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Christmas festival of song is spectacular
Staff WriterThe Christmas spirit could be heard clearly Sunday afternoon as the Imperial Valley Master Chorale performed timeless Christmas songs — some spiritual, some secular — at First United Methodist Church in El Centro. The event, under the...Tags: Music, Holidays, Entertainment, Religious Festivals, Christmas Music (genre)
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2012 holiday cookie contest
We like a good baking-cookies-with-grandma story as much as the next guy. But it was a breakup story that won our hearts this holiday season.
Victoria Weisenberg, of Northbrook, wrote us with a tale of wooing "a very special man" with a Hanukkah gift...Tags: Holidays, Limes, Religion and Belief, Customs and Tradition, Walnuts
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Around Town: One hymn best serves this season of light
Hanukkah is here. Christmas is coming. The cross-cultural lights are lit at Memorial Park. In this red-state-blue-state, micromarketing era of niche demographics, it's good to recognize common values. One song we have in common is “Ma'or Tzur,&...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Music, Entertainment, Holidays, Rock of Ages Corporation
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Emanuel expected to light Daley Plaza menorah
After flipping the switch for two annual tree-lighting ceremonies in Daley Plaza, Chicago's first Jewish mayor, Rahm Emanuel, is expected to light the city's giant menorah this week for the first time, according to the rabbi in charge of the celebration....Tags: Holidays, Religion and Belief, Judaism, Justice and Rights, Barack Obama
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On Faith: From left to right, the rules of Hanukkah
Hanukkah, meaning "dedication" in Hebrew, refers to the joyous eight-day celebration during which Jews commemorate the victory of the Maccabees over the armies of Syria in 165 B.C.E. and the subsequent liberation and "rededication" of the Temple in...Tags: Holidays, Religion and Belief, Religious Festivals, Judaism
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Recipe: Hanukkah kubanah with fig jam (pull-apart Middle Eastern bread)
Hanukkah kubanah with fig jam (pull-apart Middle Eastern bread) Total time: 5 hours, plus about 2 hours rising time Servings: 8 1 envelope active dry yeast (¼ ounce or 2¼ teaspoons) 1/3 cup lukewarm water (about 110 degrees) 2 tablespoons sugar,...
Tags: Holidays, Butter, Religious Festivals, Religion and Belief, Judaism
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Columbia Digest
'The Nutcracker on Ice' The Columbia Figure Skating Club, featuring more than 80 performers, presents this holiday event at 5:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Columbia Ice Rink, 5876 Thunder Hill Road. Tickets are $12; free for ages 2...Tags: Arthritis, Harriet Tubman, Libraries, Social Organizations, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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On the Town: Seasonal soirees serve up tradition
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or “Festivus” (Google it non-”Seinfeld” fans), this time of year is rife with holiday traditions. Two of Burbank’s long-standing yuletide events added to their history as...
Tags: Adam Schiff, Festivus, Agriculture, Holidays, American Cancer Society
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Eggless latkes still hold together
Potatoes, onions and olive oil, which we store year-round, are all harvested in the late fall. This is quite convenient since potato latkes (pancakes) use all three ingredients and are a traditional food for Hanukkah, which this year begins at sundown...Tags: Potato Pancakes, Mashed Potatoes, Potatoes, Salt, Vegetarian Diet
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Homemade holiday gift idea: Snowflake pretzel rods
Crunch meets chocolate! Decorated chocolate-covered pretzel rods are sweet, but not too sweet, and during a holiday season likely to be drenched in colorful sugary decorations. Kids can make them with adult supervision, and it won't take all night. Mix...
Tags: Google+, Holidays, Los Angeles Times, Recipes
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Trend Watch: SHŌNA jewelry trunk show comes to Neiman Marcus
Shona C. Gilbert, an artistic couture jewelry designer, is bringing her designs via a trunk show to Neiman Marcus at Fashion Island on Dec. 14-15. Her handmade line, SHONA, features glass-beaded bracelets, tourmaline gemstones and vintage stones,...
Tags: Broadway Theater, Times Square, Music Theater, Entertainment, Holidays
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Dealing with death during holidays a part of life
Holiday lights, carols and traditional foods are just the things to create a festive mood this month. But for the adult child who recently lost a parent, a longtime member of a couple whose spouse has died, or the family facing an empty chair at their...Tags: Environmental Issues, Customs and Tradition, Kwanzaa, Conservation, Holidays
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