Atlanta is expecting a lot of in-town and out-of-town company this weekend, from visitors to Atlanta's annual Christmas parade to sports fans attending the SEC Championship, the Hawks game and a special Auburn University basketball game Sunday at Phillips Arena.

Atlanta police estimate that 170,000 people will take part in major events this weekend in and near downtown and Midtown. Here's a select list of the events this weekend:

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This holiday weekend's options include a staging of Disney’s “Newsies: The Broadway Musical” at Marietta Performing Arts Center. (Courtesy of Lolek’s Storytellers Theater Company)

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UPS driver Dan Partyka delivers an overnight package. As more people buy more goods online, the rapid and unrelenting expansion of e-commerce is causing real challenges for the Sandy-Springs based company. (Bob Andres/AJC 2022)

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