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🌱 12 Cocktails of Christmas - Holiday, ugly sweater Party with Lee Gardner! and 10 more events
Coming up on the Burlington Patch calendar: Cookies with Santa

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Coming up on the calendar:
- HHS Holiday Concert at Hampshire High School
- A Wonderful Life - Fireside Theatre, Fort Atkinson, WI at DeKalb County Farm Bureau
- 12 Cocktails of Christmas - Holiday, ugly sweater Party with Lee Gardner! at The Warehouse on Park
... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!
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- Thursday: Mostly cloudy and very cold, with a high of 22 and low of 14 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
- Friday: Quite cold with flurries, temps: high: 23, low: -4.
- Saturday: Frigid with snow and flurries, with a high of 4 and low of -10 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Burlington
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★ Featured events ★
- Cookies with Santa
Sycamore Park District, 480 Airport Rd, Sycamore
4:00 pm
Friday December 12
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Other local events
- HHS Holiday Concert
Hampshire High School , 1600 Big Timber Road , Hampshire
7:00 pm - A Wonderful Life - Fireside Theatre, Fort Atkinson, WI
DeKalb County Farm Bureau , 1350 W Prairie Dr , Sycamore - 12 Cocktails of Christmas - Holiday, ugly sweater Party with Lee Gardner!
The Warehouse on Park , 662 Park Ave , Genoa
12:00 pm - Young Professionals Network Meeting
Century 21 New Heritage - Hampshire Office , 120 W Oak Knoll Dr , Hampshire
5:30 pm - GDW Band/Choir/Orchestra Concert
Gary D Wright Elem Sch , 1500 Ketchum Road , Hampshire
6:00 pm - GDW 2nd Grade Concert
Gary D Wright Elem Sch , 1500 Ketchum Road , Hampshire
6:00 pm - Central Rockets vs Kaneland
Central High School , 44w625 Plato Rd , Burlington
5:30 pm
Thursday December 11
Friday December 12
Saturday December 13
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Sycamore Outreach
Sycamore Public Library , 103 E State St , Sycamore
1:00 pm - PV Holiday Shop
Prairie View Grade School ELGIN, IL 60124
5:30 pm - Holiday Wine & Cheese Pairing — Plank Road Tap Room
Plank Road Tap Room , 39W149 Plank Rd , Elgin
6:00 pm - GKHS/GKMS Choir Concert
Genoa-Kingston High School & CUSD 424 , 980 Park Ave , Genoa
7:00 pm
Thursday December 11
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- McDonald's posted a job opening for Bucciferro McDonald's Assistant Manager in Hampshire. Apply here.
- Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores posted a job opening for Assistant Manager - Restaurant in Hampshire. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Burlington here.
🗞 Nearby News
Hampshire
- Boys basketball: Hampshire rallies late but can't catch McHenry (dailyherald.com)
Elgin
- Elgin News Digest: Elgin's Daddy Daughter dances to be held Feb. 6-7; Elgin holding event on accessible streets, sidewalks (chicagotribune.com)
- Commissioners divided over plans to build Hindu temple in Elgin (chicagotribune.com)
- Faithful honor Mexican patroness in Guadalupe horse pilgrimage, but numbers lower after ICE raids (chicagotribune.com)
Algonquin
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