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In today's newsletter:

  • Which McLean Community Players shows are up for big 2025 awards?
  • How a McLean mom became one of publishing’s top power players

Also on today's calendar: Brunch with Santa: A Christmas Celebration and 7 more events.

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Today's riddle: What did one magnet say to the other magnet? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: A morning shower; cloudy, with a high of 51 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 51, low: 37.
  • Thursday: Rather cloudy with mist, with a high of 55 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Final Weeks to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards; GALA Leads Favorite Theatre! (broadwayworld.com) — McLean Community Players earn several nominations in BroadwayWorld’s 2025 Washington, DC regional awards, including for their production of Shrek and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Local readers can still vote in many categories through the final weeks of the competition, helping highlight McLean’s homegrown talent on a broader regional stage.
   

• Alliance On The Front Lines: Danielle Coffey And The Fight For Publishers (mediapost.com) — A powerful national publishing advocate, News/Media Alliance CEO Danielle Coffey, happens to live right here in McLean with her family. She’s leading fights over AI, copyright, and media regulation in Washington while helping launch a licensing collective to let even smaller publishers get paid when tech firms use their content.
   

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

  • Dining Igloos at Hilton McLean Tysons Corner
    Reserve your Igloo today.Dine under the stars in your own private, heated igloo Perfect for date nights and group celebrations (up to 6 guests).... (More info)

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • A vehicle fire has been cleared on southbound I-395 at mile marker 7.9 in Arlington County.
    3:15PM on Dec 21: A vehicle fire on southbound I-395 at mile marker 7.9 in Arlington County has no lanes closed. (Nextdoor )
  • A crash has been cleared on the southbound I-495 express lanes in Fairfax County.
    3:05AM on Dec 21: All southbound travel lanes on I-495 South Express Lanes in Fairfax County are closed due to a crash. (Nextdoor )
  • The City of Falls Church Virginia posted a job opening for Maintenance Worker - Recreation and Parks in Falls Church. Apply here.
  • Planet Fitness, Inc. posted a job opening for Overnight Custodian in Falls Church. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near McLean here.

🗞 Nearby News

Tysons

  • Temporary padel courts approved for office parking lot in Tysons (ffxnow.com)
  • This mall Santa still loves his job after 40 years (unionleader.com)

Vienna

  • ‘Trust is a currency of commerce': Maurice Boissiere on leadership, culture, and the courage to be vulnerable (americanbazaaronline.com)

Arlington

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