Weekend picks: Festive celebrations abound

A selection of festive favorites:

🦁 Wildlights at the Zoo — but prepare for a potentially busy weekend.

✨ Wanderlights on the Scioto Mile, with Wander Nights starting at 5pm and the Wander Lights Art Exhibition at Urban Arts Space.

🌺 Holiday Blooms and Conservatory Aglow at the Franklin Park Conservatory.

🚂 Central Ohio Model Railroad Club's Holiday Open House.

🩰 BalletMet's seasonal performance of "The Nutcracker."

⛓️ A one-person performance of "A Christmas Carol" at the Riffe Center.

What else is happening:

🥌 The Columbus Curling Club will teach you to play in exchange for a donation Friday night as part of Gay For Good Columbus' sports equipment drive.

👑 Broadway hit "Six" tells the story of Henry VIII's wives at the Palace Theatre.