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  • Humiston Drive residents in Bay Village ready to help, entertain Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 7:25PMIn addition to their annual block party, which takes place toward the end of the season, residents offered a laundry list of games and activities that keep the street close-knit throughout the year.
  • A Santa-laden pub-crawl Tuesday, May 25, 2010 @ 3:54PMSantacon, the San Francisco tradition that entails dressing up in Santa suits and embarking on a mass, mid-day pub-crawl may not be the most wholesome pre-Christmas activity, but today, the tiny town of Telluride is going to give it a try.
  • A Santa-laden pub-crawl Monday, May 3, 2010 @ 3:13PMSantacon, the San Francisco tradition that entails dressing up in Santa suits and embarking on a mass, mid-day pub-crawl may not be the most wholesome pre-Christmas activity, but today, the tiny town of Telluride is going to give it a try.
  • Town column: Village eyes turrets, turkeys, tuition tax Thursday, April 1, 2010 @ 12:27PMThe village has called a special unscheduled council meeting tonight to approve a number of what will be informally called "Tackiness Taxes" but are essentially new revenue collection opportunities in light of the pending village deficit.
  • A Santa-laden pub-crawl Saturday, January 30, 2010 @ 4:55PMSantacon, the San Francisco tradition that entails dressing up in Santa suits and embarking on a mass, mid-day pub-crawl may not be the most wholesome pre-Christmas activity, but today, the tiny town of Telluride is going to give it a try.
  • A Santa-laden pub-crawl Sunday, January 17, 2010 @ 6:11PMSantacon, the San Francisco tradition that entails dressing up in Santa suits and embarking on a mass, mid-day pub-crawl may not be the most wholesome pre-Christmas activity, but today, the tiny town of Telluride is going to give it a try.
  • Fallbrook Niners celebrate at the Hukilau Tuesday, January 5, 2010 @ 9:46PMFALLBROOK The Fallbrook Niners celebrated the end of another year in festive style at the Fallbrook Golf Club on December 17. The morning began with 24 players competing in a Shamble team tourney with a special Christmas theme. Each team received one gold ball as a Santas gift that allowed the player a free throw from a bunker or over a barranca. (Some of the gold missiles strayed into Live Oak ...
  • T a l k o f T h e T o w n A u c t i o n NEW YEARS DAY ~ FRIDAY, JANUARY 1ST AT 6:30 PM Carousel Village 2100 Saratoga ... Friday, January 1, 2010 @ 5:18AMA weekly newspaper serving the antiques and arts industry, collectors, and institutions. New information each week on antiques shows and auctions around the country and antiques dealer listings.
  • HELPERS ~ Udated 04.23.09 Tuesday, December 29, 2009 @ 3:37PMA support group for family members and friends of alcoholics meets each week at the Alachua Club, 32 N. Third in Fernandina Beach at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday and at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. For more information, call 261-7175 or 261-1813.
  • Delicious delightful December Tuesday, December 29, 2009 @ 7:25AM"Shall we liken Christmas to the web in a loom? There are many weavers, who work into the pattern the experience of their lives. When one generation goes, another comes to take up the weft where it has been dropped. The pattern changes as the mind changes, yet never begins quite anew.
  • 2009 Christmas Tour of Homes coming December 6 Monday, December 28, 2009 @ 5:09AMThe Friends of the Fairview Library will again be sponsoring a Christmas Tour of Homes. This year’s event will take place December 6 from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
  • Holiday events Monday, December 28, 2009 @ 4:23AMHoliday events
  • Boxing Day swims attract big crowds Saturday, December 26, 2009 @ 4:09PMThe shrieks above the surf were not the usual seagulls - but madcap people braving the wintry water for a festive dip. Screams from the wave of fancy-dressed funsters were an accurate thermometer that told exactly how cold the North Sea is on Boxing Day.
  • Track Santa here Thursday, December 24, 2009 @ 6:57PMTrack Santas delivery path all day with Norad.
  • 10 great places to take the grandchildren Tuesday, December 15, 2009 @ 2:47PMAuthor Elizabeth LaBan shares places where grandparents and grandchildren can connect during the holidays.
  • Holiday Express comes to town Tuesday, December 15, 2009 @ 7:06AMIt may not have been Christmas on Sunday, but it sure seemed that way to more than 1,544 people who came to the Holiday Express train. The train, in its ninth year, takes Santa Claus and elves through 23 dates to 22 communities throughout the Kansas City Southern rail system.
  • Have a vintage merry Christmas Monday, December 14, 2009 @ 8:46AMPLATTSBURGH — Memories of Christmases past or a lean wallet are two reasons why a vintage Christmas is an affordable alternative this holiday season. At 33 Smithfield Blvd., Rum Trail Antiques is an epicenter of hand-decorated glass Christmas tree ornaments.
  • Collections are shows of holiday spirit Sunday, December 13, 2009 @ 9:42AMBy Mac Engel McClatchy-Tribune News Service FORT WORTH, Texas | It all began innocently enough. An inexpensive purchase here. Another there. Before these folks knew it, though, these purchases had become collections and the budgets for adding to them inevitably grew a bit.
  • A festive wonderland Sunday, December 13, 2009 @ 5:19AMWhile the rest of us are hustling and bustling this holiday, Ed and Deb Brown are kicking back, enjoying the season on the sidelines.
  • Locals enjoy portraying Santa Saturday, December 12, 2009 @ 5:44PMJim O’Neil, surrounded by children, portrays Santa at the Bluebonnet Youth Ranch Christmas Party sponsored by Grace Episcopal Church of Port Lavaca in 2005. O’Neil took on the role of Santa for the party for three years.
  • 37ºF Saturday, December 12, 2009 @ 5:16PM12/12/2009 - 2:00p.m. to 12/12/2009 - 6:00p.m.
  • entertainment Today Saturday, December 12, 2009 @ 8:16AMWho Is He: Mike Birbiglia is a stand-up comedian who appears regularly on Comedy Central. While at Georgetown University he earned an opportunity to try his comedic wit on the stage at the Washington, D.C., Improv.
  • So here it is Merry Christmas Friday, December 11, 2009 @ 11:33AMSTORM clouds and torrential rain on Sunday could not put off the brave and good hearted who had gathered for the St Francis Hospice and Leukaemia Care Santathon fun run.
  • 100 Santas to descend on pubs in Fence Thursday, December 10, 2009 @ 9:19AMDRINKERS will think Christmas has come early this year when they see not one, not two, but almost 100 Santas in local pubs tomorrow!
  • All decked out for the holidays - Thu, 10 Dec 2009 PST Thursday, December 10, 2009 @ 8:15AMVirginia Danke has many years of practice decorating her home for the holidays. She’s lived in her South Hill bungalow her entire life – 84 years. “I’ve never wanted to live anywhere else,” said Danke, a retired Lewis and Clark High School teacher, coach and sports official. “I’ve traveled around the world, but I’m always happy to come back here. I don’t know, it’s just that it’s a house that ...
  • Utzurrum: Christmas in the city Wednesday, December 9, 2009 @ 3:44PMChinggay V. Utzurrum The scene read more
  • Ho, ho, Gay Men’s Chorus’ Sin City Santas not ho-hum Sunday, December 6, 2009 @ 10:47PMNEW HAVEN — One need only let the imagination run wild to guess what it means when “Jackpot!” is shouted at the Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus’ Sin City Santas holiday show, which will be performed Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Shubert Theater, 247 College St.
  • Streets lit like Christmas Sunday, December 6, 2009 @ 12:05PMYou can thank Andrew and Sharon Feetham for one of the merriest — and brightest — spots in Waipahu. For more than 20 years, the Feethams have treated their Village Park neighbors to a lighting display that includes nearly a dozen inflatables, 16 reindeer, a mechanical Santa and thousands of lights.
  • Christmas Victorian-style Sunday, December 6, 2009 @ 9:22AMEAST CANTON - The snow falling and settling on the evergreens and holiday decorations surrounding the Manley-Bohlayer farmhouse in East Canton made the perfect contrast to the warm cozy atmosphere of the Christmas celebration inside. "We just want to ma
  • Children have heavy requests for Santa Claus this year Sunday, December 6, 2009 @ 9:16AMPublished: Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 2:09 a.m.
  • Ghosts of Christmas Past Sunday, December 6, 2009 @ 6:15AMAll of the trappings of an old-fashioned winter celebration can be found at the Barton County Historical Museum next Sunday, Dec. 13, during the annual Ghosts of Christmas Past open house. Admission to the museum will be free from 1 to 4 p.m.
  • Police help spread holiday joy to low-income families Sunday, December 6, 2009 @ 6:02AMNew frying pans. Hannah Montana shoes. A thick fuzzy blanket. More than a dozen children from low-income families in the Lombard area chose those and other items during a holiday shopping spree at the Lombard Target store on Saturday morning.
  • Chimps perform ballet, gymnastics and other stunts for ChristmasVille Sunday, December 6, 2009 @ 5:16AMIt was an overcast day in which a sporadic drizzle and a damp chill in the air kept the temperature at 43 degrees — maybe not the most ideal weather for performing an outdoor ballet or standing atop a running horse and doing back flips.
  • Home for the holidays Sunday, December 6, 2009 @ 2:27AMStillwater Woman’s Club is closing in on 50 years for its Parade of Homes Tour.
  • Holiday Help: Sharing the spirit of the season Saturday, November 28, 2009 @ 12:15PMRealities for Children Charities hopes to collect more than 400 new and used bicycles for its 14th Annual Bikes for Tykes program by Dec. 4.
  • Better not cough: Santas lobby for swine flu shots Saturday, November 28, 2009 @ 6:47AMCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Forget cookies and milk. Santa wants the swine flu vaccine.
  • Christmas Season rings in; expanded light show returns to original location Friday, November 27, 2009 @ 9:48PMJohnny Quirin/NOW Returning home: Brad Boyink’s popular Christmas light creation returns this year to its original location on Heather Court in Spring Lake. After moving to Harbor Island because of traffic issues, the display is back on Heather Court.
  • Even Santa’s using the hand sanitizer Friday, November 27, 2009 @ 1:59PMKANSAS CITY, Mo. — In this year of the H1N1 flu, Santa’s gloves are coming off. The big guys in the red suits are telling each other to go barehanded at public events — and to keep washing those hands as often as they can.
  • Meetings, fundraisers Friday, November 27, 2009 @ 12:32PMEvents scheduled Nov. 28 through Dec. 4
  • Runners trot before feasting Friday, November 27, 2009 @ 3:47AMThousands of people took to the streets for "turkey trots" across upstate New York before tucking into their Thanksgiving feasts.
  • Cruise through tropical Christmas via boat parades Thursday, November 26, 2009 @ 10:53PMNaples —Holiday boat parades this December will turn waterways from Marco Island to Fort Myers Beach into waves of twinkling lights and seafaring Santas. The uniquely Southwest Florida processions of decked-out decks are a great way to enjoy the holidays, and every year, homeowners along the boat routes host parties to watch the boats pass in review. You may want to take in more than one, so ...
  • NY runners trot before feasting Thursday, November 26, 2009 @ 5:45PMAssociated Press - November 26, 2009 12:35 PM ET BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Thousands of people are taking to the streets for "turkey trots" across upstate New York before tucking into their...
  • For these North Texans, the holidays are a show of collective spirit Wednesday, November 25, 2009 @ 10:52PMIt all began innocently enough. An inexpensive purchase here. Another there. Before these folks knew it, though, these purchases had become collections and the budgets for adding to them inevitably grew a bit.
  • Area events light up holidays Wednesday, November 25, 2009 @ 8:49PMA trip to the Galaxy of Lights at Huntsville Botanical Garden has fast become a tradition for many people in north Alabama. “Galaxy of Lights is never the same two years in a row,” said Nicole Hogan, director of communications at Huntsville Botanical Garden.
  • Email this to a friend Print this story Wednesday, November 25, 2009 @ 3:39PMBy Jacki Wood This is the first in a series on “doing good” this holiday season. Twinkling white lights, sprinkled about by snowflakes, snowmen and snow globes to spare, adorn the traditionally decorated Christmas Room in the Thrift Shoppe in downtown Maryville.
  • Give Santa cookies, but not the flu Wednesday, November 25, 2009 @ 1:06AMA Santa can’t show fear — not of a first-grader in mid-tantrum, not of toddlers who aren’t toilet-trained and not of swine flu.But holiday Santas in Ventura County and across the nation are worried their in-the-lap proximity to coughing, sneezing children over the next month increases their exposure to influenza, specifically H1N1. An international group is calling on federal officials to ...
  • Santa Claus has a home in Antipolo Tuesday, November 24, 2009 @ 7:43AMIt is that time of year again when fake Santas come out to ring in the joy of Christmas in malls and stores. Children also eagerly await the coming of the real Santa with his bag of presents. Nowadays, however, kids don’t need to wait for Christmas or Santa.
  • Enchanting characters, homes, villages revive holiday spirit year after year Tuesday, November 24, 2009 @ 5:19AMDARTMOUTH — They stand shoulder to shoulder, a crowd of Christmas carolers with their faces turned toward the sky as they burst with holiday cheer.
  • CNN Student News Transcript: November 23, 2009 Monday, November 23, 2009 @ 1:33AMNovember 23, 2009
  • California packed with holiday events Sunday, November 22, 2009 @ 1:38PMFrom Eureka to San Diego, and everywhere in between, California offers festivals, fairs, lightshows, parades, home tours, feasts and more.