🌱 Patch AM: Celebrate the New Year with MCC's Winter Block Party! and 11 more events

Hey there, McLean! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Shoff Promotions Comic Book, Sports Card and Pokemon Show at Annandale Virginia Fire House Expo Hall 7128 Columbia Pike 22003
• Redeemer Renaissance Preschool Open House & 2026-27 Information Session - 5:30 PM
• McLean School Open House (Kindergarten-Grade 4) at McLean School-Falls Road Campus (Lower School)

... and check out 9 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: I got fired from the M&M factory. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Some sun, then clouds, with a high of 36 and low of 28 degrees.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and breezy, temps: high: 40, low: 26.
• Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 37 and low of 30 degrees.

📸 Around McLean

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🗓 Upcoming Events in McLean

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 3

• Shoff Promotions Comic Book, Sports Card and Pokemon Show
  Annandale Virginia Fire House Expo Hall 7128 Columbia Pike 22003,
  9:30 am

Thursday January 8

• Redeemer Renaissance Preschool Open House & 2026-27 Information Session - 5:30 PM
  1545 Chain Bridge Rd, McLean
  5:30 pm

Saturday January 10

• McLean School Open House (Kindergarten-Grade 4)
  McLean School-Falls Road Campus (Lower School), 11810 Falls Rd, Potomac
  9:00 am
• McLean School Open House (Grades 5-12)
  McLean School-Lochinver Lane Campus (Middle & Upper School), 8224 Lochinver Ln, Potomac
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday January 3

• Celebrate the New Year with MCC's Winter Block Party!
  McLean Community Center , 1234 Ingleside Ave , McLean
  1:00 pm

Sunday January 4

• Sunday Worship Service
  1367 Chain Bridge Rd , McLean
  10:00 am

Thursday January 8

• Heirloom- Silver & Brass Restoration Services: THURSDAYS 10-4
  6830 Elm St, Suite 9, McLean, VA, 22101
  10:00 am
• Heirloom - Silver & Brass Restoration Services: THURSDAYS 10-4
  6830 Elm St, Suite 9, McLean, VA, 22101
  10:00 am
• Heirloom Silver & Brass Restoration Services: THURDSAYS 10-4
  6830 Elm Street Suite 9, McLean Virginia
  10:00 am

Friday January 9

• Snow Days--McLean Art Gallery January Reception
  McLean Art Gallery, Chesterbrook Shopping Center, 6224B Old Dominion Drive, McLean 22101
  5:00 pm

Sunday January 11

• Sunday Worship Service
  1367 Chain Bridge Rd , McLean
  10:00 am
• What Influence Does Reformed Faith Have on the Environment?
  Lewinsville Presbyterian Church , 1724 Chain Bridge Rd , McLean
  7:00 pm

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• Mindsee.it — (646) 663-8317
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• Good Beginnings at Redeemer Renaissance Preschool — (703) 356-3567
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• The Fairfax Christian School — (703) 759-5100
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• McLean Youth Soccer
  Youth Soccer Program for McLean residents
• Dogtopia of Tysons Corner — (475) 338-3501
  Dogtopia – Dog Daycare, Boarding, Spa & Wellness
• Redeemer Renaissance Preschool — (703) 356-3567
  Redeemer Renaissance Preschool 2025-26 Open Enrollment
• The Brooksfield School — (703) 356-5437
  A private school in McLean, VA

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• GPS DOG COLLARS ARE WORTH IT--Too many lost dogs are posted on Next Door.
  Please protect your dogs: https://www.rover.com/blog/reviews/dog-gps-collar/ (Nextdoor Tysons)
• A crash has been cleared on the southbound I-495 express lanes in Fairfax County.
  3:29AM on Jan 1: All southbound travel lanes on I-495S Express Lanes in Fairfax County are closed due to a crash. (Nextdoor )

• Jobs for Humanity posted a job opening for Full Time Retail Merchandising Specialist in Falls Church. Apply here.
• Merry Maids posted a job opening for Part-Time Housekeeper in Vienna. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near McLean here.

🗞 Nearby News

Tysons

• McLean & Tysons Happy Hours: Your Complete Guide (tysonstoday.com)
• Top 5 Things To Do This Weekend January 2 (tysonstoday.com)
• N. Va. officials prepare to make statewide appeal for dedicated transit funding in 2026 (ffxnow.com)

Vienna

• New year brings more America's 250th birthday events to Vienna, Fairfax County (ffxnow.com)

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