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  • See how a Derby Road home became a Christmas movie legend

Also on today's calendar: Pierogi Party and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 76 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 71, low: 55.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 58 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Batman lived here? 11 Long Island homes made famous by Hollywood (greaterlongisland.com) — A Port Washington house on Derby Road, featured as Susan's dream home in the 1947 classic "Miracle on 34th Street," is spotlighted among Long Island residences made famous by movies and TV. The piece also notes other nearby filming locations, including additional scenes from "Meet the Parents" shot around Port Washington, underscoring the area's quiet star power in Hollywood history.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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