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by EverOut Staff

There’s only three weekends left in 2024! Make the most of this one at cheap and cheerful events from The Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition to Peacock Lane‘s opening night and holiday markets including It’s Giving Market, Crafty Wonderland Holiday Art and Craft Market, and Portland Bazaar. For more ideas, check out our guide to this week’s top events.

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The Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition
Much like the traditional Christmas treat known as figgy pudding, caroling is a whimsical old-timey holiday tradition that seems to fade a little more into obscurity with each passing year. That’s why last year, I declared the month of December the start of Little Women Winter. I’m talking bonnets, handwritten letters, Christmas trees lit with real candles (that’s safe, right?), boiled puddings, communal singing, and helping your neighbors à la the 19th-century coming-of-age novel. Summon your inner March sister at the annual Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition, which unites thousands of carolers (and timid bystanders) to sing holiday ditties. The top caroling teams will end the night with a very festive “sing-off” on the Figgy Pudding main stage with the potential to win up to $1,000. Velvet capes, top hats, and fur muffs are highly encouraged (by me). AUDREY VANN
(Pioneer Courthouse Square, Downtown, free)