Articles About Christmas

• Art Jumble brightens season

  By Guest ContributorDecember 3, 2023

  

  Welcome to the Yellow Springs Arts Council’s annual Art Jumble, running now through Dec. 31 at the council’s building, 111 Corry St.

• Kringle mingle

  By Reilly DixonJanuary 13, 2023

  

  Any villager who happened to stroll by the United Methodist Church on Saturday, Dec. 3, might have had the good fortune of running into ol’ Saint Nick.

• Quietly sharing the joy each year

  By YS News StaffDecember 12, 2022

  

  All the requests for this year’s Share the Joy tree have been made, and tags with gift requests are waiting to be filled at the Yellow Springs Library. The deadline for filling the requests is Friday, Dec. 16, by the library’s closing time at 6 p.m.

• Fir the birds

  By Jessica ThomasJanuary 15, 2022

  

  Members of the Public Works Crew recently delivered 10 Christmas trees to Glen Helen’s Raptor Center.

• Amid pandemic, Friends Care Community’s ho-ho-holidays

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 4, 2021

  

  The holidays are festive, if lower-key, at Friends Care Community this year. Visitation has been restricted at the facility since March.

• The Briar Patch— Mortgaging humanity: Property values and the life of Wheeling Gaunt

  By Cheryl Durgans

  

  There is clear distinction between Gaunt’s humanitarian-based business structure, and the economic system of slavery upon which our mortgage system is based. Bundling enslaved people — captives — into securities had benefits for the slave owner.

• Christmas eve outside at the First Presbyterian Church

  By Matt MindeDecember 30, 2020

  

  Visual artist Brian Millar created a creche in front of the First Presbyterian Church, which houses figures of the holy family made by his mother almost 70 years ago.

• Spirits of Christmas Past

  By YS News StaffDecember 26, 2020

  

  In the spirit of the holidays, the Yellow Springs News did a deep dive into the News archives and unearthed a bevy of fun holiday photos from past decades.

• Christmas Eve services (+ bonus poem)

  By Audrey HackettDecember 24, 2016

  

  Across the village’s various houses of worship, services are happening on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

• ‘Blue Christmas’ honors complexities of season

  By Audrey HackettDecember 23, 2016

  

  First Presbyterian Church is offering a “Blue Christmas” service this Friday, Dec. 23, to acknowledge the darker side of the season of light.