Breakfast with Santa

Time: 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday

Location: Heritage Farm, 7731 Zaneta Road, Hudson (3 miles south and west of Hudson on D-35)

Details: Rides start at 9 a.m. and run every 45 minutes with the last departure at 1:30 p.m. Gentle horse-drawn sleigh ride to a rustic cabin in the woods. There, families will be greeted by Santa's helers with hot cocoa, milk, juice or coffee, a crackling fire, homemade cinnamon rolls and Santa. Then it's off to PaDaddy's 100-year-old barn for a special farm animal tour and fun in the hayloft.

Cost: $10 per person. Reservation-only. Call Marie Brown at (319) 988-3734.

Santa at the malls

Time: Variable

Location: Collge Square Mall in Cedar Falls and Crossroads Center in Waterloo

Details: Santa hours through Dec. 9 at College Square Mall are noon to 5 p.m. today and 5 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 8 p.m. Saturdays; Santa hours at Crossroads are during mall hours.

'Worth Repeating: Recreating Vintage Quilts'

Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays through Feb. 23

Location: Grout Museum of History and Science, 503 South St., Waterloo

Details: Quilt exhibit

Cost: General admission is free to Grout members, $4.50 for nonmembers and $3 for children ages 12 and under.

Barack Obama campaign stop

Time: 1 p.m.

Location: Hoover Middle School, Waterloo

Holiday Pops-A Mannheim Holiday

Time: 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday

Location: Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Cedar Falls

Details: Show by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra. This year's show will feature the wildly popular music of Chip Davis and Mannheim Steamroller. Joining the orchestra will be local vocal standout Lis March and the energetic and entertaining Cedar Harmony Chorus of Sweet Adelines International.

Tickets: start at $22 adults; $11 students; Buck a kid (buy 1 adult ticket and get up to two student tickets for $1 each. Order tickets at www.wcfsymphony.org or call 273-3373.

'A Christmas Story'

Time: 2 p.m. today and Sunday (shows also Dec. 20-22)

Location: Hope Martin Theatre in the Waterloo Center for the Arts

Details: Waterloo Community Playhouse production. Nine-year-old Ralphie wants an official Red Ryder 200-shot Carbine Action Range Model Air Rifle for Christmas. Play is based on the movie by the same name.

Tickets: Call 291-4494.

Public ice skating

Time: 3:45 to 5:15 p.m.

Location: Young Arena, downtown Waterloo

Cost: $3; $3 skate rental

John Edwards campaign stop

Time: 4 p.m.

Location: Maucker Union, UNI campus, Cedar Falls

Details: Actor Kevin Bacon will accompany him.

Tree lighting

Time: 5 p.m.

Location: Seerley Park, Cedar Falls

Details: The College Hill Neighborhood Association will host its holiday tree lighting ceremony. There will be a singalong, and hot chocolate and cookies will be served.

High school hockey

Time: 6 p.m. Saturday

Location: Young Arena, downtown Waterloo

Details: Waterloo Warriors vs. Kansas City

Living Christmas Tree

Time: 7 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. next Sunday

Location: Walnut Ridge Baptist Church, Corner of Ridgeway and Ansborough avenues, Waterloo

Details: 25-foot lighted Christmas tree is filled with 50 live angelic voices accompanied by a live orchestra.

Tickets: Free at the church. Call 233-3545

UNI men's basketball vs. Wartburg College

Time: 7:05 p.m. Saturday

Location: McLeod Center, Cedar Falls

Tickets: Call 273-4849 or visit www.unipanthers.com

The Many Performances of Bill Chrastil8 p.m.

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: $8: Impersonations of Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond and Tom Jones. Electric Park Ballroom, National Cattle Congress grounds, Waterloo