From our family to yours, we wish you a Thanksgiving meal filled with friendly conversation, contentment and joy. Here’s what is going on around Olympia during Thanksgiving weekend.
- Act local this holiday season with this article about ways to volunteer.
- Get cooking tips and last minute recipe ideas from our food writer, Mary Ellen Psaltis.
- Set the tone for the weekend with a free yoga class on Thursday.
- Pick out your Christmas tree at a local tree farm.
- Snap your family photo with tips in this article.
- #OptOutside on Black Friday. Use this article to get ideas for how to play outside around Olympia.
- Hit the Thurston County Fairgrounds on Friday and Saturday for the holiday bazaar.
- Burn off some Thanksgiving calories with these family-friendly trail runs.
- Take the family out to Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail, open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
- Put razor clams on your holiday table. Get weekend tide information here.
- Make plans to attend a holiday event at The Washington Center. See a complete list here.
- Step inside Paulie G’s Pool Hall on Saturday for their holiday bazaar.
- Learn 7 things you may not have known about Centralia Outlets.
- Buy tickets for live theater. Harlequin Productions will be showing their annual Stardust and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is playing at Olympia Family Theater.
- Discover ways to make the holidays less stressful with this article from Pacific Medical Center.
- Visit the Gingerbread Village at The Washington Center on Sunday.
- Find even more holiday bazaars here.
- Stroll through downtown Olympia during Downtown for the Holidays on Sunday.
- Make plans to attend Alliance Enterprises’s free business event.
- Fulfill your dreams and adopt a dog for the holidays.
- Take a tour through Sprouffske Trees.
- Spend Sunday in downtown Olympia with a parade, Santa visit, and tree lighting. Read more about Downtown for the Holidays here.
- Help the South Sound YMCA prep for their free Christmas party on December 2.
- Sign up for the Regional Economic Forecast and Innovation Expo.
- Plan your date night in Thurston County.
- Snag some deals with a visit to LOLA Lifestyle Boutique in downtown Olympia. The store closes on January 1.
- Head to the new West Olympia location of Don Juan’s Mexican Kitchen. Warning – make reservations.
- Travel the Thurston County Bountiful Byway during this long weekend. It’s a great road trip without traveling too far from home. Read more in this article.
- Plan to make, rather than buy, gifts this year. Turn to these four stores for the supplies you need.
- Write a short story for the South Sound Estuary Association’s contest. Learn more here.
- Visit an open house event this weekend. Click here to see the list of Van Dorm Realty’s open houses.
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*Photo credit: Diane Waiste.
