Weiman Products offers timely ways consumers can eliminate some of the holiday stress before the season even starts.

If you have questions about how to select, prepare, serve or store the popular holiday main course, there’s a new resource at your fingertips. Experts at University of Illinois Extension is ready to help via the office’s “Turkey for the Holidays” Web site.

Organizers are calling it the Localvore Challenge, a chance to find locally grown ingredients through the Geneva Green Market’s Thanksgiving Festival from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23, noting that local artisans also will sell beautifully crafted and socially responsible Christmas and hostess gifts. Localvore Brunch will be served with the farmers’ products from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Sweet Tooth Candy & Gifts opened for business on Nov. 13. It is at 207 S. Third St., Geneva.

• The St. Charles Breakfast Rotary Club is conducting its “Toys for Kids” program, to collect toys for children in need in the Tri-Cities area. Volunteers will be present during the Downtown St. Charles Partnership’s Electric Christmas Parade at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29.

Thanksgiving may be the one holiday when we get to indulge ourselves in what seems like never-ending meals of traditional, homemade comfort food. However, upon arriving to that anticipated Thursday every year, most families have come to expect the same tasting turkey as the previous year, or duplicates of boring casseroles or side dishes that are usually eaten for days after.

The pre-Christmas program of the Fox Valley Associates of the Art Institute of Chicago welcomes guests. It takes place Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the St. Charles Country Club. “On Wings of Grace: Angels in Art” will be offered by popular presenter Jeffrey Nigro.

The lecture will use works of European art from the Middle Ages to the 19th century to show angels in various roles as intermediaries, protectors and musicians.

Most of us would be happy to make it to our 90s, let alone be able to move about at that age free from canes, wheelchairs or handlers.

Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles, continues its concert series with the Jeff Foxworthy Country Concert Road Show on at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, at the resort’s Mega Center.

National Family Volunteer Day may be the most powerful new holiday for bringing families together in a meaningful way for a shared cause.

The Mother’s Club of Geneva will present its 34th annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15,  at Geneva Community High School, 416 McKinley Ave.

The show again features more than 130 booths showcasing handmade crafts, art and jewelry.

• The Mother’s Club of Geneva is hosting its 34th annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 at Geneva High School. The show will again feature more than 130 booths showcasing handmade crafts, art and jewelry. They also will have raffle prizes, a 50/50 cash raffle and their bake sale.