💫 Look Up, Columbus: December Skies Are About To Pop Off

Plus: 🎅 Short North Holiday Hop Is Back!

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Chelsea Wiley
December 03, 2025

Sponsored by the Greater Columbus Arts Council 🖼️
Explore Columbus through a new lens with the For Us by Us Public Art Tour curated by Lance Johnson. This self-guided tour highlights 11 inspiring works across the city, celebrating compassion, empathy, and connection through public art. Discover the pieces that bring our community together and experience art made authentically. For more info, head over to columbusmakesart.com 

Hello, Wednesday! Chelsea here.

I’ve always been a sucker for a clear December night. After all the skywatching treats we’ve had this year, it kinda feels like December is saving the best for last. One of the year’s brightest meteor showers is streaking across the sky, Jupiter is hanging out with the Moon like it’s posing for a holiday card, and a rare interstellar comet making it’s closest approach to Earth. Honestly, it’s pretty incredible. Check out our guide to catching the Geminids, spotting the Moon–Jupiter duo, and maybe even glimpsing Comet 3I/ATLAS right here in Central Ohio.

🚂 The Holiday Train At The Main Library Has A Castle, A Massive Waterfall, And A Huge Cathedral
If there’s one sure fire way to jump into the holiday spirit, it’s a visit to the Huntington Holiday Train at Main Library. The miniature world is back in all its twinkly, tiny glory and it’s just as magical as you remember.

🎅 Holiday Hop Turns The Short North Into A Walkable Winter Wonderland
High Street is trading traffic for festive cheer on Saturday, December 6! Holiday Hop turns the Short North into a walkable winter wonderland full of art, live music, shopping, treats, and surprises around every corner.

Headlines 📰 

💵 Columbus City Schools is tightening its belt with $50 million in cuts and four more school closures, but high school buses are still rolling, for now. Big changes are coming, and families, staff, and students are bracing for how the district will reshape itself. (WOSU)

🐘 The Columbus Zoo’s newest baby elephant finally has a name, and thanks to more than 20,000 votes from the public, say hello to Oliver! The little calf is thriving, charming visitors, and making history as the zoo’s second elephant born this year. (NBC4)

📚 Ohio authors and illustrators are turning personal experiences into powerful stories for kids. The Story Art exhibition in Cincinnati showcases the art, imagination, and heart behind children’s books that celebrate diversity, inclusion, and the next generation of readers and maybe even future artists. (Arts Midwest)

🌤️ Weather: 32 and partly sunny

Columbus Navigator supports Mid-Ohio Food Collective this holiday season!
While many of us gather around tables filled with food and laughter, thousands of families in our community are going without. Together, we can change that. Support the Holiday Meals Campaign and help provide comfort, nourishment, and hope to families in need. For every $1 donated, Mid-Ohio Food Collective can provide up to 2.5 meals. If you’d like to donate, please click here. Every single dollar matters!

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❄️ I know snow isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Sometimes it’s not even mine! But this snowstorm has made Columbus so pretty that I can’t be mad about it!

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