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What's on the Calendar?

Falling Needles Family Fest Day encourages families to give their Christmas trees one last hurrah by recycling them into mulch or even winter bird shelters. Eco-friendly and festive!

National Bacon Day is here for the carnivores. (Yes, there's also an International Bacon Day in September—bacon deserves two celebrations.) Whether you call it meat candy or a vegetarian's greatest temptation, today's the day to sizzle.

Festival of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute is your official nudge to wrap up unfinished goals and prep those New Year's resolutions. Reflect, recharge, and get ready for what's ahead.

Pop Quiz Time!

Think you know your "Changes" trivia? Test yourself before watching the video!

Which musician, who later found fame as a keyboard player for the progressive rock band Yes, played keyboards on David Bowie's iconic song "Changes"?

A) Boz Skaggs

B) Lou Reed

C) Rick Wakeman

Which activist and scholar is famous for saying she's no longer accepting the things she cannot change, but changing the things she cannot accept?

A) Amanda Gorman

B) Angela Davis

C) Rosa Parks

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Ring Out the Old Year with Bacon, Bowie, and Big Changes!