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Pictures with Santa are planned from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Grinter Place historic site, 1420 S. 78th St., Kansas City, Kansas.
Children can meet Santa Claus in a traditional setting with holiday music, with their parents or guardian taking their photo.
Each child will receive a holiday goodie bag.
A $5 donation is suggested, with all proceeds going to Friends of Grinter Inc.
Tours of Grinter House will be available for a fee.
The annual Santa’s Express in Lights at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame is expanding to six nights as a drive-through exhibit of holiday lights, music and a nativity.
The event runs for two weekends from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3-5 and Dec. 10-12, at the Ag Hall of Fame, 630 N. 126th St. in Bonner Springs, Kansas.
From the comfort of their cars, visitors will see Farm Town, tractors, the barn, the train and Christmas trees all dazzling with holiday lights.
The living nativity will feature a camel, donkey, cow, alpaca, sheep and goats.
Families can wave to Santa and Mrs. Claus and their elves. Kids are invited to write a letter to Santa and bring it to place in his North Pole mailbox.
The family-friendly price is $10 per car. Visitors are encouraged to bring canned food items to donate to local food pantries. Cars will enter off 126th Street and follow the directional signs and instructions of event.
For more information visit Santa’s Express in Lights at https://www.aghalloffame.com/events/santas-express-in-lights/ or call 913-721-1075.
Unseasonably warm weather today will result in a high temperature of 74, according to the National Weather Service.
The record high in the Kansas City area for Dec. 2 is 70, set in 1956, so records may fall today, the weather service said.
Slightly cooler weather is predicted for Friday, with a high near 65, then temperatures will fall into the 50s on the weekend, according to the weather service. On Monday, the high will be near 43.
Today, it will be sunny, with a high near 74 and a west wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the morning, the weather service said.
Tonight, it will be clear, with a low around 46 and a calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the evening, according to the weather service.
Friday, it will be sunny, with a high near 65, the weather service said. A light and variable wind will become north northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds may gust up to 20 mph.
Friday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 37, according to the weather service. A north northeast wind of 9 mph will gust as high as 18 mph.
Saturday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 52 and an east wind of 7 to 10 mph, gusting as high as 20 mph, the weather service said.
Saturday night, it will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 43, according to the weather service.
Sunday, it will be partly sunny, with a high near 58, the weather service said.
Sunday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 27, according to the weather service.
Monday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 43, the weather service said.
Monday night, it will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 32, according to the weather service.
Tuesday, it will be partly sunny, with a high near 51, the weather service said.
Tuesday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 28, according to the weather service.
Wednesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 44, the weather service said.