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By bex Jul 20, 2021 It was the glorious year of 2018 when the Nick Foles led the Eagles to their Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots. That day & the days the followed were absolute joy in the city (and burbs) of Philadelphia. The joy still exists as you drive on 95 past the Linc. Today though, you ll be seeing a new banner hung. The Carson Wentz banner that one hung proud has been replaced with good ol Saint Nicks lovely hand carrying the Lombardi trophy. While I m happy to see the banner hanging & us reliving that glorious period in Philadelphia history I m ready to look forward! ....
1:08 KLCC s Brian Bull talks to a couple Santas on how they re keeping kids happy and hopeful during a pandemic Christmas season. A little girl in California talks to Santa via Zoom. Credit Beth Casper / YMCA Several local Saint Nicks have gotten with the times. Corey Anderson and a co-worker have set up shop at the Eugene’s YMCA, and do ZOOM calls with kids. SantaCLIP: “Santa? Is my daddy on the ‘nice’ list?” (MOM laughs) Anderson: Is your daddy on the ‘nice’ list? I’ve been looking for your daddy’s name on there…(groan)…I’m sure it’s on there…” ....
Christmas Treat: The Story of Gingerbread Reuters Image credit: IstockLong before there were Christmas lights, cards, trees or even Santa Claus, and before there were Christmas cookies, richly frosted Yule logs or candy canes … there was gingerbread.At least since the Middle Ages, what we loosely call gingerbread - richly spiced cookies, wafers and honey breads has been part of the winter holiday season. There’s a street in the medieval heart of Prague named after spiced honey cake makers. And we know that the Bavarian city of Nürnberg (Nuremberg) was a gingerbread exporter in the 14th century, as was the Dutch city of Deventer not much later. Ever since, the scent of Christmas has been that of gingerbread.In much of central and northern Europe, the holiday season stretches for several weeks, beginning on St. Nicholas Day (Dec. 6) and ending a month later on Epiphany (around Jan. 6). St. Nicholas was a semi-mythical 4th century Middle Eastern bishop, the sometime pa ....
The Progress-Index Santa helpers are popping up here and there to spread Christmas cheer despite the world as we now know it. As long as pandemic-life continues, sitting on Santa s lap is out of the question, but local jolly Saint Nicks are making the best of it. Families and businesses across the community are striving for normalcy and wish to hang on to their holiday traditions. Santa sightings are being posted gleefully across social media platforms. The big guy was spotted in Dinwiddie riding in a sleigh being pulled by a pig. Are Santa s reindeer under quarantine? Santa and his Rudolph replacement landed at Corner Market BBQ, stepped up to the takeout window, and ordered a bite to eat. ....