I would like to thank I-Hop for making the Christmas season an unforgettable experience for students at Fred Wild Elementary School. I-Hop donated two large Christmas stockings filled with several gifts. Students could win the stockings by earning tickets for good work habits and behavior. ...more

December 21, 2008

This time of year, the Christmas spirit descends on Germany's cities and towns in the form of wooden stalls laden with pretzels, toys and baked goods of all shapes and sizes. ...more

December 21, 2008

A picture perfect, Norman Rockwell Christmas. This is how organizer Steve Smith describes Church Street Christmas, an annual tradition celebrating its third decade in Dade City. ...more

December 20, 2008

As far as I'm concerned, Christmas music begins with The Beach Boys' "Little Saint Nick" and ends with Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)." The rest should be locked in the attic with the aluminum tree and those Spencer's novelties I forgot to re-gift. ...more

December 12, 2008

Joanne M. Tracy of Sun City Center wrote an editorial, "What Ever Happened To Our Christmas?" in the late 1970s to vent her frustrations about the commercialization of Christmas. ...more

December 3, 2008

I would like to thank Alan Jay and his staff for making the Christmas seasons a memorable experience for all the students, staff members and administrators at Fred Wild Elementary School. ...more

February 6, 2008

America Legion Post 147 provided disadvantaged children with some Christmas spirit last month. ...more

January 9, 2008

In today's world where top executives keep subtracting, Beall's Department Store at the Mall provides free gift wrapping. The loaf of specialty bread that was $2.50 last year is now $3.50, and people who are used to good ingredients immediately know something has been tampered with. By the way, the loaves are smaller too. At Beall's, cheerful ladies are busy wrapping while customers wait patiently in line, exchanging smiles and bits of conversation. Now wouldn't you call that the old fashioned "Christmas Spirit?" ...more

December 30, 2007

Thieves ruined Christmas for one woman this year by stealing the pair of 6-foot-tall nutcracker statues from in front of her house. ...more

December 26, 2007

The ancient carols stand unrivaled in true Christmas spirit by anything penned in contemporary history. The popular Christmas hymnal beloved today was pretty much complete before the first strings of Christmas lights were mass produced in 1890. ...more

December 25, 2007