What you need to know:
- Holiday activities in the Mat-Su Valley slow down this weekend, with most community events giving way to downtime with friends and family.
- The Christmas Friendship Dinner, a long-running Valley tradition, will serve a free holiday meal to thousands on Dec. 25 at the Menard Center, supported by thousands of volunteer hours.
- Other options include the final week of the Bright Up the Night holiday light show in Palmer and public ice skating at the Big Lake Lions Club Recreation Center.
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Christmas traditions tend to be couch-heavy. There are football games to watch, gifts to admire, and post-meal naps to take.
This hunkering also brings a pause to the social calendar, as people enjoy a bit of downtime indoors with friends and family.
That’s the case this weekend in the Mat-Su, where a month of nearly nonstop community happenings is ending with a light calendar…