🌱 Patch AM: Christmas Eve Candlelight Service and 10 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
• Kids Winter Break Art Camp at Art Studio 27 LLC
• FP-Schools Out Camp (December 30) - University Place, WA 2025

... and check out 2 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: I used to work in a doughnut shop. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A bit of rain, with a high of 50 and low of 37 degrees.
• Thursday: A shower in the afternoon, temps: high: 44, low: 36.
• Friday: Clouds and sun with a shower, with a high of 45 and low of 35 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in University Place

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 26

• TACOMA - TACOMA COMEDY CLUB 6th Ave - CHEERS WITH QUEERS BRUNCH SHOWCASE — RICH SNYDER
  Tacoma Comedy Club - 6th and Proctor, 3829 6th Ave, Tacoma
  2:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday December 24

• Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
  3912 Grandview Dr W , University Place
  7:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Kids Winter Break Art Camp
  Art Studio 27 LLC , 7810 27th St W , University Place
  10:00 am

Tuesday December 30

• FP-Schools Out Camp (December 30) - University Place, WA 2025
  9850 64th St W , University Place
  5:00 pm

Monday January 5

• Geiger Building Tour for Prospective Families
  Geiger Montessori , 7401 South 8th Street , Tacoma
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 24

• Gig Harbor Lions Club 4th Wednesday Meeting
  Harbor Place at Cottesmore , 1016 29th St NW , Gig Harbor
  5:30 pm
• Open Mic Night at O’Looney’s
  O'Looney's Irish Pub · Gig Harbor , WA , Fircrest
  7:00 pm
• Festival of New Voices 2025 – Lakewood Playhouse
  Lakewood Playhouse , 5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd SW , Lakewood
  7:30 pm

Thursday December 25

• Open Mic Night at Kimball Coffeehouse
  Kimball Coffeehouse , 6659 Kimball Dr a102 , Gig Harbor
  5:30 pm
• Trek Gig Harbor – Thursday Night Gravel Ride
  Trek Bicycle Gig Harbor , 6820 Kimball Dr b1 , Gig Harbor
  6:20 pm
• Billy The Pockets Blues Jam Party
  Dawson's Bar & Grill · Tacoma , WA , Fircrest
  7:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Social Work Support with Samie
  Tacoma Public Library- Main Branch , 1102 Tacoma Avenue South , Tacoma
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• GoProHandyman
  Service for all your home care needs. 206.255.7269 (Nextdoor University Place East)

• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Shift Manager - Full Time in University Place. Apply here.
• ServiceMaster Clean posted a job opening for Full Time Commercial Cleaner in University Place. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near University Place here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lakewood

• Western Washington hospital is one of best in US at treating kids. Here's why (thenewstribune.com)
• 11 dishes, drinks and moments that kept TNT Diner going in 2025 (thenewstribune.com)
• 26 fun events around Puget Sound to ring in 2026 (seattlerefined.com)

Tacoma

• Pioneering investor and Tacoma legend remembered for ‘extraordinary impact' (thenewstribune.com)
• Why Homelessness Dominated Public Comment and What the Council Approved at Its Final Meeting of the Year (tacomaweekly.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I got tired of the hole business.
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