The ‘Christmas party and safety day’ will be held on Tuesday, December 11, at the Hunting Lodge Hotel, Baronscourt, from 12.30pm to 4pm. There will be a hot buffet lunch, live music, prize draws and a safety roadshow with over 20 stands providing advice to senior residents. The event is free but admission is [...]
The one thing I love about Christmas is the hymns. (Well, OK, if you choose to give me an iPod, I won’t object too loudly). Some of the most beautiful songs ever were written in honour of Noel. A good choir singing my favourite, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, is a wondrous thing [...]
And there will certainly be no shortage of festive food for the first family’s guests this party season. A white chocolate replica of America’s most famous residence has been prepared by the chefs. “It’s gingerbread inside,” revealed the First Lady. “And then the whole outside of it is white chocolate. And it looks so magnificent. [...]
Edel Coffey Economists always get a bit nervous around this time of the year, if consumers are not doing as much Christmas shopping as they should be. They warn the country will go into an economic tailspin if we don’t start spending indiscriminately.
Events run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and admission is free. Guests may see magician Professor Cecil Rodney at noon in the Government Center, 4 E. Harrison St. Also at the center, the Lions Club pancake breakfast will begin at 9 a.m., and the Irish troupe Celtic Mist will play from 10 a.m. [...]
That year, his Mom wanted to skip the usual huge tree in the living room with vaulted ceilings and go for a small tree in the window of the sitting room. The family drove 50 miles and harvested their tree — one that should have gone under the vaulted ceiling. The solution: Cut the [...]
The Christmas Spirit Foundation, a branch of the National Christmas Tree Association, hopes to deliver 15,000 to 17,000 real trees to more than 30 bases around the country and overseas this year. It started the Trees for Troops program as a way to give back to those in the military and provide holiday cheer [...]
A year after its first Christmas album was released, Christian rock band Third Day has found the time to tour in support Christmas Offerings. This week, Third Day launched The Christmas Offerings Tour, which makes a stop Thursday at Life Changers Church in Hoffman Estates. Joining them on the tour is Jars of Clay. [...]
Christmas trees light up a room and fill your house with that wonderful holiday fragrance. But when they dry out, they become a serious fire hazard. Here are some tips on how to keep your tree fresh and reduce the risk of a deadly fire. Each year, Christmas tree fires damage hundreds of homes [...]
A survey for insurer Direct Line found this month that 40 percent of drivers want a complete ban on drinking before getting behind the wheel, saying the current situation is confusing. The current legal limit is 80 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, with the safe amount a person can drink depending [...]