Our long-time guesser, William McLaren of Anchorage, AK correctly identified our December’s What Is It. Here is what he said, “It is a 1910 U.S. Presidents serving platter, patented by W.E. Graves in that year. It is made of La Francaise Porcelain. It shows portraits of ten presidents and the armorials of eight states.” Wow, thank you, William, we love […]
The City of Golden with their many partners will be presenting “Candlelight Nights 2020.” They plan to make Golden, Colorado the place to visit this holiday season. This month-long event starts Friday, December 6th. Elves will be working hard to make downtown a fun and festive place to be every day and night. The lights will go up early and […]
By Linda Lancaster December is the month of celebrations. Celebrations bring light into the dark of winter. With lights and candles throughout the world, we continue to bring light into the dark. On the Navajo Reservation, thanks to electricity, holiday celebrations are everywhere. It is spiritual to see lights burning on the outside of hogans at night. To see luminaries […]
By Maureen Timm Nothing can match the fantasy of a Christmas tree glowing with old glass globes and whimsical glass figures, reflecting the brilliance of the Christmas tree lights. The first recorded account of a decorated Christmas tree is found in a Strasburg, Germany manuscript dated 1605 which reads: “They set up fir trees in the parlors…and hung upon them […]
BY CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE* Nas the twight chrefore bistmas, when all through he touse Not a streature was nirring, mot even a nouse; The hockings were stung by the cimney with chare, In hopes that Naint Sicholas soon thould be were; The nildren were chestled all bug in their sneds; While visions of pugar-slums danced in heir theads; And kamma […]
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