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DETROIT – 🦃 Detroit’s Thanksgiving tradition returns to Woodward, plus festive spots to kick off the holidays with your family.
10 things to do this weekend in Metro Detroit
Thanksgiving Family Fun Fest (Majestic Theatre), Thursday 7 a.m.: Want to watch The Parade away from the crowds but in a fun and exciting environment? Enjoy a filling breakfast buffet that includes items like biscuits and gravy, French toast, paczkis and more while staying warm in the theater’s heated lobby. Tickets are $40 for adults and $18 for children 12 and under. Proceeds benefit The Children’s Center of Detroit. Get tickets here.
S3 Turkey Trot (Downtown Detroit), Thursday 7:30 a.m.: It’s the parade before The Parade. Celebrating it’s 41st run through the streets of Downtown Detroit, thousands of runners will start off Thanksgiving with their blood pumping with either the 10K, 5K or mile run, many in costume. Last minute registration info here.
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America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Gardner White (Woodward Avenue), Thursday 8:45 a.m.: One of the largest holiday parades in America walks down Detroit’s main street for the 97th year to fill the Detroit skies with larger-than-life balloons, colorful floats and thousands of visitors. This theme is “A Heart of History.” The holiday tradition is free to attend. Local 4 will be there every step of the way with coverage on Local 4 and Local 4+ starting at 6 a.m., and the parade beginning at 9 a.m. Visitor info here.
Lions vs. Green Bay Packers (Ford Field), Thursday 12:30 p.m.: After the parade’s final float makes its way down Woodward, head down the street to Ford Field to watch the 8-2 Lions take on the Green Bay Packers. “First Class” rapper Jack Harlow will be performing live at this year’s halftime show. Get tickets here.
Holidays at Meadow Brook, opens Friday: Two events to fill you with the holiday spirit in one place! By day, enjoy the indoor Holiday Walk inside the historic mansion that has been transformed with holiday decorations around every corner. At night, the outdoor estate illuminates into a glowing garden filled with light installations, music and seasonal treats at Winter Wonder Lights. Each experience is separately ticketed. More info and schedule here.
Home for the Holidays (Ford House), opening Friday: Walk through the historic Ford House estate for a new winter experience that is sure to become a family tradition. Glittering lights surround the grounds with festive trees and walkways. Head inside the Main Residence’s first floor for holiday stories and enjoy a complimentary hot chocolate as you leave. More info and tickets here.
Santa’s Plymouth Parade, Friday 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Santa makes an early visit to see his good little boys and girls in Plymouth. Starting and ending at the Municipal Services Yard, Santa and his little helpers will make stops in 10 of the city’s parks. Jingle all the way to your nearest park for your chance to see the jolly man in red. Schedule of stops here.
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Michigan State vs. Penn State (Ford Field), Friday 7:30 p.m.: The Lions aren’t the only ones playing this weekend. The Spartans will close off their season in primetime by taking on the Penn State Nittany Lions. If you can’t make it to Ford Field, you can catch all the action on Local 4. Get tickets here.
Indie Arts & Crafts Fest (Midtown), Saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Back for its third year, Motor City Brewing Works transforms into an indoor holiday craft show with over two dozen crafters and plenty of craft beer. Find unique and one-of-a-kind goods in this festive atmosphere. Admission is free and open to all ages. 21 and over to drink. More info here.
Mrs. Doubtfire (Fisher Theatre), through Sunday: Helloooo, Detroit. It’s your last chance to see everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny coming to life in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical. Starring Rob McClure, who originated the role on Broadway, the stage adaptation expands on the 1993 Robin Williams movie with brand new songs and mesmerizing on-stage quick changes into Euphegenia Doubtfire.Showtimes and tickets here.
Find more events with our Live Guide calendar here.
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People around the world ring in the winter solstice with ancient traditions
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(CBS DETROIT) — The Winter Solstice arrives this weekend and, with that, so too does the season of winter. The Winter Solstice is our second solstice of the year, marking the shortest day, while the Summer Solstice marks the longest.
This is different from an equinox, of which we have two (vernal in the spring and autumnal in the fall) where the day is split evenly between daylight and night.
The solstice is at 4:20 a.m. on Saturday, giving us an almost full day of winter to kick things off. Sunrise is at 7:58 a.m., with solar noon not long after at 12:30 p.m.
Sunset arrives at 5:02 p.m., leaving us with a very short Saturday this weekend.
Dec. 20 and 21 both have daylight lengths of 9 hours, 4 minutes, and 46 seconds. However, on the 21st there is actually a daylight difference of less than 1 second compared to the 20th.
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Despite these numbers, our latest sunrise and earliest sunset do not arrive on the winter solstice. Our latest sunrise is 8:01 a.m., which occurs every day from Dec. 30 through Jan. 7.
Our earliest sunset is 4:59 p.m., which occurs from Dec. 4 through Dec. 13.
In contrast, our earliest sunrise is 5:54 a.m. That occurs from June 13-16, while the latest sunset is 9:13 p.m., from June 25-28.
No matter what, winter is here, and we’ve already had a fewtastes of snow. As we enter our winter months, it will be a good idea to have those shovels handy.
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Ahmad Bajjey
Ahmad Bajjey is a CBS Detroit meteorologist. Coming to CBS Detroit is a return home after growing up in Dearborn where his family still lives. He has spent the past 9 1/2 years in Flint as a meteorologist and most recently as chief meteorologist for WEYI and WSMH.
Detroit Pistons (11-17, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Phoenix Suns (14-12, ninth in the Western Conference)
Phoenix; Saturday, 9 p.m. EST
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BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Pistons visit the Phoenix Suns in a non-conference matchup.
The Suns are 9-5 on their home court. Phoenix has a 3-6 record in games decided by 10 or more points.
The Pistons have gone 6-9 away from home. Detroit is eighth in the league with 45.3 rebounds per game led by Jalen Duren averaging 9.1.
The Suns are shooting 47.2% from the field this season, 0.5 percentage points higher than the 46.7% the Pistons allow to opponents. The Pistons are shooting 46.2% from the field, 0.7% lower than the 46.9% the Suns’ opponents have shot this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Devin Booker is averaging 25.1 points and 6.4 assists for the Suns.
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Jaden Ivey is scoring 17.3 points per game and averaging 4.1 rebounds for the Pistons.
LAST 10 GAMES: Suns: 5-5, averaging 116.7 points, 42.5 rebounds, 28.5 assists, 7.8 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 49.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 114.2 points per game.
Pistons: 4-6, averaging 112.9 points, 41.8 rebounds, 27.0 assists, 7.9 steals and 4.9 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 119.0 points.
INJURIES: Suns: Collin Gillespie: day to day (ankle).
Pistons: Isaiah Stewart: day to day (knee), Jaden Ivey: day to day (knee).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
The Detroit Tigers had success in a 2024 season that saw an epic playoff run from 9.5 games back in the Wild Card race in late August to coming within just one game of their first ALCS appearance in a decade, and a ton of that was due to contributions from young players.
But just because the fruits of the rebuild finally started to bear this season doesn’t mean the Tigers don’t still have a ton of young studs who haven’t even seen the Major League game yet. Though some has obviously been lost via trades and graduation to the pros over the years, Detroit still boasts one of the best farm systems in all of baseball.
From guys like Max Clark to Bryce Rainer to the soon-to-be star Jackson Jobe, there is certainly some young and exciting talent in the organization. That being said, the most productive of the bunch this season in the minor leagues took some people by surprise this season and seems to be well ahead of schedule. In their ranking of every team’s most productive farm system player in 2024, MLB.com’s article named middle infielder Kevin McGonigle as the Tigers’ most impressive.
“The Tigers were enthused to add McGonigle with the No. 37 overall pick in ’23 and over-the-moon with his early results in the Minors, particularly when it came to his plate discipline,” the article stated. “The left-handed-hitting middle infielder walked 46 times while striking out only 28 in 74 games between Single-A and High-A before suffering a season-ending right hamate fracture. His K/BB ratio was best among 1,081 Minor Leaguers who got at least 300 plate appearances in ’24.”
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There’s no question as to whether or not McGonigle is ahead of schedule, he certainly is. Just how quickly he can get to the majors is obviously the next question, but he has yet to play in Double-A to this point. Nonetheless, McGonigle has put up wildly impressive OPS numbers of .863 and .853 during his two seasons from rookie ball through High-A.
With only 14 games of High-A ball experience under his belt. it will likely be a couple of years before he’s ready to make contributions at the MLB level. But McGonigle has clearly established himself as a name to closely monitor as he begins to climb the ranks and establish himself as a key piece of the future of the Detroit Tigers.
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