Morning Update: Santa at Skippack Fire Co. Tonight

What’s Happening Today
• Santa Claus is coming to the Friday, Dec. 16, from 7-9 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 17, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Kids can visit and get their pictures taken with the man in red!
and Masonic Child Identification Program (Masonichip) representatives will also be in attendance. Parents can get individual child identification packages free.
• s Berman Museum of Art will host an exhibit, , through March 25, in Lenfest Gallery. The installation features a selection of images from a collection of more than 300 modern Japanese woodcut, etching and silkscreen prints.
• Pennypacker Mills from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; $2 per person
• Take part in this holiday season at the
• “” at the Gallery, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Check out more events here

Mark Your Calendars
• last Zumba fundraiser of 2011 is going to be held Dec. 19 in the All Purpose Room at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $10 at the door; all new participants have their names entered into a Kindle Raffle. Proceeds benefit the technology fund at South.

Today in History
From History.com
• The Boston Tea Party (1773)
• Battle of the Bulge begins (1944)
• Truman declares state of emergency following Chinese intervention in the Korean War (1950)

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