{"id":40669,"date":"2025-12-18T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=40669"},"modified":"2025-12-18T04:29:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T09:29:56","slug":"5-things-you-need-to-know-for-december-18-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2025\/12\/5-things-you-need-to-know-for-december-18-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things You Need To Know For December 18, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 18th is the 352nd day of the year. There are 13 days remaining until the end of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

\n\n\"\"Tonight is Trivia Night at Sons of Kent<\/a> in support of Rise House International<\/a>.\n\nCost is $20 per person at the door. Trivia begins at 7p.m. with some awesome prizes to be won.\n\n
\n\n\"\"Grab some skates and get the family out for some FREE Public Skating this weekend and over the holidays.\n\nFriday, December 19<\/b>\nKen Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre, 3:30 – 5 p.m.\nChatham Erickson Arena Public Skating, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.\n\nSaturday, December 20<\/b>\nBothwell Arena Public Skating, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.\nBlenheim Arena Public Skating, 7:30 – 9 p.m.\n\nSunday, December 21<\/b>\nRidgetown Arena, 12 – 1:30 p.m.\nKen Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre, 1 – 2:30 p.m.\nThames Campus, 1 – 2:30 p.m.\nTilbury Arena, 1 – 2:30 p.m.\nWallaceburg Arena, 2 – 3:30 p.m.\nWheatley Arena, 2 – 3:30 p.m.\n\nMonday, December 22<\/b>\nKen Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre, 11 – 12:30 p.m.\nWheatley Arena, 1 – 2 p.m.\nChatham Erickson Arena Public Skating, 2 – 3:30 p.m.\nRidgetown Arena, 3 – 4:30 p.m.\n\nTuesday, December 23<\/b>\nThames Campus, 11:30 – 1 p.m.\nRidgetown Arena, 1 – 2:30 p.m.\nBlenheim Arena Public Skating, 1:30 – 3 p.m.\nBothwell Arena Public Skating, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.\n\nClick here for more information on the ice skating programs.<\/a>\n\n
\n\n\"\"What are you doing Friday, May15th??\n\nThe Chatham-Kent Barnstormers<\/a> have announced their home opener for the 2026 Canadian Baseball League<\/a> season. The Barnstormers will open at Fergie Jenkins Field on May 15th, hosting the Guelph Royals.\n\nCBL teams will play a 48-game schedule this season \u2014 split evenly with 24 home and 24 road games. The full league schedule will be released Monday at 10 a.m.\n\n
\n\n\"\"\"\"NORAD<\/a> is tracking Santa again this Christmas for the 70th year.\n\nThe military-run, all-volunteer tracking operation launched its NORAD Tracks Santa website, noradsanta.org<\/a> on December 1st. The website features Santa\u2019s North Pole Village, including a countdown until Santa\u2019s annual December 24th journey, plus games, a movie theater, holiday music, a web store and more. The website is available in nine languages.\n\nOn Christmas Eve trackers worldwide can call 1-877-HI-NORAD for real-time updates on Santa\u2019s location from live operators.\n\nParents can also download the official NORAD Tracks Santa smartphone app, available on the Apple App<\/a> and Google Play stores<\/a>.\n\n
\n\n\"\"Good news for kids mailing letters to Santa \u2014 Canada Post<\/a> confirms children who sent letters to the North Pole will get a reply.\n\nA month-long strike by more than 55,000 postal workers last year meant Old Saint Nick couldn’t respond to letters, but kids were assured he would read each one.\n\nMore than a million letters are sent to Santa each year, and as long as they were addressed to Santa Claus, H0H0H0, Canada, and mailed by early December 8th, replies will be delivered \u2014 just in time for Christmas.\n\n
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