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Five Things to Start Your Day: Dec. 27

A few facts, figures and tidbits to start your Thursday.

Thursday: Coastal rain & wind will taper off by early afternoon. Farther inland, sleet & freezing rain north of the MA Pike will taper off to freezing drizzle by afternoon. Rain along/south of MA pike tapers to drizzle by afternoon. Temps from 36-48. Southeast wind 15-35mph fades by late day.

Friday: Colder and breezy. Mid 30s.

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Saturday: Sunshine fades behind thickening clouds and light snow breaking out at night. Mid 30s.

2. START YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION EARLY: Join a workout class at Congregatin Beth Elohim that uses stretch bands and hand weights. Instructor Sean Denmark has taught fitness for 30 years and was the Acton-Boxborogh High School Fitness Center supervisor. Cost is $10.

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3. MEET STATE SEN. ELDRIDGE: All residents from the Middlesex and Worcester District are welcome to attend at town hall meeting today to meet State Sen. Jamie Eldridge.

The Westborough Town Hall meeting will be today from 6:30-8 pm at Tatnuck Booksellers, 18 Lyman Street.

To RSVP, please contact Michael Carr, Senator Eldridge’s chief of staff, at 617-722-1120 or Michael.Carr@masenate.gov. If residents are unable to attend, but would like to receive regular updates from Senator Eldridge on legislation he is working on, they are encouraged to go to his website www.SenatorEldridge.com and sign-up for his monthly email updates.

4. WHAT TO CELEBRATE TODAY: Today is National Fruitcake Day. It is very appropriate for National Fruitcake Day to be celebrated shortly after Christmas. Once the holidays are over, it's time to get rid of your fruitcake. Giving a fruitcake is a Christmas tradition for many. It is also believed that recipients will re-wrap the fruitcake and give it to someone else. Who knows how many years, or decades, a fruitcake has been passed along? Ultimately, the trick is to make sure you give away the fruitcake before the holiday season is through. Otherwise, you get the joy of storing it, until the next fruitcake-giving season.

5. THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 1947 - 1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC; 1981 - Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHL player to get 100 pts (38th game); 1983 - Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca); 1987 - Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass; 1991 - "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV.


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