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🌱 How Leavenworth’s Nutcracker Museum became a world-famous quirky treasure
Coming up: Taste of Whisky at Goose Ridge Winery in Leavenworth on the Leavenworth Patch calendar
Good day Leavenworth! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Leavenworth’s Nutcracker Museum became a world-famous quirky treasure
Also on today's calendar: Taste of Whisky at Gooseridge Leavenworth and 5 more events.
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Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Occasional rain and drizzle, with a high of 42 and low of 32 degrees.
- Friday: Sun and areas of low clouds, temps: high: 40, low: 28.
- Saturday: Rain and drizzle in the p.m., with a high of 40 and low of 28 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• News Of The Weird 12/18/25 (inweekly.net) — Leavenworth gets a fun spotlight as a Bavarian-themed tourist draw, featuring the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum and its 101-year-old founder, Arlene Wagner, who’s training a new “Nutcracker Lady.” The rest of this syndicated roundup shares oddball incidents from prisons to quicksand rescues, offering quirky reading well beyond town limits. 
📸 Around Leavenworth
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Leavenworth
★ Featured events ★
- Taste of Whisky at Goose Ridge Winery in Leavenworth
Goose Ridge Estate Winery Leavenworth Tasting Room, 920 Front St B3, Leavenworth
4:00 pm
Friday December 19
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Other local events
- IRMS Choir Concert
Cascade School District Leavenworth, WA 98826
7:00 pm - Taste of Whisky at Gooseridge Leavenworth
Goose Ridge Estate Winery Leavenworth Tasting Room , 920 Front St B3 , Leavenworth
4:00 pm - Girls JV Basketball vs Chelan High School
Cascade High School , 10190 Chumstick Hwy. , Leavenworth
4:15 pm - Boys JV Basketball vs Chelan High School
Cascade High School , 10190 Chumstick Hwy. , Leavenworth
4:15 pm - Boys C-Team Basketball vs Chelan High School - C
Cascade High School , 10190 Chumstick Hwy. , Leavenworth
5:45 pm - Girls Varsity Basketball vs Chelan High School
Cascade High School , 10190 Chumstick Hwy. , Leavenworth
5:45 pm - Boys Varsity Basketball vs Chelan High School
Cascade High School , 10190 Chumstick Hwy. , Leavenworth
7:15 pm
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Coffee & Donuts
Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center , 1312 Maple St , Wenatchee
9:00 am - Leavenworth Benefit Night — Yodelin
Yodelin Broth Company and Beer Garden , 633 Front St #1346 , Leavenworth
12:00 pm - Ukulele Lessons - Senior Strummers
Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center , 1312 Maple St , Wenatchee
12:00 pm - Friendship Bridge - Greeting Cards
Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center , 1312 Maple St , Wenatchee
1:00 pm
Thursday December 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- All clear after gas leak in Wenatchee, Washington.
8:56PM on Dec 16: Shelter in place has been lifted and local traffic has reopened, per local sources. No additional reports of ongoing threats. As a… (Nextdoor ) - Today (December 16), the governor amended the state emergency proclamation to help provide critical emergency support in response to historic flooding across the state.
The governor is directing $3.5 million in emergency funds to assist Washingtonians with relief and recovery. We will announce how flood survivors can… (Nextdoor )
- Spar Group posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Leavenworth. Apply here.
- Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. posted a job opening for Ranger in Leavenworth. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Leavenworth here.
🗞 Nearby News
Wenatchee
- I'm 46, and I Spent $2K to Build a Cottagecore Chicken Coop to Feed My Family of Nine (realtor.com)
- East Wenatchee's Dr. Sue Kane appointed to Washington State Board of Education (ncwbusiness.com)
- Prep basketball scoreboard and what's up this week 12-15-25 (ncwlife.com)
Chelan
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