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Some Manchester Township residents are a little leery of the Christmas season this year, and a neighbor’s seasonal light display, they say, is the reason.
This past season, a light and music show - Witte Wonderland - attracted drivers to Burning Tree Court.
When people visited the wonderland, vehicles lined the cul-de-sac and spilled around the [...]

Early last week, James Carroll of Tyler, Texas, came to Billings for the second time in his life.
It was an enjoyable visit, but it was hard to top that first one, on Christmas Eve 1954.
Carroll was a 23-year-old Army private at the time, just out of basic training at Fort Bliss, Texas, on his [...]

Next to “Merry Christmas,” here’s the greeting toy shoppers are most likely to hear and see this holiday season: “Made in America.”
After Mattel’s back-to-back recalls of Chinese-made toys — and amid growing, broader concerns about the safety of products from China — some small American toy makers and sellers are gearing up for a “Made [...]

BANGOR, Maine - Maine tradition took center stage Friday afternoon at the Bangor Civic Center as two competitors raced to be named the fastest wreath maker at the National Christmas Tree Association Convention and Trade Show.
More than 50 Christmas tree growers, retailers and vendors from around the United States and Canada witnessed Maria Kingsbury [...]
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Kenny Loggins is a man who wears his heart on his sleeve.  His songs have feeling, emotion, and one of the great voices of pop music.  His career spans decades, his mastery of many styles unparalleled.  He is truly one whose voice is an instrument.  It is no surprise, therefore, that when he turned [...]

Vernon, Connecticut has had a Christmas nativity display for decades. And it appears it will have one this year, too. But this year’s display will be different in that it will be smaller, relocated and surrounded by other winter religious symbols celebrating such holidays as Hanukkah, Ramadan, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year, pagan winter solstice, [...]

Niceville, Florida sounds like a friendly enough place. But in discussing what should be done about the traffic generated by a popular home Christmas display things have reportedly gotten nasty in Niceville.
Resident Debbie Lewis, also known as the Christmas Lady, drew more than 5,000 people to her home last year to view her Christmas [...]

Right on schedule, the public debates over Christmas lights on private property is intensifying. Today’s story comes from Manchester Township in York County Pennsylvania. This report from the York Dispatch tells the sordid tale:
Todd Witte’s winter wonderland in Manchester Township is not going silently into the night.
Despite objections by some neighbors to Witte’s spectacular [...]