Football, Thanksgiving, Black Friday and getting ready for Santa — November is filled with plenty of Delta-area and Sunflower County-specific fun. College football is still rolling with each and every game creating more and more turmoil and upheaval in the conference standings. Will the post-Thanksgiving Egg Bowl be some kind of spoiler and create havoc during hunting club and family get-togethers across the Magnolia State?
November is also the time to get in the woods to get that big buck and start working on that Christmas list for Santa and everybody else. You can get going on that last item next week in Indianola, as Making Spirits Bright will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 12. Participating merchants invite shoppers to bring a friend for an evening of Christmas shopping and hometown hospitality, followed by dinner at a local restaurant. Be sure and get out and get some Christmas shopping done early!
And I hope you’ve got your tickets to my favorite theatrical stage — the John Brindley Theatre — to get your Christmas spirit kicked into overdrive, as the Mid-Delta Arts Association presents “Dashing Through the Snow,” a Christmas comedy by Jones Hope Wooten. Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, and Friday, Nov. 13; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15. For tickets, call The Crown at 662-887-4522.
If you need a little more help getting into the Christmas spirit, head to Cleveland, where they light up downtown starting Nov. 14 with their annual 50 Nights of Lights. It all begins with the 11th annual tree lighting at 6 p.m. More than 1 million lights will shine nightly through Jan. 1, 2027, downtown. The season includes shopping, museum programs, trolley rides and other holiday activities. Check out 50nightsoflights.com to get the full scoop.
And not to be outdone, Indianola will have Santa’s Footsteps, where shoppers are invited to pick up a card at a participating merchant, collect signatures at five participating businesses and leave the completed card at the final stop for a chance to win a shopping certificate redeemable exclusively at participating Indianola merchants. No purchase is necessary. The drawing will be held Dec. 21. That runs from Nov. 27-Dec. 18.
Time to put all of the election nonsense behind us and be thankful, get in the woods, cheer for our favorite teams and get in the Christmas spirit!