🌱 Remember when Valley Cottage lit up Rockefeller Center in 1983?

Good morning Valley Cottage! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Remember when Valley Cottage lit up Rockefeller Center in 1983?

Also on today's calendar: Holidays on the Farm: The 49th Annual Holiday Exhibition and 6 more events.

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Valley Cottage? Post it to Valley Cottage photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

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: Rather cloudy and breezy, with a high of 44 and low of 30 degrees.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 46, low: 41.
• Friday: Windy; rain in the morning, with a high of 55 and low of 27 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Every Rockefeller Center Christmas tree since the 1930s, and where it came from (businessinsider.com subscription) — Valley Cottage earned a festive claim to fame in 1983, when a towering 75-foot Norway spruce from the hamlet became the official Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. This rundown of every tree since the 1930s shows how often Rockland and nearby towns have supplied the iconic holiday centerpiece, including Nanuet, Suffern, Stony Point, and more.
   

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📸 Around Valley Cottage

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Valley Cottage

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday December 17

• Holidays on the Farm: The 49th Annual Holiday Exhibition
  Historical Society of Rockland County, 20 Zukor Rd, New City
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Book: Songs of Summer with Author Jane Rosen
  JCC of Rockland , 450 West Nyack Road , West Nyack
  1:00 pm
• Fall J-Hoops Adult Basketball League
  JCC of Rockland , 450 West Nyack Road , West Nyack
  8:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Adrian Galante Trio
  Jazz On Main , 37 S Moger Ave , Mt Kisco
  7:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Fall Mini All Sorts of Sports
  JCC of Rockland , 450 West Nyack Road , West Nyack
  9:00 am
• The Rob Mathes Holiday Concert
  Purchase College , 735 Anderson Hill Rd , Purchase
  3:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Vacation Days at the J: Outer-Space Day
  JCC of Rockland , 450 West Nyack Road , West Nyack
  8:45 am
• Open Playtime
  Valley Cottage Library , 110 NY-303 , Valley Cottage
  10:00 am
• Masters of American Music: Patsy Cline 
  JCC of Rockland , 450 West Nyack Road , West Nyack
  11:00 am

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📣 Valley Cottage Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Hanukkah Celebration
  JCC of Rockland , 450 West Nyack Road , West Nyack
  1:00 pm
• Town of Clarkstown Chanukah Menorah Lighting
  Congers station park , 32 Burnside Ave , Congers
  5:00 pm
• Hip Hop Academy (Chiku Awali)
  Louis Kurtz Civic Center , 9 N Main St , Spring Valley
  6:00 pm
• Christian Sands
  Jazz At Lincoln Center , 10 Columbus Cir , New York
  7:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Valley Cottage PatchAM possible:

• Creative Arts Workshop - Nyack — (845) 535-9966
  CAW offers year round art-based youth services

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Busy Bees North America posted a job opening for Child Care Lead Teacher in Nyack. Apply here.
• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Pro Customer Service Sales in West Nyack. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Valley Cottage here.

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🗞 Nearby News

West Nyack

• The most wow-worthy Westchester, Rockland lohud food openings of 2025 (lohud.com)

New City

• ICE Arrests Worst of Worst Murderers, Pedophiles, and Drug Traffickers Over the Weekend (einpresswire.com)
• Giants name Garden City's Dave Ettinger Coach of the Year (giants.com)

Nanuet

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-- The Patch AM Team

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