With inclement weather expected later today and this weekend, check

www.tnonline.com for weather updates and event cancellations.Christmas events• Festival of Lights at Phifer Ice Dam's Park, hosted by the Franklin Township Lions Club, the walk-through outdoor holiday display of lights and music at 880 Main Road in Lehighton in Franklin Township includes a nightly visit from Santa and runs from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Dec. 21 as well as Dec. 22 and 23. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for children ages 4-12, and free for children under the age of 4. For more information visit

www.FranklinTwpLions.com or call 610-714-2204.• The 33rd Annual Olde Time Christmas Festival in Jim Thorpe will be celebrated the first two weekends in December. The festivities kick off at 6 p.m. today. Events continue on Saturday, Sunday, Dec. 13 and Dec. 14. For more information, call 888-JIM-THORPE, visit

www.jimthorpe.org or follow the Facebook page JimThorpeOldeTimeChristmas for complete event information.• "A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail" will be held at 8 p.m. today and at 2 and 7 p.m. on Saturday at the theater, 125 Pine St., Tamaqua. For more information, call 570-668-1192.• Tamaqua Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual Santa parade tonight.• Palmerton's Christmas in the Park Festival will be held from noon to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. It will include Santa, holiday sweets, lighted Christmas trees, and the showcase of Palmerton's new holiday lights on Delaware Avenue. There will also be food and craft vendors, horse and carriage rides, and live music from organizations.• Jim Thorpe Community Watch and the borough police department are hosting a "Winter Wonderland in the Park" from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Jim Thorpe Memorial Park. The event will feature a Christmas tree lighting, holiday music, refreshments, seasonal craft stations and a holiday snapshot with Santa Claus, who will arrive on a firetruck.• Carbon Mountaineers Marine Corps League 996 and Aquashicola Fire Company will sponsor a full-course dinner for veterans, low-income families and individuals, as well as the elderly who reside in the Palmerton Area School District, from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Aquashicola Fire Company. Santa will be present for the children, and there will be entertainment from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Reservations are required. Call H.F. (Nick) Hawkey at 610-826-6465 with names, addresses and ages of those planning to attend.• Blue Ridge Communications will host its sixth annual Breakfast with Santa at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe on Sunday, with seatings from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost is $8 for children 12 and under and $10 for adult breakfast. Gratuity is not included. Children 2 and under are free with a paying adult. Advanced ticket purchase is required through the Penn's Peak box office at 610-826-9200 (credit card required) or in person at the box office or Roadies Restaurant (cash or credit card).• Santa Claus will be making a stop at the Weissport borough hall from 1-3 p.m. Dec. 13.• Freedom Community Church invites children and their parents to a free Community Christmas Party at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Lehighton Recreation Center. Cookies, crafts, games, and hot chocolate will be available. For more information, contact the Rev. Mark Akers at 610-714-9834 or go to

www.freedomchurchpa.org.• The Tamaqua High School Jazz Chorale will be the special musical guest at the Fourth Annual Tamaqua Community Advent Breakfast on Dec. 13 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Greenwood and Mauch Chunk streets. The event begins at 9 a.m. and includes breakfast by Zion's Culinary Crew, special music, an Advent message provided by the Rev. Virginia Goodwin and a candle lighting ceremony. For more information, call 570-668-4451, 570-668-1880 or stop by the Tamaqua Area Chamber of Commerce Office, 114 W. Broad St., Tamaqua.• Freedom Community Church invites children and their parents to a free Community Christmas Party at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Lehighton Recreation Center. Free backpacks with toys and essentials will be given out to the first 100 children who attend. Cookies, crafts, games, and hot chocolate will be available. For more info contact the Rev. Mark Akers at 610-714-9834 or go to

www.freedomchurchpa.org.• American Legion Post 316, Summit Hill, will host its traditional Christmas party for children of the community on Dec. 13. Children of Summit Hill residents are invited to attend the free event, beginning at noon when hot dogs and soft drinks will be served while they await the arrival of Santa Claus. He will arrive at 1 p.m. and will distribute a gift to each child. The event ends at 3 p.m.• Breakfast with Santa will be held at 8 a.m. Dec. 14 at the West Penn Fire Company.• A holiday grocery bingo will benefit the West End Fire Company and West End Community Ambulance on Dec. 14. The doors will open at noon with bingo beginning at 1 p.m. Admission will be $10 for 20 games.• The Western Pocono Community Library in Brodheadsville is hosting a gingerbread house contest. Information and rules are available at the circulation desk.Tree lightings• The Young Professionals Council of the Carbon Chamber & Economic Development Corporation presents the 2014 Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony and Santa in the Park from 6-8 p.m. today in Lehighton. Santa will be lighting the borough Christmas Tree just after 6:30 p.m. in the borough park. There will be hot chocolate and treats for kids of all ages. In addition to warm treats, there will be raffles for the kids, music and a lot of fun.• The official first lighting of the new Nesquehoning community tree will be held at 5:45 p.m. Saturday in the St. Patrick Cemetery.• Tamaqua tree lighting ceremony at 6 p.m. Sunday in Depot Square Park.Concerts• The Pleasant Valley Choral Society will present its annual Christmas concert "Sounds of the Season" at 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Pleasant Valley High School auditorium in Brodheadsville. The suggested donation is $8 for adults, children under 12 get in free. Tickets can be purchased at the door. For more information call 570-402-2026.• Susan M. Featro, a teacher in the Tamaqua Area School District, will perform a concert of holiday music at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Tamaqua Community Arts Center, 125 Pine St., Tamaqua. The concert is a benefit for the Tamaqua Community Arts Center and the Tamaqua Blue Raider Foundation, which funds special projects in the Tamaqua Area School District. For more information or advance tickets, call 570-668-3232.• The Bach and Handel Chorale Inc. begins its Christmas concerts at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Jim Thorpe on Saturday with concerts at noon and 3 p.m.Additional Christmas concerts will be held at: St. John's Lutheran Church in Ringtown at 3 p.m. Dec. 13; Tamaqua Area Community Arts Center at 7 p.m. Dec. 13; St. Paul's United Church of Christ Trexlertown at 3 p.m. Dec. 14.Tickets for all concerts can be purchased through the Bach and Handel Chorale's website at

www.jsbgfh@ptd.net.• The choir and volunteers from the congregation of Faith Alive United Methodist Church in Bowmanstown will present a Cantata, "Down From His Glory," at 6 p.m. Dec. 13 and at 3 p.m. Dec. 14. All are welcome. For more information call the church at 610-852-2805.