Now in its 11th year, the fundraiser originated with a staff member who had helped with a Boy Scouts tree sale in Cambridge and brought the idea to Somerville. In its first few years, Willey said, the sale grew, but now it has leveled out. This year, Willey said that 400 trees were ordered, [...]
SOME of the Christmas spirit went out of the Wilkinson family’s Taree household when thieves stole about $500 worth of lights from their front yard display at the weekend. Yvette and Sean Wilkinson say the huge Christmas light display they put on every year in their High Street yard is very popular in the neighbourhood [...]
Schoolchildren in Wells are decorating special Christmas cards this month to help keep their grandparents and elderly neighbours safe from distraction burglars. The cards are the latest part of Avon and Somerset Police’s ongoing campaign to disrupt and catch the criminals who prey on the vulnerability and trust of elderly victims. The festive cards [...]
Kelly Stocks (21) will be able buy presents for her friend and family at Notcutts Garden Centre, Peterborough, after winning a competition. Visitors to 13 garden centres across the country had to answer ten questions and lucky Kelly’s answer was the first correct entry to be pulled out of the bag. Kelly said: “I [...]
Alcohol makes people say silly things so always avoid staff performance reviews during the office party. In one case, an employee claimed his boss had promised him a higher salary “in due course” during a chat at the Christmas party. His pay remained static so he quit and claimed constructive dismissal. The employer won [...]
“I said ‘Oh my God! That’s it, that’s the hook!’ ” French remembers. “‘Why can’t we take basic structures of heavy metal songs and see if they transfer (to Christmas songs)?’ . . . And it worked. So we approached different tunes as if we had people like Judas Priest and AC/DC playing with [...]
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2007 HOUSTON — A woman said someone is trying to ruin her Christmas by stealing her decorations, KPRC Local 2 reported. The woman said two of her inflatable decorations were taken from her yard on Ashcroft Drive near Burlinghall Drive on Sunday. The thieves cut the electrical cords and took the decorations, she said.
If you find it hard not to overindulge you might want to think about the reasons behind this. Do you drink to overcome your anxiety about social situations? If you lack confidence you could try other ways to deal with social anxiety. Make small talk and ask people about themselves. It’s not hard and [...]
The staff at the St Mary’s Road library said they were taken back by the phenomenal response the ‘Journal’ received and wanted the creative designs to be splashed on noticeboards throughout the Buncrana base. So far hundreds of beautifully-designed Journal Christmas cards have gone on display in the library and scores more are on [...]