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Your weekly planner of Chattanooga-area events (including Santa sightings, NoogaLights)

Staff file photo / Hundreds attend the 2018 Gratefull community Thanksgiving luncheon on M.L. King Boulevard. The event returns after a two-year pandemic break.
Staff file photo / Hundreds attend the 2018 Gratefull community Thanksgiving luncheon on M.L. King Boulevard. The event returns after a two-year pandemic break. Staff file photo / Hundreds attend the 2018 Gratefull community Thanksgiving luncheon on M.L. King Boulevard. The event returns after a two-year pandemic break.

Here’s what’s happening in the Chattanooga area this week.


CONTEST FOR THE KIDDOS

The Lin C. Parker Wrapping Paper Design Contest is underway. The Chattanooga Times Free Press project challenges students in grades 1-5 to design a sheet of wrapping paper that will be printed in the newspaper and used by readers to wrap their gifts. Students create their design (one per child) on an 8-by-10 sheet of plain white paper. The winning entry will be expanded into a larger newspaper broadsheet, with several runner-up designs on the reverse side. The gift wrap will be included in the Sunday, Dec. 11, edition of the newspaper, along with a story about the young artist. The deadline for entry is midnight Monday, Nov. 21. All entries must be submitted digitally (via computer scan or close-up photo) at timesfreepress.com/wrap-2022.