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Good day, Wayzata. This is Wayzata Scoop: the local newsletter that makes the transition from Halloween candy to holiday cookies feel seamless.

In today’s Scoop:

• Snowbird Season Alert: Wayzata PD Offers Property Watch Service 👮

• Plymouth's Holiday Mail Service: Santa Letters Get Real Replies 🎅

• Plymouth's Recreation Guide: Classes, Events, and 40 Random $100 Prizes 🏞️

• Orchard-Direct Citrus Hits Plymouth Parking Lot (Blink and You'll Miss It) 🍊

Let’s get to it.

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📢 TALK OF THE TOWN

Snowbirds: Wayzata PD Will Watch Your House While You're in Florida

If you're about to abandon Minnesota for warmer climates until spring, the Wayzata Police Department has a better plan than just hoping your neighbors notice if something's wrong.

Wayzata PD runs a vacation house check program using confidential software where you can register your property and travel dates online. Enter your details – address, when you're leaving, when you're back – and they'll add your house to their vacation watch list. Officers will check on your property during your absence, and you'll get a follow-up email when each check is completed. It's basically Ring doorbell monitoring, except it's actual police officers physically verifying your house is secure.

This works especially well for extended vacation periods (looking at you, snowbirds fleeing to Arizona for three months), but really anyone leaving town can use it. Weekend trip? Sure. Month-long escape from winter? Absolutely. The system keeps everything confidential, so you're not broadcasting "this house is empty" to the world – just to the people whose job is protecting it.

Registration takes a few minutes at wayzata.org/vacationhousechecks, and then you can leave town with one less thing to worry about. Because peace of mind is underrated when you're trying to enjoy 75-degree weather in February.

Plymouth's Santa Mailboxes: Where Kids Get Actual Responses (With Some Help)

If your kid's been asking how to contact Santa, Plymouth's solving that logistical problem with three convenient drop-off locations and actual replies.

Santa's Mailboxes return Dec. 1-15 at three Plymouth locations: City Hall (3400 Plymouth Blvd), Plymouth Ice Center (3650 Plymouth Blvd), and Plymouth Community Center (14800 34th Ave. N). Kids can drop off letters to Santa, and here's the best part – Santa's helpers will send personalized responses back. It's the kind of municipal service that makes childhood magic feel real while teaching kids how mail actually works.

The catch: you need to include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with the letter. So this doubles as a lesson in correspondence logistics – address labels, stamps, the whole USPS experience. Your kid writes to Santa, learns about return addresses, and gets a personalized response. Triple win.

Two weeks to drop off letters, three locations to choose from, and guaranteed replies if you follow the envelope rule. It's low-effort holiday magic that doesn't require driving to a mall or waiting in line for a photo op.

Drop off letters Dec. 1-15 at City Hall, Ice Center, or Community Center. Just don't forget the stamped return envelope, or Santa's helpers can't write back.

Plymouth's Winter/Spring Rec Guide: Now With Hidden $100 Prizes

Plymouth just gamified their recreation guide, and honestly, it's brilliant.

The Winter/Spring Parks & Recreation Activities Guide dropped online, featuring the usual lineup of sports, arts/crafts, music, fitness classes, and special events for all ages. But here's the twist: 40 silver snowmen have been randomly inserted into printed copies of the guide, and each one can be redeemed for a $100 gift card toward Plymouth Parks and Recreation activities. So if you get a physical copy in the mail, flip through it before recycling – you might be holding actual money.

Registration starts staggered: Plymouth residents can register Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 6 a.m. online or 10 a.m. by phone/in person. Non-residents start Wednesday, Dec. 10 (same times). Aquatics classes open Dec. 3 for everyone. It's the annual scramble to snag spots in popular classes before they fill up, so set your alarms if you're serious about that pottery workshop or youth basketball league.

New(ish) feature: Plymouth has a Parks & Rec app where you can register for programs, book facilities, manage rentals, and view account info without navigating their website. Download it at plymouthmn.gov/recreation and join the 21st century of municipal service apps.

View the full guide and register at plymouthmn.gov/recreation. And if you find a silver snowman, congrats – you just won free recreation.

The Fruit Truck Hits Plymouth Nov. 22

If you've ever wanted orchard-fresh citrus but don't live near an orchard, a truck is about to solve that problem for approximately 900 seconds.

The Fruit Truck rolls into Lowe's parking lot (3205 Vicksburg Ln N, Plymouth) on Saturday, Nov. 22 from 10:30-10:45 a.m. – yes, a 15-minute window – selling handpicked, orchard-direct citrus. Your options: Satsuma Mandarins (roughly 10 lbs for $35) or the Farmers Mixed Box (roughly 20 lbs for $50, potentially containing pomegranates, mandarins, persimmons, kiwi, lemons, pummelo, and oranges – amounts vary per box).

No prepayment, no checks, just show up with cash or card and hope you're not the last person in line when the 15-minute window closes. It's first-come, first-served, which means this operates on pure urgency and FOMO. Miss the window? You're waiting for the next truck stop.

Sign up for delivery notifications at myfruittruck.com/signup if you actually want to catch future drops, because relying on memory for a 15-minute sale window seems optimistic. FAQ and organic info at myfruittruck.com/faq, or join their Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/SWMNFruitClub for the full citrus enthusiast experience.

📖 QOTW (QUOTE OF THE WEEK)

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena." - Theodore Roosevelt

🌪️ WEATHER WATCH

Friday hits 64° like a brief moment of hope before the weekend crushes your dreams with a 22-degree nosedive.

Thu 13 57°/34° Partly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧6%

Fri 14 64°/48° Sunny ☀️ | 💧8%

Sat 15 52°/29° Partly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧16%

Sun 16 42°/26° Sunny ☀️ | 💧1%

Mon 17 38°/26° Partly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧24%

Tue 18 41°/29° Partly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧24%

Wed 19 40°/30° Partly Cloudy 🌥️ | 💧24%

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