* A very Merry Christmas to my brother Louie and his wife Kathy and his daughters Anna and Grace. Merry Merry to Mary (my sister) Maloy and best wishes for a very Happy New Year. A very happy and bright Christmas to my sister Madonna Fluckiger and my brother-in-law Joe. In the lane snow [...]
Before opting to place a lively ball of fur beneath the Christmas tree, gift-givers looking to give pets as a holiday present might want to want to think twice. Certainly don t let the holiday season impulse drive that decision, said Gail Buchwald, senior vice president of the American Society for the Prevention of [...]
Has there ever been a holiday yarn as ubiquitous as Dickens’ “Christmas Carol”? Whether filmed in black and white or color, played straight or set to music, starring Alastair Sim or Mr. Magoo, this quintessential Christmas story is inescapable this season. And despite so many incarnations, what is probably the darkest, most unusual version [...]
Others will take the classics home with them. Merlin Peacey, a senior store director at Hollywood Video in Loves Park, said he s made sure the store is stocked with extra copies of family favorites. Titles such as It s A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, Scrooged, Elf, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and [...]
Mike Crum adjusts one of his glowing candle figurines in his backyard. He and his wife, Kay, who live on the corner of Keller Hill and Cedarview Drive, put up a “Winter Wonderland” for their neighbors every year for Christmas. They start working on it before Thanksgiving. Photo by Amy Hillenburg.
“We always see eagles,” said Anthony Hanson, nodding toward the majestic bald eagle drifting in the wind along U.S. Highway 18. “They’re guiding us, making sure we’re getting to where we’re headed,” said Hanson, the regional director for CRSC. “We know we’re doing something right when we see the eagles.” To the Lakota, the [...]
In the past few weeks, the faces of holiday shoppers and December survivors in general have grown more and more haggard, showing the ravages of debt, bad weather and a feeling that they re being pushed around by that invisible force known as the Consumer Society, or, more generally, Popular Culture. The fact is [...]
ROME - As the faithful marked Christmas Day, political and religious leaders called for peace and reconciliation amid flickers of hope in places long plagued by conflict. In Iraq, Christians made their way past checkpoints Tuesday to fill Baghdad churches in numbers unthinkable a year ago. And in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, [...]
Tackle Winston Justice: “Boy, that’s a tough one. I haven’t seen many Christmas movies.
Whether one celebrates Christmas from a religious perspective or focuses more on secular traditions, the holiday - for the most part - brings out the best in people. Sure, there are people who are pushy in the checkout lines, fight over limited items, get greedy about gifts and cut you off in traffic. And [...]