 43 degrees and partly cloudy Saturday in the Wilmington region; Sunday should be slightly warmer at 51 degrees with some showers in the afternoon.
Looking for holiday fun? Here are some stories to help liven up your Small Business Saturday, and the days leading up to Christmas. Much more on the way!
Ride the Wilmington & Western Railroad's Holiday Lights Express, last event of 2023
Delaware craft fairs to hit up for holiday gifts and last-minute Christmas shopping
Consider an independent bookstore for Small Business Saturday
Free parking in Wilmington for the holidays? Make sure you know how it works
Holiday parades in Delaware, Philly, Maryland & more to warm hearts this season
Can't-miss holiday light displays in Delaware, Philly region
Here are more fun events for your weekend:
Wilmington Jaycees Christmas Parade
The jolly man in a big red suit will have all eyes on him at Delaware's largest holiday stroll: the 59th annual Wilmington Jaycees Christmas Parade. The parade route starts at Second and Market streets and then travels north on Market past the review stand at 10th and Market in Wilmington. The route ends at 11th and Market.
Your kids can bring their letters to Santa at the event. Letters need a return address so Santa can write the children back.
Parade starts at Second and Market streets, Wilmington, at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 25. Visit wilmingtonjaycees.org.
Schellville is back in Rehoboth Beach
The hugely popular Christmas extravaganza that is Schellville is open in Rehoboth Beach.
Schell Brothers, a homebuilding company ubiquitous to the Delaware beaches, is in its sixth year of hosting Schellville. It's a 5.5-acre Christmas village full of everything anyone looking to indulge in the Christmas spirit could hope for - and it's free.
"It's like a Christmas playground for everyone," Schell Brothers' spokesperson Alyssa Titus says in a promotional video.
'Rooted' in diverse children's art exhibit
Original artwork created for eight children's books are on view in a new exhibit that aims to bring families together in "Rooted: Family and Nature in Contemporary Children’s Book Illustration."
From feeling gratitude after experiencing the beauty of nature to finding happiness after spending time with loved ones, the exhibit offers illustrations that depict a diverse group of protagonists who encounter major moments in their everyday lives.
The eight award-winning artists represented in this presentation include Micha Archer, Sophie Blackall, Cozbi A. Cabrera, Joe Cepeda, Devon Holzwarth, Juana Martinez-Neal, Frank Morrison and Qing Zhuang.
Brandywine Museum of Art (1 Hoffman's Mill Road, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania). Museum is open 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays. Closed Tuesdays. Exhibit is on view through Wednesday, Feb. 28. Admission is $8 to $20. Free for kids age 5 or younger and members of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art. Visit brandywine.org or (610) 388-2700.
Andre Lamar, Shannon Marvel McNaught contributed to this story.
This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Craft shows, football semi-finals, holiday fun in Delaware
