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🌱 Patch AM: How To Recycle Christmas Trees In McLean After 2025 Holidays
You won't want to miss Shoff Promotions Comic Book, Sports Card and Pokemon Show on the McLean Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- Know when and where to recycle your McLean Christmas tree
- Why a McLean church is rallying for two detained sisters
Also on today's calendar: Shoff Promotions Comic Book, Sports Card and Pokemon Show and 9 more events.
Find out what's happening in McLeanfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Today's riddle: The world champion tongue twister just got arrested! 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in McLeanfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Tuesday: Very windy; much colder, with a high of 35 and low of 27 degrees.
- Wednesday: Some sunshine, temps: high: 41, low: 28.
- Thursday: Cloudy, flurries; colder, with a high of 31 and low of 23 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• How To Recycle Christmas Trees In McLean After 2025 Holidays (patch.com) — McLean households ready to take down their live Christmas trees after the 2025 holidays can use Fairfax County’s curbside collection for recycling between Jan. 5 and 16, 2026. Residents in McLean can also haul trees to the I-66 Transfer Station or I-95 Landfill Complex for a fee, after removing all decorations and stands, or check with private haulers and HOAs for pickup details. 
• Priest says sisters slated for deportation are Christians who could face persecution by Iran (anabaptistworld.org) — A pair of Iranian sisters worshipping at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in McLean now face possible deportation, alarming their pastor and fellow congregants. The women, baptized there in 2022, say they sought asylum to safely practice Christianity and could face severe persecution if returned to Iran, while their lawyer challenges the government’s claim that they’re in the U.S. illegally.
📸 Around McLean
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🗓 Upcoming Events in McLean
★ Featured events ★
- Shoff Promotions Comic Book, Sports Card and Pokemon Show
Annandale Virginia Fire House Expo Hall 7128 Columbia Pike 22003,
9:30 am - 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
Saturday January 3
Saturday January 10
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Other local events
- Falls Church Farmers Market
City Hall Parking Lot , 300 Park Ave. , Falls Church
8:00 am - Celebrate the New Year with MCC's Winter Block Party!
McLean Community Center , 1234 Ingleside Ave , McLean
1:00 pm - Sunday Worship Service
1367 Chain Bridge Rd , McLean
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: 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 - Redeemer Renaissance Preschool Open House & 2026-27 Information Session - 5:30 PM
1545 Chain Bridge Rd , McLean
5:30 pm - 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
7:21 pm
Saturday January 3
Sunday January 4
Thursday January 8
Sunday January 11
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Youth Soccer Program for McLean residents - Grapevine Vows — (703) 810-7511
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💬 Chatter
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- Wendy's posted a job opening for Restaurant General Manager in Falls Church. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Tysons
- Tanishq Opens New Stores in Florida, Virginia (nationaljeweler.com)
- Family Fun in the New Year: Jan. 2-4 (washingtonfamily.com)
- Fairfax County board paves way for housing to replace Fair Oaks-area office buildings (ffxnow.com)
Vienna
- Wendy's to close longstanding Vienna restaurant today (ffxnow.com)
Arlington
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