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Joining them were just under 200 parents and children who had a breakfast that included French toast, bagels and yogurt before having their pictures taken with Santa Claus. The Parks and Recreation-sponsored event usually attracts between 200 and 300...
Tags: Santa Claus, Tracie Harris, Old Greenwich, Greenwich Civic Center, Katie Caldwell, santa event, Greenwich, Greenwich Connecticut, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent
Despite the best efforts of the hysterical emails arriving in increasing numbers in my inbox, I have no idea how many shopping days are left until Christmas...Though it's nothing to be proud of, I'm a seasoned shopper and can pull off a last-minute marathon...
Tags: wish list, United Kingdom, London, Christian folklore, Santa Claus, Miu Miu, Gift, Christmas, Human Interest
With flashing Rudolph noses and Christmas coloured light swords, thousands packed Port Perry’s sidewalks for its “magical” night-time parade. As people old and young crammed the sidewalks in wait of the annual parade, held Saturday, Nov. 28, vendors strolled...
Tags: Brock Street, Canada, Port Perry, Christian folklore, Santa Claus, Parade, Christmas films, Uxbridge, Christmas tree, Christmas, Advertising characters, Christmas lights
I realize there are a lot of charitable organizations in need of help, but one in particular is near and dear to us at the Times. The Empty Stocking Fund has been a tradition here for several decades, dating back longer than anyone still here remembers,...
Tags: The Salvation Army, stocking fund, Valdosta Daily Times, Valdosta, Santa Claus, Valdosta metropolitan area, Christmas tree, Lowndes County Georgia, Valdosta Georgia, Parade
And while nearly all of the people visiting Santa Claus in the Sears court on the lower level of Towne East Square on Saturday morning were 10 or under, that didn't stop some adults from getting one-on-one time with him. Ami Montgomery, the mother of...
Tags: Santa Claus, Madelyn Stowell, Conner Peck, Kansas City, Christian folklore, Advertising characters
Brendon McCullin was driving to Granger from Cassopolis with his two sons this morning when he pulled over downtown for a siren-blaring Edwardsburg firetruck. As the truck passed him, he and his boys noticed Santa sitting on top of the rig. So the McCullins...
Tags: Edwardsburg Fire, Edwardsburg Uptown Improvement Association, Santa, Edwardsburg, Christian folklore, Cassopolis Michigan, Santa Claus, South Bend-Mishawaka metropolitan area, Mrs. Claus, Edwardsburg Michigan, Christmas, Cass County Michigan
Thousands of people lined the streets for this year’s Christmas Parade through downtown Hanford. Local residents showed up in droves even despite predictions of rain, which threatened to derail the procession before it even began on Friday. Mike Bertaina,...
Tags: Hanford Christmas Parade Committee, Hanford Amtrak Station, Hanford Police Department, Hanford Chamber of Commerce, Mike Bertaina, Santa Claus, Hanford
The economy has taken a toll on a New York tradition: the "Sidewalk Santas" who collected money for the poor on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue. The 107-year-old program has gone online for the second year in a row. The nonprofit Volunteers of America-Greater...
Tags: Sidewalk Santas, New York, Christian folklore, Santa Claus, Advertising characters
As Vancouver's glockenspiel sounded out a clangy "Silent Night," people by the thousands — moms, dads, many of them holding cheerful, bundled-up kids — were pouring into Esther Short Park at nightfall Friday. High in the bell tower, the big round Roman-numeraled...
Tags: short park, esther short, Canada, Vancouver, Christian folklore, Santa Claus
Santa whizzing by on a sleigh packed with Barbies and basketballs? A man and a woman falling into a snowbank and sharing an unexpected kiss? Formerly estranged family members getting all huggy-feely and crooning “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” as the...
Tags: Santa Baby, Los Angeles, Christian folklore, Santa Claus, Christmas, Home for the Holidays, Dean Cain, Human Interest