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Morning South Pasadena! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How South Pasadena’s quirky bear float brings the whole town together
  • How a pancake breakfast float honors firefighters and their communities
  • How a South Pasadena pickleball club helped launch a Christmas movie

Also on today's calendar: Crossing Over with Psychic Medium John Edward live in Los Angeles! and 4 more events.

Find out what's happening in South Pasadenafor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: What did the clock say when it ran out of batteries? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in South Pasadenafor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Friday: Cool with occasional rain, with a high of 60 and low of 45 degrees.
  • Saturday: A brief shower or two, temps: high: 63, low: 46.
  • Sunday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 69 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: The theme of the Rose Parade is collaboration and unity (pasadenaweekly.com) — South Pasadena’s own Rose Parade float, “The Great Picnic Heist,” showcases a sleepy bear whose picnic is being raided by ants, all designed and built by local volunteers. Residents have been fundraising and decorating their self-built entry since 1893, making the float a long-running symbol of community teamwork amid other collaboration-themed entries in this year’s parade.
   

• Stack ‘em High: Sierra Madre pancake breakfast float pays tribute to firefighters (pasadenaweekly.com) — A longtime Sierra Madre firefighter, inspired by his grandfather’s service in South Pasadena, will help showcase a whimsical pancake-breakfast-themed float in the Rose Parade. The piece highlights how Sierra Madre volunteers fundraise, design, and decorate the elaborate tribute to firefighters, including a memorial garden and dramatic fire truck details, as a thank-you after the devastating Eaton Fire.
   

• Hallmark Figured Out the Secret to Making Christmas Weird (And It's Actually Smart) (fanbolt.com) — A quirky new Lifetime movie, A Pickleball Christmas, actually traces its origins to a South Pasadena pickleball club, where a local instructor helped spark the idea. From there, the piece explores how Hallmark, Lifetime, and Netflix now use data and niche communities—like pickleball players and NFL fans—to create increasingly odd but targeted Christmas movies that still manage to draw big audiences.
   

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    Friday December 26
  • Broadway on Mission: A Musical Theater Open Mic
    Jeweled Universe , 1017 Mission St Unit B , South Pasadena
    7:30 pm
    • Saturday December 27
  • Awaken Your Body
    Crystalized Beauty by C.O.T.A Life , 709 Fremont Ave ste a , South Pasadena
    9:00 am
  • Knitting and Crochet Club
    Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
    1:00 pm
  • Live Jazz Brunch at Visionarium — Saturday, December 27th!
    1020 Mission St , South Pasadena
    8:00 pm
    • Wednesday December 31
  • Computer Classes
    Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
    3:00 pm
    • Saturday January 3
  • Knitting and Crochet Club
    Harbor Gateway Branch Library Harbor City -
    1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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  • Anyone else just hear that really large boom around 11:30pm?
    Any ideas as to what it was? Hope all are well and safe and having a great Holiday Season! (Nextdoor South Pasadena-SW)
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🗞 Nearby News

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  • Children recreate the journey of Mary and Joseph in this ‘Posada in Nature' at San Gabriel River Park (sgvtribune.com)
  • Military Quote of the Day by U.S. General George Patton: ‘Better to fight for something than live for nothing' (19fortyfive.com)
  • Meet Achilles, Elmer and Morticia, this week's Pets of the Week in the San Gabriel Valley (sgvtribune.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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