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Knitting Group

Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Quiet Reading Room at Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Age Group:

Adults

Join us for a drop-in knitting time for knitters of all levels. Don’t know how to knit? Stop by and learn! Conversation and creativity abound.

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Library Branch: Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Room: Quiet Reading Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Description:

Join us for a drop-in knitting time for knitters of all levels. Don’t know how to knit? Stop by and learn! Conversation and creativity abound.

Holiday

All Day 12/24 - 12/25

Gettysburg Library, Trone Memorial Library, Carroll Valley Library, Harbaugh-Thomas Library, Littlestown Library, New Oxford Library

Closing

Branches:

Gettysburg Library, Trone Memorial Library, Carroll Valley Library, Harbaugh-Thomas Library, Littlestown Library, New Oxford Library

Storywalk at East Berlin Community Park

All Day 12/26 - 12/31

Trone Memorial Library

Age Group:

Everyone

There is a Storywalk at the East Berlin Community Park for you to enjoy on a winter walk. This winter, the story is The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.

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Library Branch: Trone Memorial Library

Age Group: Everyone

Description:

There is a Storywalk at the East Berlin Community Park for you to enjoy on a winter walk. This winter, the story is The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.

Blackout Poetry Challenge

12/26/2025 @ 10:00am to 12/31/2025 @ 6:00pm

Trone Memorial Library

Stop by the library and try constructing a winter poem via the blackout poetry method while adhering to a monthly theme/prompt.

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Library Branch: Trone Memorial Library

Description:

Stop by the library and try constructing a winter poem via the blackout poetry method while adhering to a monthly theme/prompt.

New Year's Craft

Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Children's Room at Gettysburg Library

Age Group:

Children, Teens

Ages: 5-17

Join us for a New Year's craft that you can use to help ring in 2026!

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Library Branch: Gettysburg Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children, Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Description:

Ages: 5-17

Join us for a New Year's craft that you can use to help ring in 2026!

Grinch Party

Monday, December 29, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Mary Cash Room - Lower Level at Trone Memorial Library

Age Group:

Children

Children of all ages are invited to the library to hear Miss Dana read the classic tale by Dr. Seuss. Then participants will visit stations around the library with games, crafts, and activities related to The Grinch.

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Registration Required

Library Branch: Trone Memorial Library

Room: Mary Cash Room - Lower Level

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Storytime

Registration Required

Description:

Children of all ages are invited to the library to hear Miss Dana read the classic tale by Dr. Seuss. Then participants will visit stations around the library with games, crafts, and activities related to The Grinch.

Teen Winter Paint Night

Monday, December 29, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Meeting Room at Carroll Valley Library

Age Group:

Teens

Ages: 11-18

Join Rob Ross for a chilly winter themed paint night.

Registration required.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the library's new hours, paint nights will start at 5:30!!!

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Registration Required

Library Branch: Carroll Valley Library

Room: Meeting Room

Age Group: Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Registration Required

Description:

Ages: 11-18

Join Rob Ross for a chilly winter themed paint night.

Registration required.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the library's new hours, paint nights will start at 5:30!!!

Fun with Chess!

Monday, December 29, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Littlestown Library

Age Group:

Everyone

Are you a beginner at chess and want to learn? Are you an experienced chess player and want to test your skills? Drop in on Mondays from 6:00pm-7:30pm to watch and play with a local chess aficionado. All ages and all skill levels welcome!

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Library Branch: Littlestown Library

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Other

Description:

Are you a beginner at chess and want to learn? Are you an experienced chess player and want to test your skills? Drop in on Mondays from 6:00pm-7:30pm to watch and play with a local chess aficionado. All ages and all skill levels welcome!

Tuesday Tales Storytime

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 10:15am - 11:00am

Children's Area at New Oxford Library

Age Group:

Children

Ages: Birth–5

Join us for books, songs, fingerplays and activities with other babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Each week will have a new theme that encourages early literacy!

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Library Branch: New Oxford Library

Room: Children's Area

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Storytime

Description:

Ages: Birth–5

Join us for books, songs, fingerplays and activities with other babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Each week will have a new theme that encourages early literacy!

Knot Another Stitch: Knit & Needle Crafts

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Library Space at New Oxford Library

Age Group:

Adults, Everyone

All needle crafters are welcome to join.

Don’t know how to knit, crochet, or cross-stitch? That’s okay! Bring your own materials and be ready to learn!

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Library Branch: New Oxford Library

Room: Library Space

Age Group: Adults, Everyone

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Description:

All needle crafters are welcome to join.

Don’t know how to knit, crochet, or cross-stitch? That’s okay! Bring your own materials and be ready to learn!

Knitting Group

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Quiet Reading Room at Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Age Group:

Adults

Join us for a drop-in knitting time for knitters of all levels. Don’t know how to knit? Stop by and learn! Conversation and creativity abound.

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Library Branch: Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Room: Quiet Reading Room

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Description:

Join us for a drop-in knitting time for knitters of all levels. Don’t know how to knit? Stop by and learn! Conversation and creativity abound.

Gaming Club

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Teen Center at Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Age Group:

Teens

Join the Harbaugh-Thomas Gaming Club to explore new games, hone your aim, improve your Smash skills, and much more. Please note that there will not be Gaming Club on Dec 23.
Registration required.

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Registration Required

Library Branch: Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Room: Teen Center

Age Group: Teens

Program Type: Other

Registration Required

Description:

Join the Harbaugh-Thomas Gaming Club to explore new games, hone your aim, improve your Smash skills, and much more. Please note that there will not be Gaming Club on Dec 23.
Registration required.

Stories and More!

Tuesday, December 30, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:15pm

Story Time Area at Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Age Group:

Children

Join Miss Barbara for books, songs, and a craft. Geared towards children ages 2-5, but all ages are welcome!

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Library Branch: Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Room: Story Time Area

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Storytime

Description:

Join Miss Barbara for books, songs, and a craft. Geared towards children ages 2-5, but all ages are welcome!

Baby Storytime

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Children's Room at Gettysburg Library

Age Group:

Children

Join us at the library every week for some stories and songs. Please note there is no storytime on Dec 24.

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Library Branch: Gettysburg Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Storytime

Description:

Join us at the library every week for some stories and songs. Please note there is no storytime on Dec 24.

Toddler Storytime

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am

Children's Room at Gettysburg Library

Age Group:

Children

Join us at the library for stories, songs, and a craft. Please note there is no storytime on Dec 24.

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Library Branch: Gettysburg Library

Room: Children's Room

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Storytime

Description:

Join us at the library for stories, songs, and a craft. Please note there is no storytime on Dec 24.

Stories and More!

Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:15am

Story Time Area at Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Age Group:

Children

Join Miss Karin for books, songs, and a craft. Geared towards children ages 2-5, but all ages are welcome!

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Library Branch: Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Room: Story Time Area

Age Group: Children

Program Type: Storytime

Description:

Join Miss Karin for books, songs, and a craft. Geared towards children ages 2-5, but all ages are welcome!

Holiday

All Day

Gettysburg Library, Trone Memorial Library, Carroll Valley Library, Harbaugh-Thomas Library, Littlestown Library, New Oxford Library

Closing

Branches:

Gettysburg Library, Trone Memorial Library, Carroll Valley Library, Harbaugh-Thomas Library, Littlestown Library, New Oxford Library

StoryWalk® in the Park

All Day

Carroll Valley Library

Age Group:

Everyone

Enjoy a story and the outdoors at the same time!

Read a story on display posts as you are walking in the beautiful Carroll Valley Park!

Dec & Jan: Out Cold by Ryan T. Higgins

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Library Branch: Carroll Valley Library

Age Group: Everyone

Program Type: Storytime

Description:

Enjoy a story and the outdoors at the same time!

Read a story on display posts as you are walking in the beautiful Carroll Valley Park!

Dec & Jan: Out Cold by Ryan T. Higgins

Teen Book and Snack Boxes

All Day 1/2 - 1/9

Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Age Group:

Teens

Receive a monthly Book and Snack Box, complete with a library book selected for you by staff as well as one snack to eat! Boxes will be ready to pick up at the Harbaugh-Thomas Library during the first day of each month.

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Library Branch: Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Age Group: Teens

Program Type: Other

Description:

Receive a monthly Book and Snack Box, complete with a library book selected for you by staff as well as one snack to eat! Boxes will be ready to pick up at the Harbaugh-Thomas Library during the first day of each month.

Teen Monthly Craft: Keyboard Art

All Day 1/2 - 1/30

Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Age Group:

Teens

Stop into the Teen Center to decorate keys on an upcycled computer keyboard. Once the keyboard is full of color, it will be displayed in the Teen Center as an art piece!

Throughout January during Teen Center hours

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Library Branch: Harbaugh-Thomas Library

Age Group: Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts

Description:

Stop into the Teen Center to decorate keys on an upcycled computer keyboard. Once the keyboard is full of color, it will be displayed in the Teen Center as an art piece!

Throughout January during Teen Center hours

Storywalk at East Berlin Community Park

All Day 1/2 - 2/15

Trone Memorial Library

Age Group:

Everyone

There is a Storywalk at the East Berlin Community Park for you to enjoy on a winter walk. This winter, the story is The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.

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Library Branch: Trone Memorial Library

Age Group: Everyone

Description:

There is a Storywalk at the East Berlin Community Park for you to enjoy on a winter walk. This winter, the story is The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.