There will be a Breweriana Beer Collectible Show sponsored by the Horlacher Chapter 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 4 at Macungie Memorial Hall.

Macungie Holiday will be held Dec. 11. The Santa Parade will be held 2:30-3:30 p.m. and Santa will visit Macungie Memorial Park 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The parade route is available at macungieholiday.com.

A Festival of Wreaths can be seen at Out of Our Minds Art Studio. There will be two free performances of “Nutcracker Highlights” by Coral’s Dance Academy 10:30 a.m. and noon at Eyer Middle School.

There will also be a borough wide scavenger hunt 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; horse-drawn surrey rides 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; a holiday crafts show at Macungie Memorial Park 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the 19th annual Gingerbread display at Kalmbach Park 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Macungie Holiday is also sponsoring a house decorating contest for all businesses and residences in Macungie Borough. Enter by emailing macungieholidayhousecontest@gmail.com with your name, phone number and address. Judging will take place 5-8 p.m. Dec. 18. Prizes will be awarded and winners will be announced on the Macungie Holiday Facebook page Dec. 19.

Grace Lutheran Church, 28 W. Main St., offers its free community meal as a drive-up option. The next meal will be 4-5:30 p.m. Dec. 10.

Grace Lutheran Church offers contactless monthly outdoor drive-up Grace Food Cupboard Give-Away. The next dates for the food cupboard are 2:30-4 p.m. Dec. 28 or 31 when residents of East Penn School District (please note the change in recipients) can receive two bags with nonperishable food. There will also be a supplemental distribution of bread, baked goods and snacks 2:30-4 p.m. Dec. 8. Both events take place in the parking lot; signs will be posted. The supplemental distribution is open to anyone.

Grace Lutheran Church offers a 10:30 a.m. worship service which is both in person and online at the same time. An adult Bible study will be held 9:15 a.m. Participants are asked to wear masks. Services can be found on the Grace YouTube channel www.youtube.com/c/GraceLutheranChurchMacungiePA. For more information, go to https://gracemacungie.org or www.facebook.com/GraceMacungie.

Concordia Lutheran Church, 2623 Brookside Road will hold Advent services 7 p.m. Dec. 1, 8 and 15.

There will be a Winter Bunderland Bazaar noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 5 at Macungie Memorial Hall. The bazaar offers holiday shopping while supporting small programs.

A New Year’s Eve bingo will be held starting 7:15 p.m. Dec. 31 at Macungie Memorial Hall. The doors open 5 p.m. and food will be served 6 p.m. The event is BYOB. Tickets can be reserved by calling 610-966-4289 or by emailing macungiepark@gmail.com.

There will be a New Year’s Day bingo 2 p.m. Jan. 1, 2022 at Macungie Memorial Park. A pork and sauerkraut dinner will be served. Doors open noon. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

The Lower Lehigh AARP will meet noon Jan. 6, 2022 in the lower level of Macungie Memorial Hall in Macungie. For more information, contact Dot at 610-967-3284.

Macungie Borough offices are now open to the public. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information, call 610-966-2503.

Macungie Borough Council has resumed regular in person public meetings at the Macungie Institute. The next meetings will be 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 and 20 and Jan. 3, 2022.

Cash bingo is held weekly Saturday evenings at Macungie Memorial Park. Doors open 4:30 p.m. and games begin 6:30 p.m. Attendance is limited to 60 people; seating is spaced for distancing. Masks are required. The kitchen is not open; coffee and drinks will be available for purchase. For more information, call 610-966-4289.

Christmas trees should be placed at the curb for pickup by the borough Jan. 3 and 10, 2022 for recycling at the Emmaus Compost Center. All ornaments, lights and tinsel must be removed.

The Macungie Park Board of Directors meeting will be held 4 p.m. Dec. 28.

This year Matt and I joined the Sheeprock Hike on Thanksgiving morning. We have done it in the past and always enjoyed it; other years our motivation to get up when the alarm goes off at 4:45 a.m. has been lacking. Our children flat out refused to consider 5:30 a.m. even existed.

Our hike this time came with a little trepidation. It was Matt’s first hike after breaking his wrist at Philmont so he was very careful not to fall. For me, after two broken bones in the family this year, I was very careful not to make it a trifecta.

We were thankful for the opportunity to view the sunrise over the Lehigh Valley on a beautiful Thanksgiving morning and for the successful hike with no broken bones.

The copy deadline for the Jan. 5, 2022 column will be Dec. 30.