🌱 Patch AM: Will you trade your library card for Fairfax Station-inspired art?

Good morning Fairfax Station! 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:

• Will you trade your library card for Fairfax Station-inspired art?

Also on today's calendar: Preschool Information Fair.

Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Windy and much colder, with a high of 35 and low of 27 degrees.
• Wednesday: Some sunshine, temps: high: 40, low: 27.
• Thursday: Cloudy, flurries; colder, with a high of 33 and low of 21 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Fairfax County Public Library will offer new card designs in new year (ffxnow.com) — A Fairfax Station resident’s artwork is one of four winning designs that will appear on new Fairfax County Public Library cards available at all branches starting in mid-January. Current cardholders can swap their cards for the new designs for free, but the change will come with a new card number that may affect digital holds and online logins.
   

📸 Around Fairfax Station

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fairfax Station

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Friday January 9

• Preschool Information Fair
  5424 Ox Rd , Fairfax Station
  9:30 am

📣 Fairfax Station Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 30

• Holiday Skate
  Skate N' Fun Zone , 7878 Sudley Rd , Manassas
  12:00 pm
• We Love Birds! Trivia and Games: Bull Run
  Bull Run Library , 8051 Ashton Ave , Manassas
  1:00 pm
• We Love Birds! Trivia and Games
  Bull Run Library - Bull Run Community Room A and B
  1:00 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Take a Scarf, Leave a Scarf
  Lake Ridge Library -
• CANCELLED: Mayor's Agenda Meeting with Staff
  Falls Church, VA Calendar
  8:30 am
• Noon Year Eve's Party
  Haymarket Gainesville Library - Haymarket Gainesville Community Room
  11:30 am
• K-Pop Crafts
  Bull Run Library - Bull Run Community Room A and B
  2:00 pm
• new year's eve 2026
  The Royal Banquet & Event Center , 6355 Rolling Rd , Springfield
  8:00 pm
• Into The Woods with New Year's Eve Party
  Workhouse Arts Center , 9518 Workhouse Wy , Lorton
  8:00 pm

Thursday January 1

• Pars Place Closed
  Iranian-American Community Center , 2236C Gallows Rd , Vienna

Friday January 2

• History Hunters
  Manassas City Library -

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The goats are accepting Christmas trees and Hanukkah bushes again this year at Innisfail Farm!
  Please make sure all ornaments, lights, tinsel, and wire are removed. The rumor that they will eat anything is a filthy lie spread by the man. Trees… (Nextdoor Oakbrook)

• Sweetgreen, Inc. posted a job opening for Fairfax Corner - Core Team Member in Fairfax. Apply here.
• American Eagle posted a job opening for AE - Stock Associate in Fairfax. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fairfax Station here.

🗞 Nearby News

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• Top Contributor Essays of 2025 (theregreview.org)
• The Year's Highs and Lows (richmondmagazine.com)

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• The 20 most affordable cities in Virginia to buy a house (santafenewmexican.com)

Fairfax

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I hear they’re giving him a really tough sentence.
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