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  • How one West Des Moines family turns grief into a Christmas tradition

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

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Fog will lift in the morning, with a high of 49 and low of 36 degrees.
  • Saturday: Areas of fog in the morning, temps: high: 58, low: 34.
  • Sunday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 37 and low of 11 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

📰 News we're reading

• Parents of 7-year-old keep her legacy alive with holiday book giveaway (desmoinesregister.com subscription) — A West Des Moines family is keeping the memory of 7-year-old Abby Clingan alive by gifting “The Giving Tree” each Christmas to one Sacred Heart kindergarten student, including this year’s recipient, Theo Techau. The tradition, rooted in Abby’s love for the book and her family’s grief after her death in 1998, has quietly touched parents and children for nearly three decades.
   

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  • 🕯️✨ On Christmas Eve, a single flame carries centuries of meaning — hope, memory, connection, and the light of Christ entering the world.
    Today’s Frost & Firelight reflects on why we lift candles and what their glow still whispers to us. #FrostandFirelight #ChristmasEve #LightOfTheWorld… (Nextdoor Olde English Village)
  • Anyone know of a person who can service my garbage disposal.
    It is not working! I pushed the reset button but still not working. I don't have the proper wrench to use with it either. Thanks ! (Nextdoor Valley West)
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