WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obamas got into the holiday spirit Sunday evening with a little help from Hugh Jackman, Sheryl Crow and Janelle Monae. President Barack Obama and his family attended the 32nd annual “Christmas in Washington” concert, a benefit for the Children’s National Health System. After an evening of Christmas carols at the National […]
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NEW YORK (AP) – With a flick of the switch, a 76-foot Norway Spruce officially became the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree after it was illuminated for the first time this holiday season in a ceremony that’s been held since 1933. Mayor Michael Bloomberg turned on the lights just before 9 p.m. Wednesday, setting off a […]
NEW YORK (AP) – A 76-foot Norway Spruce from Shelton, Conn., is set to be lit as New York City’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. The annual holiday tradition will take place Wednesday night. The 75-year-old tree will be illuminated by 45,000 multi-colored LED lights and topped with a 9 1/2-foot-wide Swarovski star. “Today Show” personalities […]
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jennifer Lopez is being honored by the March of Dimes. Lopez, the 44-year-old mother of 5-year-old twins, Maximilian and Emme, will receive the Grace Kelly Award at the eighth annual March of Dimes luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Friday. She’s being recognized as a celebrity parent role model supporting […]
Associated Press HANOVER, N.H. (AP) – Take heart, holiday procrastinators: Famed poet Robert Frost once waited until July to get his Christmas cards in the mail. Unlike the flimsy, forgettable cards of today, however, Frost’s cards arguably were worth the wait. For the past 28 years of his life, he teamed up with a boutique […]
While the clock ticks, the shopping crush continues. According to a survey conducted by Consumer Reports, 17 million shoppers will spend part of their Christmas Eve hitting stores.
Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A 13-year-old girl’s campaign to get Hasbro to make an Easy-Bake Oven that isn’t purple or pink so it would appeal to her little brother is a fresh sign of movement in an old debate. Parents who hope to expose their children to different kinds of play _ science […]
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) – From his toy-cluttered Brooklyn apartment, the man in the red suit was making his list and checking it twice. But he made no distinction between naughty or nice: Every child on it would receive a gift from this Santa Claus. For the children whose toys floated away during Superstorm […]
Associated Press FREEPORT, Maine (AP) – With the final retail push under way, L.L. Bean CEO Chris McCormick is playing Santa’s helper against a backdrop of conveyor belts and beeping front-end loaders as he boxes up slippers and shirts. But there’s little time to reflect on the holiday cheer those gifts will bring because he’s […]
