🌱 Patch AM: How Sugar Land Holiday Lights is celebrating Christmas and New Year’s Eve

Good morning Sugar Land! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Sugar Land Holiday Lights is celebrating Christmas and New Year’s Eve
• What a Fed economist just told Sugar Land about 2026 inflation
• How a Triple-A Sugar Land standout helped spark a three-team MLB trade

Today's riddle: What did the balloon say to the doctor? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Fog will lift in the morning, with a high of 80 and low of 65 degrees.
• Monday: Areas of fog in the morning, temps: high: 79, low: 67.
• Tuesday: Clouds and sun, with a high of 83 and low of 64 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Holiday Lights at Constellation Field continues through Jan. 4 (fortbendstar.com) — Sugar Land Holiday Lights at Constellation Field is still glowing nightly through Jan. 4, with special hours and pricing on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Eve. Residents can enjoy Lights and Leashes, Teacher Appreciation Night, photos with Santa through Dec. 23, and an adults-only New Year’s Eve Ball featuring dinner, drinks, and prime views of midnight fireworks.
   

• Fed economist: Inflation to remain 'sticky' in 2026 (fortbendstar.com) — A Federal Reserve economist briefed business and civic leaders in Sugar Land on expectations for 2026, warning that inflation will likely stay in the 2.5–3% range and growth will be modest. He highlighted mixed job prospects for Texas and Houston, lingering softness in construction and services, and policy uncertainty that’s making planning harder for local employers and investors.
   

• Pirates acquire All-Star 2B Brandon Lowe in three-team trade with Rays and Astros (weirtondailytimes.com) — Sugar Land gets a brief spotlight as Astros prospect Jacob Melton is noted for hitting .286 with Triple-A Sugar Land before his call-up to Houston. That performance helped make him a key piece in a three-team trade sending All-Star second baseman Brandon Lowe from the Rays to the Pirates and Melton from the Astros to Tampa Bay.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday December 21

• All About Us: a Guided Hike
  Brazos Bend State Park BrazosBendStatePark Map&Directions
  10:00 am
• SPJST Meetings
  SPJST Lodge 81 , 13609 Violet St , Needville
  12:00 pm
• Spectacular Snakes!
  Brazos Bend State Park BrazosBendStatePark Map&Directions
  2:00 pm
• Houston Urban Nutcracker
  Stafford Centre , 10505 Cash Rd , Stafford
  2:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Gourd'gous Glass Pumpkin Patch
  Glassblowing Houston , 17442 FM 2920 Rd , Tomball
• Yoga Flow M, W, F (50+)
  West University Place Community Building and Senior Center , 6104 Auden Street , West University Place
  8:30 am
• Monday Bridge Open Play (50+)
  West University Place Community Building and Senior Center , 6104 Auden Street , West University Place
  9:30 am
• Water Aerobics M & W with Shavon (50+) - Rec Center
  West University Place Community Building and Senior Center , 4210 Bellaire Blvd. , West University Place
  11:00 am
• Hatha Yoga with Jean (50+) M, W
  West University Place Community Building and Senior Center , 6104 Auden Street , West University Place
  11:00 am
• Mahjong Open Play Mondays (50+)
  West University Place Community Building and Senior Center , 6104 Auden Street , West University Place
  1:00 pm
• Creative Connections: Canvas Free Paint
  Fort Bend County Libraries - Cinco Ranch Branch , 2620 Commercial Center Blvd , Katy
  2:00 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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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I saw this on Facebook.
  I hope you can read it. Sugar Land Animal Services is offering free pet vaccines and Microchips on Jan. 25. (Nextdoor Colony Grant)
• Thank you all for responding so quickly.
  I have the situation under control. Happy Holidays! (Nextdoor Townewest)

• Burlington posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Sugar Land. Apply here.
• Walmart posted a job opening for Meat Cutter and Wrapper in Sugar Land. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sugar Land here.

🗞 Nearby News

Stafford

• 'Proved all the naysayers right': Reaction to Texas A&M's loss to Miami in College Football Playoff (houstonchronicle.com)

Richmond

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-- The Patch AM Team

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