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🧑🎄 The best holiday activities for kids
November 25, 2025 · 💌 Margaret Kingsbury
Happy Tuesday! The results are in: According to Friday’s poll, 93% of you think that our high school start time of 7:05 a.m. is too early and needs to be changed, with most of you leaning toward school starting sometime around 8 a.m. MNPS should announce any changes early next year, so stay tuned!
What's CITY Talking About
🧑🎄 Christmas Activities for Kids
On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, I’m chatting with Laura Hartley from TN Littles on Instagram about all her favorite local Christmas activities for kids, like pictures with Santa, Grinchmas teas, holiday light shows, visiting reindeer, and so much more. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
💰 Mayor Unveils New Capital Spending Plan
Mayor Freddie O’Connell has filed a $532 million capital spending plan for next year. Funding priorities include improvements to Metro Nashville Public Schools, road and transit infrastructure, and East Bank developments. Metro Council will review the plan for its first reading on Dec. 4. [WPLN]
🏫 MNPS Changes
- The Tennessee Department of Education has released its annual list of the state’s highest- and lowest-performing schools, with 26 MNPS schools appearing on the “reward” list, and 23 falling either in the bottom 5%, or with graduation rates below 67%. [🔐 The Tennessean]
- While MNPS has implemented several new safety measures this year, many students still feel unsafe. [Nashville Scene]
- State Board of Education Chair Robert Eby has proposed reducing Tennessee’s world language graduation requirement to one credit. [Nashville Banner]
- What do you think? Should high school students take one or two language classes? Email me!
🚨 Immigration Enforcement in Traffic Court
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained five people who were answering summons for misdemeanor traffic tickets in a Robertson County court last week. All five appeared before a judge and paid their fines before being led into a private room, where ICE restrained them using leg shackles and handcuffs before reportedly driving them to Homeland Security in Nashville. [Tennessee Lookout]
- Nashville is seeing an increase in ICE activity. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]
What To Do
Tuesday, Nov. 25
- 🧷 Diaper Bank Sorting & Packaging | Nashville Diaper Connection | 9 & 11 a.m. | Volunteer
- 🧒 Special Indoors Winter TOTS! (through Dec. 30) | Cheekwood | 10 a.m.-Noon
- 🎸 Guitar Made Easy | Hermitage Library Branch | 1-2 p.m. | Free
- 🙏 Thankful for the Hill Forest | Warner Park Nature Center | 1-3 p.m. | Free
- 🦃 Teen Art Club: Friendsgiving! | The John P. Holt Brentwood Library | 4-5:30 p.m. | Free
- 🎵 Spiritbox | The Pinnacle | 7 p.m.
- 🎪 Pomp, Snow & CIRQUEumstance opens (through Dec. 31) | Gaylord Opryland | 7:30 p.m.
- 🎤 Jagged Edge | Ryman Auditorium | 7:30 p.m.
- 🎄 90s Hits & Xmas Riffs | Brooklyn Bowl | 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 26
- 🧘 Tai Chi | Bellevue Library Branch | 11 a.m.-Noon | Free
- 🥫 Free Grocery Distribution | Cheatham Place Apartments | 2:15-3:30 p.m. | Volunteer
- 🎄 Walkin’ Wednesdays: FrankTown Festival of Lights (through Dec. 17) | Williamson County AG Expo Center | 5-6:30 p.m.
- 🍻 Brews-Giving | TailGate Brewery, Tanger Outlets | 6-9 p.m.
- 🤼 AEW Presents Dynamite & Collision | The Pinnacle | 6:30 p.m.
- 🎵 Music City Roots Reunion | Harken Hall | 7 p.m.
- 😆 Home for the Holidays | Zanies | 7 p.m.
- 🎶 Local Love: "Friends"giving w/ The Hi-Jivers | Acme Feed & Seed | 7-10 p.m.
- 🧑🎄 Béla Fleck & The Flecktones: Jingle All The Way | Ryman Auditorium | 7:30 p.m.
According to the Food Network, sausage balls are Tennessee’s top Thanksgiving recipe. That’s more of a Christmas thing for my family. What’s your Thanksgiving meal favorite? Hit reply and let me know!
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