🎄🎅🏈 Parades, Patience & Pumpkin Pie | What’s Up Big Rapids Ep. 46 (11-25-25)
It’s Thanksgiving week on What’s Up Big Rapids, which means parades, tree lightings, turkey trots, community meals, and holiday chaos in all the best ways. 🦃🎄
Chris & Pat break down the Festival of Lights Parade (and their favorite floats), recap a weekend of packing Thanksgiving meals, and celebrate Vintage Vibes for raising money for the Ferris marching band. ❤️🎺
Pat updates us on the Lions 🦁, the guys debate Black Friday vs Small Business Saturday vs Cyber Monday 🛍️, and Chris tells the legendary story of his wildest Black Friday adventure.
PLUS: Reed City’s tree lighting, Cran-Hill’s Star of Wonder live nativity, China One adding Hibachi (!!), Ferris sports victories, Sip & Shop at The Peaks… and the big question:
👉 How fast can Pat and Dom run the Turkey Trot? 🏃♂️🏃♂️💨
A warm, funny, community-filled episode to kick off the holiday season.
0:00 – Intro & Welcome 👋
2:05 – Festival of Lights Parade recap 🎄🚚✨
7:01 – Weekend recap: Thanksgiving meal packing + Vintage Vibes fundraiser 🧡🎶
9:50 – Pat recaps the Lions season so far 🦁
12:25 – Spicy Standup Comedy at The Peaks 🌶️😂
15:20 – Tree lighting events this weekend 🌲🎅
16:50 – China One Buffet adds Hibachi on demand 🔥🍜
18:55 – Happy Thanksgiving! Turkey Trot predictions 🏃♂️🦃
22:37 – Black Friday vs Small Biz Saturday vs Cyber Monday vs Giving Tuesday 💸
24:35 – Chris’s Black Friday survival story 🛍️😂
31:00 – Wicked hits theaters — who’s in? ✨🎥
32:45 – Star of Wonder Live Nativity at Cran-Hill ⭐🐪
34:00 – Free Thanksgiving dinners across the county 🍽️
35:46 – Mecosta Giving Day — Dec 2 at the Eagles ❤️
37:49 – Thanks to last week’s guests, the Hahns 🙏
38:19 – Big congratulations to Ferris football & volleyball! 🏈🏐
39:35 – Sip & Shop December 4 at The Peaks 🍷🛍️
42:00 – DBA releases Santa schedule 🎅
42:49 – Pat reminds us to slow down & share gratitude ❤️
48:23 – Dom’s corrections 📚
53:09 – Outro & goodbyes 👋
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