🌱 Patch AM: How Buford’s Wolves just made Georgia football history

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In today's newsletter:

• How Buford’s Wolves just made Georgia football history
• How one Buford home’s 66 trees are feeding local families
• Why was Santa water-skiing on Lake Lanier this Christmas Eve?

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

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Warm with sunny intervals, with a high of 69 and low of 57 degrees.
• Saturday: Warm with low clouds, temps: high: 71, low: 55.
• Sunday: Mostly cloudy and warm, with a high of 68 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• It's been 34 years since a Georgia high school football team could claim this prestigious title (wsbradio.com) — Buford High School’s football team has been crowned consensus national champion, the first Georgia program to earn that honor in 34 years. After a perfect 15-0 season and a Class 6A state title win over Carrollton, eight major polls now rank the Buford Wolves number one in the country.
   

• Metro Atlanta woman celebrates holidays with 66 Christmas trees in home (atlantanewsfirst.com) — A Buford resident has turned her home into a holiday attraction with 66 uniquely themed Christmas trees, all used to support a local food pantry. Visitors to Shasta Rodgers’ open house bring nonperishable food or donations for Fountain Church, blending festive décor with a strong spirit of giving right in the community.
   

• Santa caught skiing on Lake Lanier during abnormally warm Christmas weather (kens5.com) — A Santa-suited water-skier turned heads on Lake Lanier near Buford during this year’s unusually warm Christmas Eve, trading reindeer for a ski boat. Locals out enjoying the record-breaking temperatures got an unexpected holiday show as “Santa” carved across the lake in full red-and-white gear.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 26

• Gwinnett Open
  Treetop Quest Gwinnett , 2020 Clean Water Dr , Buford
  11:00 am
• WBB: Mr.Magorium's Wonder Emporium
  The Eagle Theater @ Sugar Hill , 5029 W Broad St NE , Sugar Hill
  2:00 pm
• Bekah Marie Music: Bekah Marie solo acoustic
  StillFire Brewing , 343 US-23 , Suwanee
  3:00 pm
• FRIDAY NIGHT DRIFT
  Caffeine and Octane's Lanier Raceway , 5301 Winder Hwy , Braselton
  6:00 pm
• Magic: The Gathering Standard Night [12/26/2025]
  Video Game Trader LLC , 1350 Buford Hwy NE , Buford
  6:30 pm
• Live Music — Cork It Gainesville
  Cork It Gainesville , 118 Main St SW , Gainesville
  7:00 pm
• Standard Showdown - Magic: The Gathering® | Avatar: The Last Airbender™
  Meeple Madness | Tabletop Games and Hobbies , 7400 Spout Springs Rd #205 , Flowery Branch
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Elachee Nature Science Center/ Chicopee Lake/Bridge Trails 6 miles
  Elachee Nature Science Center , 2125 Elachee Drive , Gainesville
  10:00 am
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Weekly Tournament
  Meeple Madness | Tabletop Games and Hobbies , 7400 Spout Springs Rd #205 , Flowery Branch
  2:00 pm
• Gainesville Glows - Lanterns and Lights
  Atlanta Botanical Garden, GAINESVILLE , 1911 Sweetbay Dr , Gainesville
  5:00 pm
• The Hall At Bourbon Brothers
  The Hall at Bourbon Brothers , 312 Jesse Jewell Pkwy , Gainesville
  6:00 pm
• Marshall Charloff
  Gas South Theater , 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy , Duluth
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• FOUND CAT
  I live on Thompson mill Rd, Buford and my daughter went out to call for her cat and came back with this sweet girl and we were wondering if she… (Nextdoor Thompson Mill Rd)
• Someone abandoned this beautiful puppy along with 2 other dogs at one of my dad’s job sites, the other dogs now have homes but I am watching him until we can find him a loving home.
  I have a new baby in the house and am a little stressed just because my baby needs my attention and my fiancé is going back to work tomorrow and I… (Nextdoor Harbor View)

• Benton House posted a job opening for Activity Assistant- Weekends in Buford. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Buford. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Buford here.

🗞 Nearby News

Suwanee

• Cameron Hinson Signs with Washington Wolfpack (oursportscentral.com)

Lawrenceville

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m out of time.
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