What's Happening in Provo and Orem | December 6th, 2024

What’s Up Provo! Happy Trick Shot Day!

Today’s newsletter highlights:

• Christmas Market ⭐️ The Winter Dreams Festival 🎄 Thrift Popup at Ono’s Malasadas 🍩 Roarin’ 20s Party 🥂 

• Crossing Guard Christmas Update 🛑 

• Merry Christmas Trivia 🤓

• To-do’s: Winter Car Care 🚗 

The Bulletin 📌 

The ADU Special Use Permit has been repealed 🏘️ 

See the Provo City Council recap for more information about all the decisions made during the December 3rd meeting. More info

Compost Yard closing until March 🍃 

December 7th is the last day you can visit the compost yard. (However, the city has said they will continue to pickup leaf bags in front of people’s homes throughout December). More info

Early Voting Results (Crossing Guard Christmas) 📈 

The way-too-early results show Provost as the winner right now. But there is still a lot of time to vote!

So tell all those people in your neighborhood text group to “go Jimmer this thing” for your school. Win your crossing guards some money this Christmas!

➡️ The voting competition is fun, but maybe the more important thing is to contribute to your child’s crossing guard’s Christmas gift.

The gift will be a prepaid Visa card —and the amount of money on it depends entirely on how much you and your neighbors add to it. So if you can contribute a little then please do! 💝 

Today
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Crèche Art Exhibition 👶⭐️👑 

“The Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ will be kicking off holiday festivities with sights, sounds, and tastes of Christmas!”

Over 120 crèches will be on display, and performers include: Wasatch Chorale, OneVoice in a Chord, James Moyar and Heritage Bagpipes, Wasatch A Cappella, Peter Johnson, and members of the Utah Valley Interfaith Choir.

Also, they will have drinks and light refreshments and everyone from the community is invited!

Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ (175 North University Ave.) | 5:50pm to 9:10pm | More info (scroll down the event list)

Roaring 20s Christmas Party 🥂 

Alright, gents and dolls, listen up! The BYU Art Museum is throwing one of the hottest “Art After Dark” shindigs of the year, and it’s free!

So slip into your best “threads” and shimmy on over! There’s going to be live jazz, hot cocoa, contests, a screening of the 1929 film So This is College, and a “dance floor that’ll make you wanna Charleston ‘til the cows come home”. Don’t be a flat tire—get over to the MOA and join the razzmatazz!

BYU MOA | 7pm - 10pm | More info

👯 Christmas Around the World
Vrolijk Kerstfeest! Geseënde Kersfees! Christmas Ki Badhai! It’s Christmas Around the World at BYU!
BYU Marriott Center | Friday @ 7:30pm; Saturday @ 2pm & 7:30pm | More info

Also:
👉️ Beehive Bazaar in Springville
👉️ Old Fashioned Christmas in Heber
👉️ The Grinch (PG, 2018) and Gremlins (PG (?), 1984) at the Orem Library
👉️ Provo Masquerade: The Winter Ball (live jazz, music, food, dance lessons, more)
👉️ Pond Town Christmas Boutique in Salem

Saturday
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Christmas Market ⭐️ 

You don’t want to miss this event at Pioneer Park tomorrow! (And especially this year with the weather being a little warmer than usual.)

This year, there’s going to be:
🧊 Ice sculptures
🎅 Santa meet & greet
🐶 Snow dogs (we aren’t sure what this means exactly but we’re excited to find out)
🎺 Live music
🍗🎨🍎 And, of course, tons of great local vendors!

Pioneer Park | 4pm-8pm | More info

The Winter Dreams Festival 🎄 

“The event begins at noon with a festival for holiday shopping, treats from food vendors like roasted chestnuts, BBQ, and cookies, photo ops, and an interactive story experience with Beyond the Gates. Tickets for the event are $10 a person, with kids under 12 free! The outdoor market will be open until 8:00PM.”

“At 6:30PM, the event will transition to a fantasy ball. It opens with a ballet performance featuring selections from the Nutcracker by the Utah Valley Civic Ballet. Following the performance, will be social dance lessons and then dancing the night away to music played by a live DJ. Hors d’oeuvres and desserts will be served! The indoor market will continue until the ball ends at 10:00 PM. Tickets for the ball portion are $88 a person and include access to the festival!”

Hosted by Lunar Galas and Eve & Fae

Grove Station, Pleasant Grove | 12pm-8pm | More info

$5 Thrift Popup at Ono’s Malasadas
It’s been too long since we’ve talked about Ono’s. There’s going to be a thrift store pop up at Ono’s Malasadas in Provo from 11am to 4pm. Check out their Instagram for a way to get a free item at the event (click “more info” below), and if you go, take advantage of the opportunity get an Ono’s Cristo while you’re at it!
Ono's Malasada's | 11am-4pm | More info

💳️ Holiday Hunt
Gift cards will be hidden around Blickenstaffs in the Riverwoods! Also, Santa will be there handing out treats (and a jolly smile).
Blickenstaffs at the Riverwoods | 10am | More info

Also:
👉️ Winter Maker’s Market from 10am to 1pm @ Indigo355
👉️ Provo Farmers Market at the Provo Towne Center
👉️ Orem Holiday Market (with free rides on the Orem Express)
👉️ Tuba Christmas at noon and Harp Ensemble at 5pm at BYU (both free)
👉️ Fire Station 21 Grand Opening at 1pm (fire station tours, refreshments, demonstrations, and Mayor Kaufusi!)

Sunday
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Carols by Candlelight 🕯️ 

Shirley and Monroe Paxman started this event in 1978 in their home, and the tradition continues all these years later! Performing this year will be Sam Payne (of The Apple Seed) and the Utah Valley Interfaith Choir. The crèches will still be on display as well.
Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ | 6:30pm | More info

🔔 Handbell Concert
Free performance by the Utah Valley Handbell Choir in Springville.
Springville Museum of Art | Performances @ 4pm & 6pm | More info

🎸 Live Music

@ The Velour
Friday - Joshua James & Julianne Brough
Saturday - Paige Fish, c a n d i d ! (Sold out)

@ The Boardwalk
Friday - Mia Parrish, Liam Lars, Dropout Convention
Saturday - Southernmost Gravy, Billy Marchiafava

Trivia 🤓 

Between today’s email and Wednesday’s email we said “Merry Christmas” in 5 different languages (Hindi, German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Hawaiian). See if you can match up each “Merry Christmas” below to the right language.

Vrolijk Kerstfeest
Geseënde Kersfees
Christmas Ki Badhai
Mele Kalikimaka
Frohe Weihnachten

(Answers at the bottom of the email)

Friday To-do’s ✅ 

So many to-do’s this time of year. How about a few more?!

✅ Get ready for winter driving 🚗 
Winter tires or all-weather? Here are is an article and a helpful reddit post to help you decide.

✅ Get a containment mat? 🌨️ 
Containment mats usually go on your garage floor to keep the snow and mud, that sticks to the bottom of your car during the winter, off the concrete. Article

✅ Make a winter car emergency kit ⚠️ 
If you are venturing out a lot this winter in the snow, you might consider getting or making a winter emergency kit. National Weather Service article. Also, here are some expert tips for when your car is stuck in the snow, knock on wood.

Thanks!

Thanks for reading! Make it a great weekend! 😉 

-Nicole, Josh, & Carlie

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Trivia Answers 🤓 

Vrolijk Kerstfeest - Dutch
Geseënde Kersfees - Afrikaans
Christmas Ki Badhai - Hindi
Mele Kalikimaka - Hawaiian
Frohe Weihnachten - German