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Center announces holiday activities

The Clinton Presidential Center in downtown Little Rock will host three days of free holiday activities for families this month, beginning Saturday.

“Santa at the Center” will include art projects, special holiday entertainment, treats, and photographs with Santa Claus, according to the center’s website.

The event is free, but regular admission fees apply to tour the presidential library and museum.

The first day of activities will be Saturday from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. at the center at 1200 President Clinton Ave.

The events also will take place 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Dec. 12 and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Dec. 19.

Museum to reflect on Christmas past

The Historic Arkansas Museum will host its 48th annual Christmas Frolic and Open House on Dec. 6.

The free event celebrates Christmas as it was in the 1800s with living history, carols, re-enactments, live music, dancing, refreshments and more, according to the museum’s website. It will be 1-4 p.m. Dec. 6 at the museum at 200 E. Third St.

The event also will feature readings of The Night Before Christmas, which was originally published in 1823, at 1:30, 2:15, 2:45 and 3:15 p.m.at the museum’s McVicar House.

More information on this and other events is available on the museum’s website at historicarkansas.org.

Library to forgive overdue book fees

The Central Arkansas Library System is preparing for an annual fine forgiveness period Dec. 7-13.

The library will forgive most fines in exchange for donations of nonperishable food items.

Each food item equals $1. There is a limit of $10 worth of fines that can be canceled. Items that have been lost do not qualify to have fines waived under the program.

All food collected will be donated to the Arkansas Rice Depot for its Food for Kids program, which provides backpacks of food for children to take home and eat during weekends during the school year.

Suggested items are canned ravioli, peanut butter, tuna, canned fruit, pudding cups, cereal and granola bars.

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