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2019 – December Monthly Happenings Newsletter PINNACLE LIVING December 2019 Celebrating 5000 Fairbanks Ave. Alex. Va. 22311 December 703-797-3800 * Fax 703-820-1816 Spiritual Literacy Sunday 1st Month HAPPY BIRTHDAY Wednesday December 18th residents who Tuesday 3rd celebrate their birthday in December, can Wakefield Chorale Bingo Month enjoy a luncheon in the Private Dining Room at Thursday 5th 12:00 noon. Residents who celebrate their Josh Urban Radio Classic Antarctica Day birthday can bring a guest to enjoy this December 1 moment with them. Saturday 7th Cara Tanstrom Music Program Cookie Day Bonnie Cockrell 3 Margaret Nelson 5 December 4 Mildred Marino 8 Robert Glass 11 th Sunday 8 Della Souders 11 Judith Loth 12 Bill Guey Holiday Project St. Nicholas Day Sallie Holden 14 Mark Oppenheimer 15 Eudora Performing Arts December 6 Pauline Jernberg 17 Raymond Saunders 17 Tuesday 10th Joan Callahan 18 Joan Murphy 18 Joseph Johnson 19 Margarita DeRivero 21 Holiday Cheers w/Barbara/Cindy Poinsettia Day Bassoon & Flute duet December 12 John Leeper 22 Paul Albaugh 26 Ada Nelson 27 Joan Maurer 29 Saturday 14 Carol Bullock 29 Mary Elaine Green 30 Winter Solstice T J Stars/Alexandria Citizens Band December 21 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Advent Christmas th Sunday 15 Hanukkah Resident Christmas Party Post Modern Jazz Trio December 22–30 Friday December 14th join us for th Hermitage Annual Resident Christmas Wednesday 18 Christmas Party in the Dining room, from 5-7 pm. Colonial Recorders December 25 Resident can invite their loved ones, Thursday 19th family or friends for this occasion. If New Horizon Band you do have guests that are interested in attending they can sign up in the Saturday 21st guest list at the Reception desk. Thank Monei Love Peterson & Friends you!!!!!!!!! Sunday 22nd Singer Charlie Lopez NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION Wednesday December 31st join singer Monday 23rd Elvis E. at 6:00 pm in the Lobby for his Holiday Appreciation w/Victor rendition of a New Year’s to remember. Elvis E. does a remarkable Sunday 29th impersonation of Elvis Presley. Loye’s New Year’s Program December Presentations Chaplain Kathy Howell Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more December 9th- Karen Walking Eagle blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20:35 “I’m going to get this for Cindy for Christmas, it is so neat!” I said as I December 16th –Cindy Courville grabbed a toy “Slinky” off the shelf and began to play with it while Impact on Google in our lives singing the jingle from the television commercial, “It's Slinky, it's Slinky, for fun it's a wonderful toy, it’s Slinky, it's Slinky, it’s fun for a th- December 30 Jerry Grossman girl and a boy. Everyone wants a Slinky; you ought to get a Slinky.” Nixon and Kennedy debate I held one of the ends of the Slinky on the palm of each hand and watched with fascination with the Slinky and watched with STRAWBERRY PATCH If you would like to volunteer at the fascination as the metal coils magically moved back and forth from Strawberry Patch thrift store, please contact one hand to the other. Mary King at 703-797-3880 or EdDee, at I was 5 years old, and it was just a week before Christmas. Bill, age 571-216-9028. We are open Wednesday, 13, and I were at Woolworth’s. It was Bill’s job to help me with my Friday and Saturday from 10-2 pm. One Christmas shopping. hundred percent of their proceeds goes “Kathy, I think you’re the one who wants that. Are you sure you don’t back into the Hermitage and the Samaritan want to get a Slinky for Cindy so you can play with it.” said Bill, who Fund. is 8 years older than I am, was my shopping partner. “I’m only thinking of Cindy. She would like it, I know.” I said. CANDY GRAM DELIVERY “Kathy… be honest.” Bill replied. Friday December 13th, we will begin “Well… Okay. I’ll put it back.” I said reluctantly “Come on, Kathy, Cindy is 15 years old. She’s too old for toys. our 12 days of Christmas Candy Gram “Okay” I said as I reluctantly reached up and put the Slinky back on delivery. The Candy Grams and mailbox the counter. I knew Bill was right. “But what can I get her?” will be located in the Lobby. Residents Bill got down on one knee and looked me in the eyes. “Kathy, giving a can send it to any resident they choose. Christmas gift isn’t about getting someone something you like, it’s Place it in the mailbox provided and an about thinking about that person and getting them something they Activity team member will deliver. like.” We kept shopping and I ended up getting a little mirror that would fit CHRISTMAS CAROLING in her purse because Cindy had just started wearing lipstick. I was so Monday December 2nd join us for hot thrilled on Christmas Day when Cindy opened the present and told cocoa and cider as we decorate the me hold much she liked it. But I was even more pleased for the next Christmas tree and sing Christmas few years every time I saw Cindy pull the mirror out of her purse and carols in the Lobby. use it. I never forgot the words Bill spoke to me that day. I’m sure that even LUNCH BUNCH by age 5, I had been told that it was better to give than to receive dozens of times. But this was the first time that I remember really Wednesday December 18th the bus understanding what that means. leaves at 11:00 am for a Lunch Bunch trip As the Christmas season unfolds this year may we all experience the to Olive Garden Restaurant. Please sign joy of giving. May we all give of ourselves in a way that is a blessing up in the trip folder at the Reception desk. to others. May you each have a joyous and merry Christmas and the Happiest of New Years. FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS th Saturday December 28 the bus leaves at 6:00 pm for our Annual Festival of Advent Christmas Music Program Lights trip to Bull Run Park. Its 2.5 mile drive-through displays a variety of lights. th Saturday December 14 at 6:00 pm in You can enjoy the holiday and the Auditorium, join us for an Advent fairytale vignettes that are sure to Christmas Program with Arlington entertain you. While most of the displays Forest UMC Orchestra, directed by repe at year-to-year, there are usually Randy Sharp and Musicfest Orchestra new scenes to enjoy, and seeing old directed by Dr. Tina Anderson. favorites is part of the fun. MONTHLY MOVIES The Christmas Chronicles Sunday December 1st – Four Christmases: When their Wednesday December 25th plans for an exotic vacation fall apart, unmarried couple Brad Christmas Day, join us at 3:30 pm and Kate must spend Christmas Day trudging around to a in the Lobby for the 2018 movie quartet of family get-togethers. While Brad counts the hours “the Christmas Chronicles.” till he can escape the onslaught of crazy relatives, Kate begins Siblings Kate and Teddy Pierce to wonder about her own choices and ponders whether her hatch a scheme to capture Santa Claus on family members are so crazy after all. Christmas Eve. When the plan goes awry, Wednesday December 4th -Christmas Inheritance: Before the kids join forces with a somewhat jolly ambitious heiress Ellen Langford can inherit her father's Saint Nick and his loyal elves to save the business, she must deliver a special Christmas card to her holiday before it's too late. dad's former partner in Snow Falls. When a snowstorm strands her at the town inn, she discovers the true gift of FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES Christmas. Sunday December 8th - A Christmas Prince: Christmas Friday December 6th –The Holiday comes early for an aspiring young journalist when she's Calendar: A photographer inherits an sent abroad to get the scoop on a dashing prince who's antique Advent calendar that seems to poised to be king. predict her future -- including a budding th Wednesday December 11 – A Christmas Prince-The romance. Royal Wedding: A year after Amber helped Richard secure Friday December 13th – Last Christmas: the crown, the two are set to tie the knot in a royal Christmas Nothing seems to go right for young Kate, wedding - but their plans are jeopardized when Amber finds a frustrated Londoner who works as an elf herself second-guessing whether or not she's cut out to be in a year-round Christmas shop. But things queen. soon take a turn for the better when she Sunday December 15th –Miracle on 34th Street: In this meets Tom -- a handsome charmer who Christmas classic, an old man going by the name of Kris seems too good to be true. Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) fills in for an intoxicated Santa in Friday December 20th – Holiday in the Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day parade. Kringle proves to be Wild: After her husband ends their such a hit that he is soon appearing regularly at the chain's marriage, Kate embarks on a solo second main store in midtown Manhattan. honeymoon in Africa. There, she and Wednesday December 18th - The Holiday: Dumped and Derek, a pilot, rescue a baby elephant. depressed, English rose Iris agrees to swap homes with While nursing the elephant back to health, similarly unlucky in love Californian Amanda for a much- Kate discovers how much she loves her needed break.
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