Big holiday plans for Havre and Chinook

It's not the weather, but rather Thanksgiving on Thursday that kicks off the holiday season, and the Hi-Line already has plans.

In Havre, things get Christmas-y right quick, the morning after Thanksgiving. Breakfast with Santa Claus starts at the Holiday Village Mall at 9 a.m. Santa will follow up breakfast with a photo-op for the kids from noon to 3 p.m., and will keep that photo schedule all this weekend and every weekend until the middle of December.

The Saturday morning breakfast should offer a break from the Black Friday shopping, for which the mall is opening at 3 a.m. All of the mall's...