Weekend Planner: Save Our Pools, Pet Photos with Santa and the Frost Fest

It's the end of the week. You're bored. You want something to do. Dearborn, you've come to the right place.

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Where/When: , 6 p.m. Thursday

Why Go: Help raise funds for SOP with this holiday party, and bring canned goods for a local food pantry. Lifeguards will be slinging drinks!

Pricing: Free to attend, with donations encouraged

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Where/When: Friends Training Center (next to , 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; , 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday

Why Go: Get your cat or dog in the holiday spirit with this fun and festive fundraiser for the Dearborn Animal Shelter. Also, meet some cute adoptable animals.

Pricing: $10 per framed photo

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Where/When: , 7 p.m. Thursday-Sunday

Why Go: Edsel Ford theater students will put on productions of The Gift of the Magi and Amahl and the Night Visitors.

Pricing: $6-8 presale; $8-10 at the door

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Where/When: , 6:30-10 p.m. nightly through Dec. 21, plus Dec. 26 and 27

Why Go: Have supper with Santa, sing carols, watch fireworks and warm up with cocoa by a bonfire. It's all part of the magic of Holiday Nights.

Pricing: $12.75-17

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Where/When: , 2-5 p.m. Saturday

Why Go: Bring the whole family for wintery fun, including cookie decorating, games, crafts and food. Don't forget to bring a toy for the Children's Hospital of Michigan toy drive!

Pricing: $6-8