Dec. 4-5: True Holiday Spirit

Happy weekend, Little Neck! If you're like us, you'll be on the lookout for opportunities today and tomorrow to get out of the house with the family — preferably to a place that's not the mall. With that goal in mind, here's some family-friendly, affordable, community-based options for this third weekend before Christmas and fourth and fifth night of Hanukkah:

1. Join many of your neighbors at Divine Wisdom Academy's Christmas Fair, which begins at the Douglaston parochial school at 9 a.m. Saturday morning and runs to 5 p.m.

2. Before you head out to one of Queens County Farm's  at 10 a.m., noon or 2 p.m. Saturday or Sunday, check out our story on what the museum's president called the

3. Any art lovers in your house? At National Art League this weekend, there's a rare treat for any cultural aficionado: an exhibition filled with works you can take home with you, .

4. O.K., we know this isn't a traditional holiday meal — however, the sushi connoisseurs at Little Neck Patch couldn't resist. Later today, look for our review of Sushi Family on Northern by Eating Out columnist Eric Blattberg.

5. And later this weekend, warm your heart a bit with our story on the Giving Tree at St Anastasia — which more than anything else this season, may represent the true meaning of Christmas for us all.