Tag: christmas
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EDITORIAL: Let the light of Christmas restore our hope
“All things came into being through him, and without him, not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” -John 1:3-5 On this Christmas Day, Christians across…
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Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after two years of subdued celebrations because of the war in Gaza. At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV presided over his…
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COLUMN: Christmas time past and present | Joe Barrera
In the nostalgia time that comes at the end of December every year I remember my past life and what that past means for me now. In this.town full of military veterans I think a lot about my Army life, the combat I saw in the Vietnam War, the long twisting road I have walked since…
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COLUMN: The best Christmas gifts aren’t under the tree
One of the most memorable and meaningful Christmas Eve’s for me was the year I was abandoned at the public library. It was Monday, December 24, 1979. I was seven. The Baldwin Public Library is in the middle of my small hometown on the south shore of Long Island. One sign of a good town…
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Experience a vintage holiday train ride in Colorado’s mountains
The historic Georgetown Loop Railroad has many quirks to its classy passenger train experience, but the Christmas train ride brings the holiday joy of the North Pole to a tucked away Colorado mountain town. The vintage holiday train ride out of Georgetown, about 13 miles east of Loveland Ski Area, runs from mid-November to the…
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Annual Yule Log potluck, hunt returns this week
A traditional winter event that has brought community together for half a century returns to the Tri-Lakes area this week. The 92nd annual Palmer Lake Yule Log Potluck will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, and the Yule Log Hunt from 1-8:30 p.m., Dec. 14 at the Palmer Lake Town Hall, 28 Valley Crescent St.…
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Weekend Things to do around Colorado Springs and beyond: Colorado parades, Zoo Lights, home tour
SATURDAY A weekend awash in the lights of holiday parades around the state Saturday. In downtown Colorado Springs at 5:50 p.m., the 41st Colorado Springs Festival of Lights heads down Tejon Street with 100 floats, music, horses and whimsical characters. coloradospringsfestivaloflights.com. Downtown Denver will be packed with thousands of cheering folks for the colorful 9NEWS…
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Festival of Lights Parade, Family Fun Day kick off holiday festivities
Tejon Street will be transformed from a busy thoroughfare to a magical holiday wonderland on Saturday as the 41st annual Festival of Lights Parade brings brightly colored floats, marching bands and Christmas joy to downtown Colorado Springs. “It’s a long-standing Colorado Springs tradition that brings families together,” said spokeswoman Abragail Arnold. “You get to see…
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8 reasons why ‘Die Hard’ is a Christmas movie
Editors note: This story was originally published in December of 2019. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but also one of the most contentious as a long-running and heated debate takes place yet again around the holidays. It’s a question everyone wants to know the answer to but can’t seem to agree on.…
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Santa Express offers a magical journey through the Royal Gorge
With Christmas just a few short weeks away, families can take a magical trip to the “North Pole” — and get an audience with Santa Claus himself — on the Royal Gorge Route Railroad’s Santa Express Train. It takes hundreds of hours of craftsmanship to transform the Santa Express locomotive into a moving piece of…