Special events help mark Thanksgiving holiday

The Thanksgiving holiday doesn’t only mean spending time at home eating and watching football games on television. Try taking in some of these area holiday offerings:

  • Lawrence Interdenominational Nutrition Kitchen Thanksgiving dinner, 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. today at First Christian Church, 1000 Ky.
  • Plaza Lighting Ceremony, 7 p.m. today, Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, Mo. Organizers expect a crowd in excess of 200,000 people, and they urge watchers to arrive before 6:30 p.m.
  • Downtown Lawrence’s Santa Claus arrival ceremony, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Ninth and Massachusetts streets.