{"id":9568,"date":"2019-12-20T05:55:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T10:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=9568"},"modified":"2019-12-20T05:21:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T10:21:47","slug":"december-20-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2019\/12\/december-20-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"December 20, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>December 20th is the 354th day of the year. There are 11 days remaining until the end of the year.<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-54690\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/ef794108-cksy_5_things_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"46\" height=\"90\" \/>The Armoury Christmas Market continues tonight and tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9583 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/12\/978d98a1-homefortheholidays_logo-750x511.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"88\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/12\/978d98a1-homefortheholidays_logo-750x511.png 750w, https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/12\/978d98a1-homefortheholidays_logo-750x511-695x474.png 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 88px) 100vw, 88px\" \/>A world class projection light show will debut tonight at 7 featuring Santa Claus. Come back Saturday at 7 to see it again. You won&#8217;t be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the armouries the market is open all weekend. $5 to get in today, $10 on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Stop by Saturday and chill out at the Fleece and Frost Cocktail Lounge, tickets are $20 and benefit the Children&#8217;s Treatment Centre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/812255932563366\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out the link for more information.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v5.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michaeljgibbons\/videos\/10159225002375550\/\" data-width=\"900\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michaeljgibbons\/videos\/10159225002375550\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michaeljgibbons\/videos\/10159225002375550\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s definitely coming along&#8230;going to be a great show!!<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/michaeljgibbons\">Michael Gibbons<\/a> on Thursday, December 19, 2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-406 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/fd341b29-cksy_5_things_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"59\" height=\"74\" \/>It\u2019s Holiday Movie Night at the Capitol!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9362 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/12\/f247b556-chathamcapitol-logo_red.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"40\" \/>Come by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chathamcapitoltheatre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chatham Capitol Theatre<\/a> tonight at 6 to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0319343\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elf<\/a> and come back at 8 to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0097958\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas Vacation<\/a> on the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>Free admission. Everyone is welcome. Concessions are available.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s another holiday movie on Sunday &#8211; come and see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0116705\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jingle All the Way<\/a> at 2. Free admission, thanks to an anonymous sponsor!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54692 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3acb2f67-cksy_5_things_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"90\" \/>The Friday before Christmas is the busiest travel day of the year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2477 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/12\/746e4da2-toronto-pearson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"54\" height=\"40\" \/>The busiest travel period of the winter is the typical holiday vacation time frame of December 15 to January 5.<\/p>\n<p>Some say close to 140,000 people expected to arrive or depart from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.torontopearson.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto Pearson Airport<\/a>. And almost 3 million people will hit the airport over the holidays.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54688 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/63a1a3cf-cksy_5_things_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"65\" height=\"90\" \/>Winter begins tomorrow at 11:19pm. It&#8217;s the shortest day of the year for anyone living in the Northern Hemisphere.<\/p>\n<p>The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year, meaning the least amount of sunlight. We should get 9-9.5 hours of sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>After this today, the days start getting longer. The amount of daylight begins to increase.<\/p>\n<p>The first day of spring is March 19th, 2020.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54689 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3a9171bb-cksy_5_things_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"89\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9582 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2019\/12\/fdbab9d8-project-connected.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"60\" \/>A new partnership between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/zigbeealliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zigbee Alliance<\/a> was announced this week. &#8220;Project Connected Home&#8221; will work towards creating new standards so competing products can work together in the home. The announcement is a response to customer complaints about controlling their smart homes and devices from so many different companies.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership&#8217;s first focus will be on smart safety devices like smoke detectors, smart locks, electric plugs and window shades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"December 20th is the 354th day of the year. There are 11 days remaining until the end of the year. The Armoury Christmas Market continues tonight and tomorrow. A world class projection light show will debut tonight at 7 featuring Santa Claus. Come back Saturday at 7 to see it again. 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