🌱 Patch AM: Want free vet care and Santa photos for your pup?

Hello Brookhaven! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Want free vet care and Santa photos for your pup?
• Could one small mailing mistake delay your Brookhaven holiday gifts?
• Why Brookhaven rentals are bucking Atlanta’s World Cup booking surge

Also on today's calendar: Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the boat dock say when it was arrested? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 64 and low of 37 degrees.
• Sunday: Sunshine; breezy, much colder, temps: high: 43, low: 19. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Sunny, but chilly, with a high of 45 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Santa Paws to greet furry friends at Brookhaven Dog Park Dec. 21 (ocgnews.com) — Bring your pup to Brookhaven Park’s Dog Park on Dec. 21 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for photos with “Santa Paws” and free basic vet services from LifeLine’s mobile clinic. Hosted by DeKalb County Commissioner Michelle Long Spears and the City of Brookhaven, the event also features firefighters volunteering and requires advance reservations for veterinary care.
   

• Holiday shipping mix-up sends package on detour, offering lessons for shoppers (11alive.com) — A Brookhaven resident’s misdelivered UPS box, accidentally dropped in a USPS slot, took a three‑week detour and a call to 11Alive to sort out. His experience, plus advice from a shipping expert, offers practical tips for mailing holiday packages from Brookhaven with fewer headaches and delays.
   

• Want a rental for the World Cup in Atlanta? Demand up as much as 4000% (usatoday.com) — If you’re in Brookhaven, short-term rental demand for Atlanta’s 2026 World Cup match days is soaring across most of the metro, though Brookhaven/North Buckhead is one of the few areas seeing softer interest. A new AirDNA report shows massive spikes—up to nearly 5,000%—in some neighborhoods, plus details on when demand peaks and how fans can still try for match tickets.
   

📸 Around Brookhaven

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brookhaven

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes
  Atlanta

Sunday December 14

• Gay Men's Chorus Holiday Concert
  Holy Innocents' Episcopal Church, 805 Mount Vernon Hwy, Atlanta
  4:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Holidays on Peachtree Street
  The Church at Ponce & Highland, 1085 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Atlanta
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 17

• Skate City Springs - Presenting Sponsor Opportunities
  City Green at City Springs, 1 Galambos Wy, Sandy Springs
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday December 15

• Community Color-In: Winter Edition
  Redan-Trotti Library -
• Take & Make: Paper Plate Winter Wonderland
  Redan-Trotti Library -
• Cozy Critter Scavenger Hunt
  Brookhaven Library -
• Women's Basketball vs. Pacific
  Dorough Fieldhouse Pinholster Court
  6:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Diamond Painting
  Brookhaven Library -
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• Park Ranger Storytime: Winter Wonderland
  Redan-Trotti Library -
  11:00 am
• LEGO STEAM Challenge: A Pop of Color
  Redan-Trotti Library -
  3:30 pm

Thursday December 18

• Matter of Balance
  Redan-Trotti Library -
  10:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Edit: he’s been reunited
  Found a shitzhu near Chamblee High School!! I need to find the owners. If it looks familiar pls message me!! Not looking to give it away, you’ll have… (Nextdoor The Ashford Homes)
• Adopt Kelani 💜
  I bailed Kelani out with her mom and sister after they were born at DCAS. They had horrible kennel cough as newborns but they fought through and now… (Nextdoor North Buckhead)

🗞 Nearby News

Chamblee

• 🌌 South Arts' new 'catalyst' (roughdraftatlanta.com)
• ‘Dunwoody continues to be home': School stadium renamed for Ryan Seacrest (ledger-enquirer.com)
• DeKalb County Schools review ICE raid protocols after community outcry about middle school (roughdraftatlanta.com)

Doraville

• Gwinnett County students to graduate after given second chance with non-traditional, free program (atlantanewsfirst.com)
• (BPRW) Assembly Studios partners with Autumn Bailey Entertainment and Braveheart Entertainment (blackprwire.com)

Sandy Springs

Ok Brookhaven! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I demand a jury of my piers.
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