🌱 Patch AM: Craft and Story time with Ganeya Gajaram and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Secret Santa's For Holiday Blessing at Amazon Wishlist
• McLean Winter Estate: Jewels, Holiday Decor, Furniture, Arts & Rugs Online Auction
• Holiday Flea Market - Arts & Crafts Fair

... and check out 8 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 53 and low of 45 degrees.
• Friday: Increasingly windy, temps: high: 62, low: 25.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and cooler, with a high of 45 and low of 36 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Del Ray

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Secret Santa's For Holiday Blessing
  Amazon Wishlist,
  8:00 am
• McLean Winter Estate: Jewels, Holiday Decor, Furniture, Arts & Rugs Online Auction
  McLean
  6:30 pm

Saturday December 20

• Holiday Flea Market - Arts & Crafts Fair
  8717 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria
  8:00 am
• Frosty Fun Workshop on December 20th!
  Mount Vernon Community School, 2601 Commonwealth Ave, Alexandria
  8:30 am
• Christ mas Toy Giveaway
  7929 Richmond Hwy, Alexandria
  10:00 am

Monday December 22

• The Holiday Project
  Cherrydale Health & Rehabilitation Center, 3710 Langston Blvd., Arlington
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 20

• Craft and Story time with Ganeya Gajaram
  2200 Mt Vernon Ave , Alexandria
  11:30 am
• A Christmas Book Reading and Craft Day
  The Company of Books , 2200 Mt Vernon Ave , Alexandria
  11:30 am

Sunday December 21

• Gallery Painting Sun December 21 @ 6:00 - 9:00 pm; Dec 22 & 23, 1-8 pm
  Del Ray Artisans , 2704 Mt Vernon Ave , Alexandria
  9:00 am

Sunday December 28

• Time to Read-In Person
  St. Elmo's Coffee Pub , 2300 Mt Vernon Ave , Alexandria
  10:00 am

Wednesday December 31

• Game Night: NYE Edition!
  2200 Mt Vernon Ave , Alexandria
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Arts and Humanities Council of Falls Church Meeting
  Falls Church, VA Calendar
  9:30 am
• Cuentos para niĂąos / Stories for Children at SH
  Westover Library Campbell Room, Shirlington Library
  10:30 am
• Family Storytime at Glencarlyn
  Westover Library Glencarlyn Library
  10:30 am
• English Conversation at Courthouse
  Westover Library Azalea Conference Room, Courthouse Library
  10:30 am
• Tunes and Tales Storytime at Westover
  Westover Library Children's Area ,
  10:30 am
• Family Storytime at Aurora Hills
  Westover Library Eads Room, Aurora Hills Library
  10:30 am
• Line dancing 101
  Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room
  11:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Alexandria

• AWFG Donates $13,922 to Volunteer Alexandria for Toys4ALX (thezebra.org)
• Alexandria anime convention ‘PatCon' opens vendor applications for February celebration (alxnow.com)
• New Coffee Table Book Looks Inside Old Town Alexandria's Most Beautiful Historic Homes (thezebra.org)

Vienna

• What's Open, Closed For Christmas 2025 In Vienna (patch.com)
• Vienna Family Medicine Returns To Independent Ownership (patch.com)

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