Five Things to Know Today: December 6

1. Weather: Some rain today. The National Weather Service forecast for our area says there's an 80 percent chance of some showers and a high near 60 degrees.

2. In Case You Missed It: is a beacon to some of our community members.

3. Serious Holiday Fun: The Macungie Institute's Karen Holt blogs some more about the upcoming on Saturday.

4. Coming Up: Macungie Council is still having a hard time with .

5. Today in History: On this day in 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, officially ending the institution of slavery, was ratified. "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." With these words, the single greatest change wrought by the Civil War was officially noted in the Constitution.