Articles About Holidays

• 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.

• 30 years of letters to Santa

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 24, 2020

  

  For nearly all of the last three decades, former villager Peggy Barker has compiled these letters as Santa’s assistant. She said she took up the job in 1989 when she found herself with some extra time on her hands.

• The Legendary Lights at Clifton Mill get second place in national contest

  By Reilly DixonDecember 23, 2020

  

  For the third year in a row, the Legendary Lights at the Historic Clifton Mill were among the most impressive in the country, according to the results of a national competition. Clifton Mill won second place in the best public holiday lights category in USA Today’s annual “10Best” competition.