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Five Things You Need to Know Today: Dec. 25

A special day calls for special activity.

Hillary Mortensen, Neighbor
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  1. Whether or not you celebrate Christmas, this is a precious day set aside to spend time together without a hurried schedule. If you are not opening gifts or eating dinner, consider strolling down Saint Albans Street at Huntington to admire the Christmas lights. Venture to the movies or watch a movie at home with the family. Go to mass. Sing Christmas carols. Walk in Lacy Park. Bake cookies. Read classic stories. Look through our Holiday Visions photo gallery. Whatever it is you choose to do, do it with the people you love. 

  • , is holding Christmas Day services at 8 and 10 a.m.

  • Among other closures, the library, Saturday Pasadena Farmers' Market and YMCA are closed today. Dial-A-Ride service is also cancelled.

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  • It may be Christmas Day, but the movie theaters are open. New releases include Little Fockers, True Grit, TRON: Legacy, How Do You Know?, Gulliver's Travels and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Check show times at nearby Edwards, AMC and Arclight theaters.

  • Who is James De Barth Shorb? Read how this businessman and winemaker shaped local history in "The Man Who Named San Marino Attempted Winemaking on an Industrial Scale." 

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