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🌱 Patch AM: Want your kids busy and happy during Winter Break in Springfield?

And check out Art of Living Part 1 Program in the presence of Gurudev on the Springfield Patch calendar

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  • Want your kids busy and happy during Winter Break in Springfield?

Also on today's calendar: Art of Living Part 1 Program in the presence of Gurudev and 1 more event.

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and breezy, with a high of 44 and low of 26 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 44, low: 40.
  • Friday: Becoming windier; a.m. rain, with a high of 55 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Recreation Department Offering Winter Break Camps at Chisholm (springfieldpatriot.com) — Families in Springfield can sign up now for Winter Break camps at the Chisholm Community Center on South Springfield Avenue, including a three-day Kiddies Kaleidoscope mini-camp and a Sweet Samantha cupcake decorating workshop. Programs span December 23 through early January, with detailed times, ages, and registration links provided so parents can quickly reserve a spot.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Wednesday December 17
  • Creative Hands
    Millburn Township, NJ Calendar , 100 Main Street , Millburn
    10:00 am
  • Splash into Fitness
    Union Township, NJ Calendar , Five Point YMCA Branch 201 Tucker Ave. , Union
    10:00 am
  • Rodda: Masterwork rehearsal with orchestra***
    Chatham United Methodist Church , 460 Main Street , Chatham
    2:00 pm
  • Wrestling: JV vs. Linden (Home)
    Westfield High School , 550 Dorian Road , Westfield
    5:00 pm
  • Wrestling: Varsity vs. Linden (Home)
    Westfield High School , 550 Dorian Road , Westfield
    6:00 pm
  • Kapers - Gym
    McKinley Elementary School , 500 First St , Westfield
    6:00 pm
  • Grace Wilday Junior High School Winter Concert - 6PM
    Grace Wilday Junior High School , 400 Brooklawn Ave , Roselle
    6:00 pm
  • KMS Winter Concert
    Township of Union School District Union, NJ 07083
    6:30 pm
  • Ice Hockey: Boys Varsity vs. Cranford (Home)
    Westfield High School , 550 Dorian Road , Westfield
    6:35 pm
  • SOMS Winter Chorus Concert
    Seth Boyden Elementary School , 274 Boyden Avenue , Maplewood
    6:55 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Summit

  • Summit Council To Recognize Members, Hear Mayor's Address In January (patch.com)
  • Local Restaurant Gives Back To Community: Best Of 2025 In Summit (patch.com)
  • Mini Sticks Tourney Raises Money for Kids Lacrosse Africa (tapinto.net)

Union

  • Brittany Vogel Art Unveils 2025 Holiday Gift Guide Featuring Joyful, Empowering Art Gifts for Every Budget! (tapinto.net)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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