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Claire Kowalick/Times Record News C.A. Thomas, dressed as Santa Claus, is seen Wednesday at the park at 8th and Scott. C.A. Thomas and Jessica Sutherland, dressed as Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, are seen Wednesday at the park at 8th and Scott. Full Article at Times Record News
Above: Cory Michene and Dakota Burt, both 12, hit the dance floor during the Operation Santa Claus Dinner and Dance at the Elks Lodge Saturday night. Full Article at Times Record News
It's that time of year again when the airwaves are saturated with holiday music. Pop hits are being replaced by Last Christmas and Frosty The Snowman. Full Article at Miami Herald
The heritage of Lecompton meets the heritage of Christmas with the annual Lecompton Vespers Dec. 6. Full Article at Lawrence Journal World
Owner of three decorating retail stores — Nell Hill’s in Atchison and Kansas City, Mo. , and Garrity’s Encore in Atchison — Garrity has published two Christmas books, including her most recent, “O Christmas Tree.” “My first Christmas book published six... Full Article at Lawrence Journal World
Connie Hadl, Lawrence resident and coordinator for the 15th annual Festival of Nativities, works on a nativity quilt in her home. Full Article at Lawrence Journal World
Mary Burg was a host for Health Care Access Clinic’s fourth annual Holiday Homes Tour in 2008. Decorations in Burg’s home included a 10-foot fir tree decorated with 1,000 white lights and 400 to 500 ornaments. Full Article at Lawrence Journal World
Art glass by Bob Gent, Lawrence, will be among items for sale at the Holiday Art Fair on Saturday. Susan Buchanan is hoping the sound of horses hooves and bells will get people in the mood to do some holiday shopping. Full Article at Lawrence Journal World
Lawrence Civic choir tenors Larry McCullough, right, Matt Veatch, Gary Haworth and David Grove work through “Beautiful Star” during a rehearsal at First Baptist Church, 1330 Kasold Drive The sounds of the season are modern, classic, French and American... Full Article at Lawrence Journal World
Soprano Deanna Stover, center, and the rest of the singers rehearse for a Spanish-language concert planned in Dec. 6 at Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vt. The Plymouth Congregational Church Choir is getting ready for a show. Full Article at Lawrence Journal World
A few days before Thanksgiving, The Telegraph reported food pantries throughout the state received generous donations despite the ailing economy. Full Article at Nashua Telegraph
“This time of year, we see a lot of traffic and sales from women searching for spotlights and flashlights as gifts for the men in their life for Christmas,” said Rob Bresnahan with magnalight.com. Full Article at Emediawire.com
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Join the Preservation Hall Jazz Band as they celebrate the winter holidays with their Creole Christmas performance at the Lewis Family Playhouse at 3 p.m. Dec. 20. Full Article at Daily Bulletin
While most folks these days are fretting over Christmas shopping and holiday get-togethers, others are getting ready for an election. Full Article at Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Shoppers browse at the traditional Christmas market in Munich, Germany. Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
There's little room at the inn for new Christmas carols and songs. Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Now that most of you have eaten your fill of Meleagris gallopavo along with stuffing and gravy, it's time to turn our attention to the next festival of conspicuous consumption. So here is TechMan'as annual Christmas Tech Wish List. Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
What are the odds that on the same Sunday night in November, two networks would premiere movies with the words "dog" and "Christmas" in the titles? Well, every dog has its day, and today's the day. Full Article at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Some beloved Christmas characters embrace the holidays; others need a little convincing. Which classic character best describes your holiday personality? Does the holiday season make you crazy? Do your light-stringing neighbors think you're lazy? Full Article at Tampa Bay Online
1. Never stick your tongue on a flagpole in freezing weather even if someone triple-dog dares you. 3. No man who has friends is a failure. 4. Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas ... perhaps ... means a little bit more! 5. Full Article at Tampa Bay Online
Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. It refers both to the day celebrating the birth, as well as to the season which that day inaugurates, which concludes with the Feast of the Epiphany. The date of the celebration is traditional, and is not considered to be his actual date of birth. Full Article
A Belarussian soldier lights a candle during a Christmas church service in the village of Tarasovo, some 20 kms from Minsk, on January 7, 2009. Orthodox believers mark Christmas on January 7, according to the old Julian calendar.
View Photo »People walk near a Christmas tree in central Moscow on December 26, 2008. Russian ruble dropped to a three-year low against the dollar on Friday, after the central bank allowed the currency to weaken slightly in the 11th such devaluation over the past two months.
View Photo »HONOLULU, HI - DECEMBER 25: President-elect Barack Obama greets a marine at a Christmas dinner at Anderson Hall located at Marine Corps Base Hawaii on December 25, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama and his family have been in his native Hawaii since December 20 for the Christmas holiday.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: People visit the National Christmas Tree standing on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: People visit the National Christmas Tree standing on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: The National Christmas Tree stands on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: People visit the National Christmas Tree standing on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 25: Visitors to the National Christmas Tree on the ellipse near the White House on Christmas Day on December 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. Washingtonians enjoyed sunny, mild weather for the holiday.
View Photo »A Bosnian Catholic woman prays during Christmas morning mass at a cathedral in Banja Luka, on December 25, 2008. Roman-Catholics around the world celebrate Christmas today according to the Gregorian calendar.
View Photo »VATICAN CITY, ITALY - DECEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Urbi Et Orbi blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica, December 25, 2008 in Vatican City - Italy.
View Photo »VATICAN CITY, ITALY - DECEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Urbi Et Orbi blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica, December 25, 2008 in Vatican City - Italy.
View Photo »VATICAN CITY, ITALY - DECEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Urbi Et Orbi blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica, December 25, 2008 in Vatican City - Italy.
View Photo »VATICAN CITY, ITALY - DECEMBER 25: Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Urbi Et Orbi blessing from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica, December 25, 2008 in Vatican City - Italy.
View Photo »Albanians light candles inside an Orthodox church on Christmas day in Tirana on December 25, 2008.
View Photo »The National Christmas Tree is seen in front of the US Capitol on December 24, 2008 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Christmas night holy mass at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on December 24, 2008.
View Photo »Catholics take part in a Christmas service at Moscow's Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception, on December 24, 2008.
View Photo »Fireworks explode during Christmas service at Moscow's Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception on December 24, 2008.
View Photo »Fireworks explode during Christmas service at Moscow's Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception on December 24, 2008.
View Photo »Believers attend a Christmas service at Moscow's Cathedral of Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception, on December 24, 2008.
View Photo »King of Spain Juan Carlos delivers his annual Christmas speech in Madrid, on December 24, 2008.
View Photo »A Zimbabwean woman does her last-minute Christmas shopping in a clothing shop in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare, on December 24, 2008. Zimbabwean consumers have had to hold back this year on traditional Christmas shopping due to a combination of soaring prices and cash shortages.
View Photo »Children and their parents watch a Christmas performance at the children oncological hospital in the village of Borovlyany, outside Minsk, on December 23, 2008.
View Photo »A meercat (Suricata suricatta) investigates an insect-filled Christmas package left in its desert themed habitat at Taronga Zoo in Sydney on December 23, 2008.
View Photo »Children enjoy the festival 'A Solidarity Christmas' the December 20, 2008. Hondurans are preparing to celebrate Christmas and Neu Year.
View Photo »People walk near a Christmas tree in central Moscow on December 26, 2008. Russian ruble dropped to a three-year low against the dollar on Friday, after the central bank allowed the currency to weaken slightly in the 11th such devaluation over the past two months.
View Photo »At the time he wrote ‘A Christmas Carol,' the celebration of Christmas in England was changing ... It was the year the first Christmas card was published. Decorating was becoming much bigger, and he was there to capture it — to capture Christmas in the Victorian Era.
It makes my Christmas for me ... I know how disappointing it may be for kids to not have a Christmas, but to see their smiling happy faces, that's what Christmas is about. People have been very generous, and we want to thank all of our sponsors, because without them it wouldn't be possible.
It makes my Christmas for me ... I know how disappointing it may be for kids to not have a Christmas, but to see their smiling happy faces, that's what Christmas is about. People have been very generous, and we want to thank all of our sponsors, because without them it wouldn't be possible.
There's a lot of people who don't want to sit on unemployment, they want to come in and work for a couple weeks, make some extra cash before the holidays to help buy Christmas gifts or just have a little extra money in their pockets until they can find something a little more longterm
I'm pleased that we were able to find a compromise that will allow children to hear back from Santa Claus this Christmas season ... I heard from a number of ‘Dear Santa' volunteers in North Pole who expressed their disappointment with the USPS decision to opt out of the program. This decision today by t...
I would like to not be home for Christmas again, as weird as that sounds ... I just don’t like being home for Christmas. It was OK the first year because I hadn’t been home for Christmas in a long time. But it wears on you. My kids want a Christmas tree in a hotel room somewhere because that was how the...
I would like to not be home for Christmas again, as weird as that sounds ... I just don’t like being home for Christmas. It was OK the first year because I hadn’t been home for Christmas in a long time. But it wears on you. My kids want a Christmas tree in a hotel room somewhere because that was how the...
I would like to not be home for Christmas again, as weird as that sounds ... I just don’t like being home for Christmas. It was OK the first year because I hadn’t been home for Christmas in a long time. But it wears on you. My kids want a Christmas tree in a hotel room somewhere because that was how the...
I would like to not be home for Christmas again, as weird as that sounds ... I just don’t like being home for Christmas. It was OK the first year because I hadn’t been home for Christmas in a long time. But it wears on you. My kids want a Christmas tree in a hotel room somewhere because that was how the...
The people I know who are sincere about keeping Christmas sacred are more interested in de-commercializing the holiday than boycotting Gap in favour of Walmart ... These days, most people would rather suffer through a muzak rendition of The 12 Days of Christmas performed on pan flute than listen to anot...
The Gap is censoring the word Christmas, pure and simple. Yet the company wants all the people who celebrate Christmas to do their shopping at its stores? Until Gap proves it recognizes Christmas by using it in their newspaper, radio, television advertising or in-store signage, the boycott will be promo...
Over the Christmas period, staff and volunteers at the Auckland City Mission will collect and distribute 25,000 gifts ... We’re grateful for every donation received and extend our thanks to every donor for helping us to make Christmas happen for every Auckland child.
Over the Christmas period, staff and volunteers at the Auckland City Mission will collect and distribute 25,000 gifts ... We’re grateful for every donation received and extend our thanks to every donor for helping us to make Christmas happen for every Auckland child.
The Byam Elementary School has decided to ban Santa, candy canes, stockings, and all Christmas, Hanukkah and other 'religious items' from being sold at the annual holiday gift shop.
We kind of use this holiday time before Thanksgiving and Christmas to collect enough cans to give out in our food boxes throughout the year ... These are not necessarily items for the holidays. We could definitely use soups and beans and kind of things like that because this is the time we stock the she...
Christmas in Ireland has always been about music and family gatherings; spontaneous music and song in loved ones homes throughout the land were common place of times gone by. This Christmas Concert series is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to gather together to welcome in this Christmas season and ...
I think this is good preparation for the Christmas holidays. You learn how to eat well and still enjoy a meal without giving up a lot ... We learned to modify recipes so we do not have to give them up for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Our brands have periodically used Christmas in their holiday season advertising. With this year's Gap and Old Navy ads, we hope that the AFA will update its Web site, which has claimed that Gap Inc. 'refused to use the word Christmas in its advertising.'
For any really substantive policy issue, it's a bit early ... The everyday, living things are going to happen — like the Thanksgiving holiday, the Christmas holiday, UT football, the Dallas Cowboys.
The holidays are the most important time to return ... No family should have to go hungry on Thanksgiving and that no child should go without a toy at Christmas. I do not think that food and gifts should be a luxury. It is a necessity and through our efforts, we want to this year’s holiday season happie...
The creche angel's words endorse a patently Christian message: Glory to God for the birth of Jesus Christ ... Moreover, in contrast to Lynch, nothing in the creche's setting detracts from that message. Although the government may acknowledge Christmas as a cultural phenomenon, it may not observe it as a...
I dread the holidays. I dread them. There is going to be an empty chair at the table ... Megan absolutely loved Christmas. I don't know how I'm going to do it. But I have another 16-year-old daughter who I love so much and she deserves happiness this Christmas, so I will find a way pull through.
I dread the holidays. I dread them. There is going to be an empty chair at the table ... Megan absolutely loved Christmas. I don't know how I'm going to do it. But I have another 16-year-old daughter who I love so much and she deserves happiness this Christmas, so I will find a way pull through.
@thereadyset better be on your best behavior and maybe Santa will get you one for Christmas.
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Bangers woke me up, WTF, its christmas already. Goodmorning everyone....
- IJwhiterabbit 26 seconds ago@insaneleeee Ah. Good! and oh dont forget my christmas gift ah! :P
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