Christmas

If she was lucky, she got a new box of crayons and a coloring book. But her mother would always bake and make candy to share with family and friends. “My mom always made Christmas special,” Davis said. Davis has been making other people’s Christmases ...  

It’s June, always a great time to get riled-up early about whether or not those nativity scenes with the mannequins should return to Palisades Park this Christmas. Before I launch into any discussion about that, you are probably owed a few disclaimers.  

Holy crap! Wal-Mart may have been coy about moving into the Bayshore Mall, but its grand opening is gonna be off the chain! Get ready for a week-long explosion of orgiastic consumer pageantry the likes of which Eureka has never seen.  

Ding dong, let the bells sound for an unlikely battle of Christmas fiction book sales: Charles Dickens v Katie Price. Or, to be more precise, A Christmas Carol v Santa Baby. Price's Santa Baby sold 5,200 hardback copies last week while the 1843 Dicken's ...  

by Carolyn Robertson posted in Mom Stories Forget Jingle Bells. If Christmas has an anthem it should be Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On.' It seems that Christmas Eve is the busiest day of the year for, well, getting busy. How do we know this? It's all in the math. The New York Times has... Read more » Want to get the full story? Click on the headline above. And thanks for reading the BabyCenter Blog.  

Visitors gathered near the 50ft (15-metre) Christmas tree at Manger Square this morning, taking pictures and enjoying the sunshine. The main event will be Midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity, built over the location where Jesus is believed to have ...  

The Aberdeen Downtown Association is looking to buy new Christmas street decorations and put up the two wreaths on Wednesday to see what people think. After the downtown streetscape project, the Christmas decorations used in the past are too big ...  

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) -- The Santa Monica City Council has put on hold any decision to ban Christmas nativity scenes and other holiday displays at Palisades Park. The City Council on Tuesday delayed a decision until at least June 12.  

The court held, "[b]ecause Balboa Park is a traditional public forum, we conclude that San Diego conveys no message of endorsement by allowing the Christmas ... clash of ideas can get "ugly," but that is the price we willingly pay for the gift of freedom ...  

Millie Savage and Joan Head — who began their crusade to decorate the town in 2011 — have already begun decorating 200 wreaths ... year] and we also bought 13 dozen Christmas lights that are on the trees in town.” The two senior citizens ...  

One hundred people from all over the country descended upon the Mid Cape in full North Pole regalia for the Northeast Santa Claus Convention. One Santa came by sleigh--the rest in a P & B bus. It was Christmas time in the spring for kids who ...  

Sales Tax Increases; Mall Project Starts; Expo Draws OverflowsWheeling IntelligencerRetailers had given some hints about the 2011 Christmas shopping season but it is official now. Shoppers made the most recent holiday shopping season the best in the past four years as reflected by the increased sales tax revenue that has bolstered ...and more »  

Christmas crash resonates with Lakewood Ranch graduateBradenton HeraldHe was also wearing two rubber wristbands dedicated to Josh Rogers and Brett Wagner, the LRHS seniors who lost their lives after their truck was hit and rolled last Christmas. Neither wore seat belts that tragic night. Their deaths had a profound ...  

NEWS.com.auMissing asylum seeker boat found as another vessel interceptedHerald SunTHE navy has intercepted another asylum seeker boat bound for Christmas Island just hours after another vessel missing and feared lost was found on the Indonesian island of Lombok. Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare said patrol boat HMAS Bundaberg, ...Govt blames Libs for near boat tragedySydney Morning HeraldMissing asylum seeker boat found, new boat...  

Some tea light holders being sold at Christmas Tree Shops in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest from July 2011 through March 2012, have been recalled.