🎄 Holiday dance card

Welcome to December Dec After Black Friday and Small Business Saturday in the modern day is Cyber Monday with a host of online sales Adobe Analytics noted that U S consumers spent a record billion online on Black Friday up from last year while in-store traffic fell Scattered showers and a high of in the current era Atlanta Constituents Schools will host a final area meeting on its consolidation and redistricting plan Dec at p m at Herman J Russell West End Academy DeKalb Police are warning about an uptick in package thefts from porches in the Tucker area Clean air advocates say unchecked advancement in Georgia s records center industry could harm inhabitants soundness Out On Film is screening Chocolate Babies tonight at p m at Midtown Art Cinema followed by a discussion to mark World AIDS Day Atlanta s Center for Puppetry Arts will receive a -foot Kermit the Frog statue from The Jim Henson Company No Georgia will face No Alabama in the SEC Championship Tournament on Sat Dec After going - last year Kennesaw State will play in the Conference USA Championship Event after upsetting Liberty - in double overtime The Jets hit a last-second -yard field goal to beat the Falcons - ELSEWHERE A -car pileup in Indiana and a plane sliding off an Iowa runway highlighted progress chaos Sunday as a winter storm dumped over a foot of snow across the Midwest More snow is expected currently Rage bait is the Oxford University Press word of the year reflecting the rise in manipulative online content designed to provoke anger and drive engagement Here s what s in in current times s newsletter Holiday Fun Guide Reader survey Global HeadlinesAND Look Listen Have a great week This down-to-the-studs -square-foot Morningside renovation includes a chef s kitchen with a large island a main-level primary suite two en suite bedrooms and a finished terrace level with a media room and an office The home is listed for million with Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby s International Realty SPONSOR MESSAGE Photo courtesy of Atlanta Ballet Holiday Fun Guide Make merry around the Metro with these festive events December is here which means festive theatre music and celebrations are happening all month long From traditions like the Atlanta Ballet s The Nutcracker and the Alliance Theatre s A Christmas Carol to Voices of Note concerts and Winterfest in Virginia-Highland there s something for everyone this season See our holiday guide here Celebrate the Holidays with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra SPONSORED BY ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra warmly invites you to enjoy the holidays this December with festive concerts presented by The Coca-Cola Company Revel in the ecstasy of Christmas with the ASO from Dec - featuring beloved carols and hymns that celebrate the season On Dec and be uplifted by Handel s Messiah highlighted by the powerful Hallelujah Chorus and performed by world-class soloists Ultimately celebrate the spirit of the holidays from around the world in Sounds of the Season with orchestral favorites like Tchaikovsky s The Nutcracker and A Holly and Jolly Sing Along Dec Visit our website for tickets and information Help shape the future of Rough Draft We d love your input Take our quick annual reader survey and help us keep Rough Draft valuable for readers and the local businesses who sponsorship us It takes less than two minutes and your feedback directly shapes how we keep growing in the coming years Take the survey here Deadly weather hits Southeast Asia Witkoff to Moscow Early results from the Honduran presidential electoral process show conservative Nasry Asfura narrowly leading Late last week Trump revealed he would pardon imprisoned former President Juan Orlando Hern ndez The Trump administration halted all asylum decisions after an Afghan national who worked with the CIA was charged in a shooting that killed a National Guard member in Washington Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu petitioned President Isaac Herzog to pardon him on charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust U S special envoy Steve Witkoff heads to Moscow in the current era to meet President Vladimir Putin following weekend talks in Miami that President Donald Trump called promising for reaching a Ukraine peace deal Lawmakers from both parties warned U S Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may have committed war crimes after reports he ordered strikes to kill survivors of latest boat attacks in international waters Weather disasters across Southeast Asia have killed nearly people with Indonesia Thailand and Sri Lanka reporting hundreds of deaths from cyclone-induced floods and landslides Former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro was ordered to begin a -year jail sentence for plotting a coup after losing the electoral contest A gold pocket watch recovered from Macy s co-owner Isidor Straus who died on the Titanic sold for a record million at a London auction Want to learn more about international affairs and U S foreign strategy Subscribe to the World Affairs Council of Atlanta s weekly newsletter for upcoming events This down-to-the-studs -square-foot Morningside renovation includes a chef s kitchen with a large island a main-level primary suite two en suite bedrooms and a finished terrace level with a media room and an office The home is listed for million with Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby s International Realty SPONSOR MESSAGE Holiday listening Rough Draft co-editor Collin Kelley has assembled five of his favorite holiday albums to kick off December You won t find Mariah Carey on the list but there s plenty of pop jazz and a collection of funny tales The first installment of A Very Special Christmas series from remains the best with s superstars like Madonna U Whitney Houston Eurythmics and Stevie Nicks melodizing Christmas carols Words for Snow by Kate Bush isn t a holiday album but it will put you in a wintry mood with tales of a ghost haunting Lake Tahoe a torrid affair with a snowman and Stephen Fry narrating the title tune The Vince Guaraldi Trio s hip and jazzy soundtrack for the classic A Charlie Brown Christmas remains as essential listening every season David Sedaris reads his collection of short stories Holidays on Ice with an assist from his sister Amy and Ann Magnuson including the tale of working as an elf at Macy s in New York If Ella Fitzgerald s album Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas doesn t put you in the mood check your pulse Jingle Bells White Christmas and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer are just chosen of the classics on the track list This down-to-the-studs -square-foot Morningside renovation includes a chef s kitchen with a large island a main-level primary suite two en suite bedrooms and a finished terrace level with a media room and an office The home is listed for million with Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby s International Realty SPONSOR MESSAGE Don t miss News Word Atlanta our daily word meeting Connect with us on Bluesky Please don t forget to take our reader survey here Have a friend or colleague who would enjoy getting this newsletter Forward them this link to subscribe The post Holiday dance card appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta