“Canorah” lighting caps Chanukah Wonderland party in West BloomfieldNews from The Detroit News: “Canorah” lighting caps Chanukah Wonderland party in West Bloomfield As Sr. Rabbi Elimelech Silberberg, right, looks on, Uri Segal lights a 10-foot menorah made of canned goods during the final night of Chanukah Wonderland, a four-day festival celebrating the Jewish holiday, at [...]
What’s Happening for DECEMBER (Updated Dec. 22)News from SunHerald.com: Send calendar items to mynews@sunherald.com or fax to 896-2104. TODAY Red Cross blood drive: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., George Regional Hospital, 859 Winter St., Lucedale. Holiday art workshop: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Walter Anderson Museum of Art, 510 Washington Ave., Ocean Springs. Cost: $ 50 per child. Designed [...]
Yazidis cheer Kurds on Iraqi mountain for breaking Islamic State siegeNews from Reuters: By Isabel Coles SINJAR MOUNTAIN, Iraq Sun Dec 21, 2014 7:18am EST 1 of 4. A Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) flag flutters on a lookout point between the Iraqi-Syrian border town of Rabia and the town of Snuny, north of Mount [...]
Companies spend again on partiesNews from Albany Times Union: Clifton Park The office holiday party is back. Not since the start of the Great Recession in 2008 have local caterers and restaurant and hotel operators seen such demand. “This week and next week are really busy,” said Susan Baker, vice president of sales and marketing [...]
So hot right now: Ugly Christmas sweatersNews from Chicago Tribune: If you have been invited to an ugly Christmas sweater party — which is likely these days — you have some decisions to make. You could go the traditional route and rifle through the thrift store racks for a $ 5 itchy wool monstrosity that [...]
Staten Island’s Best Spot for Kids’ Birthday Parties: Rab’s, Party Jungle …News from SILive.com: Logo for the 2014 Staten Island Readers’ Choice AwardsKristin F. Dalton | For the Staten Island Advance STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 10,000 votes were cast in the “Best Shopping & Services” categories of the 2014 Staten Island Readers’ Choice Awards. [...]
Hong Kong protest sites to be clearedNews from court – Daily Mail: By Reuters Published: 22:48 EST, 8 December 2014 | Updated: 22:48 EST, 8 December 2014 By Lizzie Ko and Donny Kwok HONG KONG, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s High Court has ordered the main protest sites that have choked the financial city [...]
Taylor Party City moved to former Media Play buildingNews from Southgate News Herald: Party City has moved to 23269 Eureka Road. Party City has officially relocated to a portion of the former Media Play building at 23269 Eureka Road. The new location features a redesigned store layout with party supplies, decorations and costumes for every [...]
2014 Staten Island holiday events: Tonight’s Annadale Christmas Tree Lighting … – SILive.comNews from 2014 Staten Island holiday events: Tonight’s Annadale Christmas Tree Lighting … – SILive.com: Rob Bailey | bailey@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — ‘Tis the season for holiday events. The following is a roundup of seasonal celebrations taking place around the borough: POSTPONED: [...]
Kate Middleton’s Family Encourages Brits To Celebrate Thanksgiving — And …News from The Inquisitr: Next to the fourth of July, Thanksgiving is an ultra-American holiday. It’s a holiday to celebrate harvest, to count blessings, and is commonly traced back to a celebration held in 1621 between newly-landed Puritans in America and American Indians. In fact, [...]