Tag: christmas
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Live Well: Adopt Icelandic Christmas tradition of giving books
Giving or receiving a beloved book is the warmest of fuzzies. Even though, yes, book gifts can be fraught, much like clothing gifts. I still remember clothing I’ve given and received that missed the mark. What if you give a new love interest your most treasured book and they can’t get past the first chapter?…
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Sugar Plum Mart returns, kicks off holiday shopping at market this weekend
Get ahead on holiday shopping early this year. The Sugar Plum Food and Holiday Gift Mart will return this weekend so shoppers can get a start on the holiday gifts. The market at the Colorado Springs Event Center will host more than 120 vendors selling handmade goods, home decor, gourmet foods and more locally crafted…
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Chocolates, flowers and procrastination. For many Americans, Valentine’s Day is a last-minute affair
Valentine’s Day is meant to celebrate romance and the depths of feeling we have for loved ones
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Last-minute love: Many Americans procrastinate when it comes to Valentine’s gifts
Valentine’s Day is meant to celebrate romance and the depths of feeling we have for loved ones
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PHOTOS: NORAD Tracks Santa
Each year on Christmas Eve, more than a thousand volunteers donate two hours of their time to work as Santa trackers with the NORAD Tracks Santa program. The tradition was born from a misdialed phone call in 1955, during which a young child reached the combat operations center at Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) in Colorado…
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Reporter Carol McKinley discusses the Christmas toy drive going on at the Littleton Life Center
Reporter Carol McKinley discusses the toy drive going on at the Littleton Life Center
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SCENES FROM | Festival of Lights Parade
Sights and sounds from the 38th Annual Festival of Lights Parade in Colorado Springs.
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Pikes Pick: Romance writer Christina Lauren is pen name for two female friends
Christina Lauren is the pen name behind two female friends who met while writing “Twilight” fan fiction, and have gone on to write a ton of romance novels. I recently finished their 2020 novel, “In a Holidaze,” which is modeled after the 1993 cult film, “Groundhog Day,” in which a TV weatherman relives the same…
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Colorado Springs Airport passenger numbers soar to 13-year high
With a continued boost from Southwest Airlines, travel bounced backed in a big way in June at the Colorado Springs Airport, pushing passenger numbers to a 13-year high of nearly 100,000. The 99,478 passengers boarding outbound flights were the most since 100,514 passengers left the airport in July 2008 and 9½ times the number boarding flights…
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Colorado Springs Airport passenger numbers soar to 13-year high
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With a continued boost from Southwest Airlines, travel bounced backed in a big way in June at the Colorado Springs Airport, pushing passenger numbers to a 13-year high of nearly 100,000. The 99,478 passengers boarding outbound flights were the most since 100,514 passengers left the airport…