Tag: Christmas
Toy stories: Five kid crazes that sparked Christmas chaos
If you’re a millennial, or a parent of one, you might remember these must-have toys that turned Christmas shopping upside-down.
A ‘brutal’ daily lottery decides who gets in, who gets left out at London shelter
The names are drawn and the lucky 30 have a warm place to stay the night. The rest, well, who knows for sure?
A Donkey at Christmas by Mike O’Neill
The December snows haven’t arrived. We’ve had green Christmases before and still celebrated Jesus’ birth just fine. As I descended the stairs, I thought about the depiction of the shepherds guarding their flocks in the cold and snow. Was it cold and snowy in that part of the world? I didn’t know, but I doubted […]
The 12 Days of Christmas, from Christmas Eve to the 12th Night: this week on The Storyteller’s Night Sky
Once the long night of the solstice has commenced, it’s appropriate to quietly reflect on the year past and to anticipate the year ahead, not just for a moment, but for the full 12 days of Christmas, which begin with the birth of inner light on Christmas Eve, at midnight.
COMMENTARY: How 5,000 Christmas trees sank in Great Lakes ship disaster
The Rouse Simmons, a three-masted schooner, unsuccessfully attempted to carry 5,000 Christmas trees through a in a fierce blizzard near Kewaunee, Wisconsin, in 1912. Read the full story by the […]
Arbor Day founder was a 'complex man' who hated Christmas trees, defended slavery
Perhaps it is no surprise that J. Sterling Morton hated Christmas trees.
What The Cleantech Industry Can Learn From The Star Wars Holiday Special
Whenever anyone mentions the Star Wars Holiday Special, they get one of two reactions. The most common one is, “What Star Wars Holiday Special?” because most people have never heard of it. The second most common reaction is one of dismay or disgust, largely because it was pretty awful. In … [continued]
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Audubon Christmas Bird County underway
The National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count is underway until January 5th. Coordinated visits to hundreds of sites in the U.S. and Canada to count birds depends on volunteers. There are about 80 sites in Michigan and more than 70 in Ohio.
OSHaRE struggles to meet need as it sets new record for meals served
Owen Sound’s soup kitchen reached a new high — 200,000 meals served this year as of last week, breaking last year’s 146,000 meal total, executive director Colleen Trask Seaman said Saturday, shortly before opening the kitchen doors for take-out meals. It’s one local organization which is struggling to meet increasing demands this holiday season. The […]
Mystery donor gives London hospital $2M: ‘Unique and generous gift’
An anonymous local donor is writing a $2-million cheque to a London hospital, a no-strings-attached mega-donation arriving just days before Christmas. The mystery donor is leaving how the sum will be spent up to the St. Josephâs Health Care Foundation, the fundraising arm of St. Joseph’s Health Care London, stipulating only that it supports the […]