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The celebration starts at 5:30 p.m. in Blaney Plaza. For more information, visit www.saratoga.ca.us/celebrationoflight. Help those in need by donating new, unwrapped toys and donations of non-perishable food through Dec. 19 at various locations in Saratoga. Toys can be brought to Saratoga City Hall, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., and food can be dropped off at the Joan Pisani Community Center, 19655 Allendale Ave., or the Saratoga Library, 13650 Saratoga Ave. The San Jose Wind Symphony, conducted by Edward C. Harris, performs “Visions of Sugar Plum Fairies” Dec. 9 at the McAfee Performing Arts Center, 20300 Herriman Ave.

Neologian Art Gallery, “Wonderous.” Charity art show, 7-10 p.m, Jan, 31, Featuring works by Terrance Gamble, Christina Wilson, Erica Atreya, Kat Bergman, Jessie LeJeune Cherven, Fleur Spolidor, Jesse Flora, Richard Robles, Robin Apple, Brandi Grogan, Jeane Gadol, Terri W, Moore and Stuart Givot, Music by DJ Neshamah, Neologian Art Gallery, 1027 S, Claremont St., San Mateo, $10, Pacific Art League, PAL Members’ Exhibition, juror JoAnn Edwards, executive director of the Museum of ballet shoes 38 Craft and Design, San Francisco; and Jon Haag & Brian Sal Corral, collaborative exhibition of drawings and paintings, Through Jan, 29, Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto, Free..

Grace Breakfast Tea: Celebrate the lives of the women of Cityteam House of Grace. Cityteam’s annual tea highlights the inspiring personal stories of women who have transformed their lives and the lives of their children at House of Grace. June 8, 9 a.m. Home Church, 1799 Winchester Blvd., Campbell. For more information and to RSVP, contact Amy Nyquist at 408.232.5642 or anyquist@cityteam.org. cityteam.org/houseofgrace. Nike Animal Rescue Foundation Walk-a-thon: The Nike Animal Rescue Foundation will be holding the 18th annual “Walk Your Tail off for Homeless Animals” walkathon. Help raise needed funds while enjoying dog tricks, raffle prizes, and a barbecue lunch. June 9, 9 a.m. Los Gatos Creek Park, 1250 Dell Ave., Campbell. narfrescue.org.

In the days before Christmas in 2002, Jack bought a Powerball lottery ticket along with his biscuits, Some fools couldn’t get enough of those tickets, Not the cowboy-man, He’d buy one only when the jackpot got big, like anything less than a couple hundred million wasn’t worth his trouble, On Christmas Day, the lottery ticket-buying frenzy ballet shoes 38 peaked at 3:26 p.m, In convenience stores and gas stations across West Virginia, 15 people every second commemorated Jesus’s birthday by plunking down $1 for a chance at a different kind of salvation: that Powerball jackpot..

This year the celebration will commemorate Ferragosto, an Italian holiday held each August that also coincides with the major Catholic feast of the Assumption of Mary. Feasting is always a major event at the festa as well, and this year is no exception. Visitors can sample a sizable menu of Italian favorites including pizza, spaghetti and meatballs, Italian sausage sandwiches, calamari and polenta. Italian sweets such as cannoli and sfingi–fried pastry balls rolled in powdered sugar–and an assortment of wine, beer and soft drinks are also available.