🌱 A Banner Elk Christmas and 10 more events

Hi there, Banner Elk! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• A Banner Elk Christmas
• Gary McCullough at Banner Elk Winery

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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: Considerable cloudiness, with a high of 46 and low of 34 degrees.
• Thursday: Cloudy; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 49, low: 30.
• Friday: Very windy; colder, with a high of 34 and low of 23 degrees.

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📸 Around Banner Elk

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Banner Elk

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• The Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs
  Kettell Beerworks, 567 Main St E, Banner Elk
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday December 19

• A Banner Elk Christmas
  Historic Banner Elk School , 185 Azalea Cir SE , Banner Elk
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 27

• Gary McCullough
  Banner Elk Winery , 60 Deer Run , Banner Elk
  1:00 pm

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📣 Banner Elk Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Book Club @ WW Branch Library
  Western Watauga County Library , 1085 Old US Hwy 421 , Sugar Grove
  2:30 pm
• Carolina Comedy Magic Parlor
  Mysterium Escape Adventure , 737 W King St , Boone
  7:00 pm

Thursday December 18

• Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show, Hunter-Jumper I Divisions
  Broyhill Equestrian Preserve , 1500 Laurel Ln , Blowing Rock
  9:00 am
• Fly Tying Night — The Speckled Trout Outfitters
  The Speckled Trout Outfitters , 916 Main St , Blowing Rock
  5:30 pm
• Maiscéu — The Beacon
  The Beacon Restaurant , 125 Graduate Lane , NC-105 S , Boone
  6:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Centerpiece Jazz Christmas
  Lost Province Downtown Brewpub , 130 N Depot St , Boone
  6:00 pm
• A Christmas Carol by Candlelight
  Appalachian Theatre of the High Country , 559 W King St , Boone
  6:30 pm
• The Carolina Comedy Magic Parlor
  Mysterium Escape Adventure , 737 W King St , Boone
  6:30 pm
• Big Al’s Parkway Pub
  Big Al’s Parkway Pub , 1600 Jonas Ridge Hwy , Newland
  7:00 pm

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• Inland Empire Construction and Roofing Llc — (828) 457-5420
  WE MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hilton Grand Vacations posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Banner Elk. Apply here.
• Food Lion posted a job opening for PT Customer Service Leader in Banner Elk. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Banner Elk here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Newland

• Dear Santa: Local children send letters to the North Pole (averyjournal.com)
• NCDOT staff participate in explosive technical training in Avery (averyjournal.com)
• Watauga, Avery Obituaries – December 16th, 2025 (hcpress.com)

Boone

• Boone, Beech Mountain receive $1.7 million for infrastructure repair projects (wataugademocrat.com)
• Boone Town Council members take oath of office (wataugademocrat.com)
• Pioneer grapplers squeak past Forbush in home opener (wataugademocrat.com)

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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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