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🌱 Brunch With Santa! and 11 more events
Also check out Brooke Point Dance & Athletics Holiday Craft Fair on the Southern Gateway Patch calendar

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Coming up on the calendar:
- Brooke Point Dance & Athletics Holiday Craft Fair
- The Spotsylvanians Chorus presents "Christmas Around the World" at Riverbend High School
- Friends of the Library Monthly Book Sale at Howell at England Run Branch Library
... and check out 7 more events on the calendar!
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- Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 43 and low of 27 degrees.
- Friday: Mostly cloudy and cold, temps: high: 36, low: 29.
- Saturday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 47 and low of 30 degrees.
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Southern Gateway
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★ Featured events ★
- Brooke Point Dance & Athletics Holiday Craft Fair
1700 Courthouse Rd, Stafford
9:00 am - The Spotsylvanians Chorus presents "Christmas Around the World"
Riverbend High School, 12301 Spotswood Furnace Rd, Fredericksburg
3:00 pm
Saturday December 13
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Other local events
- Friends of the Library Monthly Book Sale at Howell
England Run Branch Library , 806 Lyons Blvd , Fredericksburg - Mother Goose Time
England Run Branch Library , 806 Lyons Blvd , Fredericksburg
10:00 am - Toddler Time
England Run Branch Library , 806 Lyons Blvd , Fredericksburg
11:00 am - Friends of the Library Monthly Book Sale at Howell
England Run Branch Library , 806 Lyons Blvd , Fredericksburg - PAWS for Reading
England Run Branch Library , 806 Lyons Blvd , Fredericksburg
1:30 pm - Brunch With Santa!
6 Bears & A Goat Brewing Company , 1140 International Pkwy , Fredericksburg
10:00 am - Friends of the Library Monthly Book Sale at Howell: 1/2 Priced Day
England Run Branch Library , 806 Lyons Blvd , Fredericksburg - Red Cross Blood Drive
England Run Branch Library , 806 Lyons Blvd , Fredericksburg
10:00 am
Friday December 12
Saturday December 13
Sunday December 14
Monday December 15
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🗓 Events Nearby
- English Conversation Group
Headquarters Library , 1201 Caroline Street , Fredericksburg
1:00 pm - Friends of the Library Monthly Book Sale at Snow: 1/2 Priced Day
Snow Branch Library , 8740 Courthouse Road , Spotsylvania - Citizenship Preparation Classes
Headquarters Library , 1201 Caroline Street , Fredericksburg
10:00 am - Local Author Signing: THE KIDS IN ROOM 1: The Case of the Missing Substitute by Jaxson Cooper-Welch
Headquarters Library , 1201 Caroline Street , Fredericksburg
10:00 am
Thursday December 11
Friday December 12
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🗞 Nearby News
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