How ‘Carol’ helped make Christmas
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Every holiday is a festival of obsessive-compulsive behavior, but none more so than Christmas. In America, single minded repetition is a big part of what makes the yuletide bright. Think of all the things you’ve done over and over and, yes, over again: the tree decorating, houselight stringing, card mailing, gift buying, stupid Santa hat […]

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Families enjoy Christmas tradition
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Grinning widely, Carissa and Trevor Matovina posed for their picture with Santa, then huddled with the “Jolly Old Elf” for some serious Christmas wishes talk while Mrs. Claus listened in.
It was all part of the annual Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, a Lowell-area tradition for about 24 years sponsored by Zeta Chi Chapter of Tri […]

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Generosity - a Christmas tradition worth keeping
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Christmas is a time of tradition.
We all have our own.
From traditional dinners, midnight gift-openings and even traditional seating arrangements around the yearly feast.
Some parents have traditional hiding spots for things that will go under the tree Christmas morning and — I’m sure this won’t come as a shock — some children have […]

Christmas Traditions


What’s your holiday decorating style?
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Tis the season for making merry. Whether you are celebrating a traditional family holiday at home or entertaining some friends for a festive cocktail party, use decorations to transform your home into a winter wonderland this holiday season.
Here are some quick and simple holiday decorating tips from the experts at ProFlowers:
Classic Country Christmas
Your family tends […]

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New and old Christmas traditions get under way this week
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This week, it will nearly be impossible to ignore the holiday buzz as many of the Ozark Mountain’s long-time traditions as well as new one’s kick-off the area’s Christmas season.
Some of the area’s first signs of the season will begin to shine on Thursday as the Branson Area Festival of Lights lights up the […]

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Family tradition inspires author
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The day Yvonne Lantz tried to imagine life without family was the day her book was conceived.
Lantz could not imagine life without her loved ones and she proudly says she has learned not to take anything, or anyone, for granted.
“I have an overwhelming love of family and tradition. I don’t get up any morning and […]

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A growing Christmas tradition — Chinese food
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The Christmas spirit will bring much quiet to Seattle streets Monday, as families relax at home, childrens rip open presents, and people devour plump turkeys and pies.
But near South Jackson Street, in the city’s International District, plates plunking on tables and the bustle of customers will emanate late into the night from several Chinese restaurants.
At […]

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One Woman’s Drive Leads to Holton Christmas Tradition
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Everyone has their family traditions on Christmas, but for one Holton family putting together a community dinner is theirs.
Every year, Holton residents enter St. Dominic’s Parish for a warm Christmas meal and to remember the person who started it all.
Hundreds of Holton residents have a little lady named Edna to thank for making their Christmas […]

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Christmas tradition shines bright at Grandma Pittenger’s
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Tradition drives everything many people do on Christmas day — the foods they eat, the people they see, the church they attend, even the clothes they wear.
Or maybe Christmas drives tradition.
Regardless of how you look at it, the home of 94-year-old Edith Pittenger was filled with tradition Monday.
“The kids have come home for breakfast every […]

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Sharing a Christmas tradition
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When Shonna Ilgenfritz was younger, it was easy to explain where she lived in Spring Garden Township.
“I live, you know, where the Christmas decorations are,” she’d say.
In 1970, Ilgenfritzes moved across the street from the elaborate light display local dentist Robert Pfaltzgraff had had set up on his Country Club Road lawn for maybe 20 […]

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Couple’s reindeer create Christmas tradition
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Don Schulze has a fascination with “unique” animals and a passion for Christmas.
Those two loves led Schulze to create the West Corrine Reindeer Station and Christmas Village.
“As a kid I always wanted animals, not everyday animals, but something different. I’ve known for a long time I wanted reindeer. I’m not sure if it has anything […]

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Christmas socks make everything warm and cozy
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My mother-in-law and I have a Christmas tradition that I appreciate more with each passing year. It is not a fancy custom, but it is one I treasure.
My mother-in-law gives me wonderful socks every year for Christmas. Usually three pairs or more. I don’t know where Bea finds them, but I adore them. This is […]

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Mindful of his Late Mother, he Continues a Christmas Tradition
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He told his wife he was not going to hang Christmas lights this year.
The cords, light bundles and props that fill a quarter of the basement would stay packed for the winter. So would the 20-foot snowmen made of plywood; the arches that curved over the driveway; the light-up replica of the Mill Mountain […]

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Christmas traditions live on
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Usually Christmas starts the day after Thanksgiving. But there are those people who decorate Christmas Eve. It’s been a tradition for many years, and they’re the 70 year old people and they come in and this was their lifestyle. They never saw any Christmas in their house until Christmas morning,” says Kathy Hafner, owner of […]

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Christmas Tradition Continues
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One tree in Lubbock has been called many things over the years from the Tree of Joy to the Tree of Hope and even the Tree of Inspiration but it’s most commonly known as “The Tree of Life” and it’s creator Jeff Mills says it’s become a tradition here in Lubbock.
“A lot of people tell […]

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Christmas Tradition Is Handed Over To The Next Generation
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On Christmas Day, The Topic of The Town Diner was expected to serve about 500 people from towns on both sides of the Connecticut River as owner Dennis Fekay put on his 21st - and last - Free Christmas Dinner.
However, this year’s dinner won’t be the last benefit meal for the old and young who […]

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Poll: Christmas Tradition Trumps Trendy
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Tradition often trumps the trendy during the Christmas season. People send traditional Christmas cards through the mail far more than they send greeting cards by e-mail. Most people think it’s OK to have Christmas decorations at public buildings, even though it occasionally draws protests and lawsuits.
And many people long for the days when businesses routinely […]

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Will this be the last year for a Christmas tradition?
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Arlyne and Dayton Silk, 605 Gleason Avenue, Thief River Falls, will probably sell their Christmas display. Dayton began his setting up his Christmas display sometime in the 1970s, and it all began with this church, a scale model of the Black River Church near St. Hilaire.
Constant care and attention are required of Dayton Silk’s Christmas […]

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Christmas tradition lives on for one family
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It’s Christmas Day, a time for presents, decorations and - for many Coachella Valley families - a plate full of warm tamales.
Making these delicious dishes is a Cervantes family Christmas tradition that has spanned more than 150 years.
Gathering on Sunday at the family’s Coachella ranch, where they grow squash and green beans, family members crowded […]

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Fun comes with the helpers for annual Christmas tradition
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When are you making lefse?
My daughter-in-law Molly had e-mailed. She was remembering the fun in having many gathered in the kitchen creating lefse last year.
Counting the three busy weekends before Christmas, I picked the week just before Christmas and hoped it would work.
Not only did we make lefse, flatbread was rolled out and baked that […]

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25-year Christmas tradition continues: North Pole window continues to draw Douglas residents
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For the past 25 years, Douglas residents have flocked to the home of Dr. Michael Gomez to participate in what has become an annual Christmas event.
Each December, a North Pole scene is set up in the front window of the residence located at 2350 12th Street. Nearly 70 little homes, people, and of course, Santa […]

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Christmas Tradition has Ancient Roots
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Many Christians around the world decorate their homes for the Christmas holiday. In addition to the traditional Christmas tree, many people put decorated wreaths on their door. These celebratory wreaths can trace their roots back long before the birth of Jesus Christ, whose birth is celebrated on Christmas day. For producer Nadia Madjid, VOA’s Jim […]

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Ireland’s Christmas lights the Holy Family’s way
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When it comes to lighting the way for Joseph and Mary to reach safety in Bethlehem it is to the Irish we look.
Sister of Charity of the Incarnate Word Michele Curtin told the Intermountain Catholic the Christmas Eve lighting of the tall, thin Christmas candle by the father of the family warms the whole Irish […]

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Couple continues Christmas tradition at school
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For over 20 years, Larry and Melissa Schmidt have been entertaining elementary students in the Spring Valley, now Kingsland, school system. “We started going into our sons’ classrooms each year to sing Christmas songs. Occasionally, family members from the Welcome Home band joined us and we’d go into our nephews’ and nieces’ rooms, too,” said […]

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Families keeping the holiday spirit
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The stuff outside the Resendez house — the hundreds of Christmas lights, the Santa cutout, the three light-up reindeer, all the candy canes — that’s nothing.
You haven’t seen Christmas in January until you’ve been inside the home, near Summitview and 37th avenues.
The whole scene defies the common notion that Christmas must be packed away […]

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