Nothing signifies the Christmas season like a steaming gingerbread spice latte, a holiday assortment of cookies and endless mouthwatering chocolates. My family of seven consumes an astounding amount of food throughout the course of the holiday months. With Christmas parties, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, a lot of eating [...]
I had always wanted a dog. I constantly begged my parents for a dog. Instead I was given four hermit crabs and a Japanese fighting fish named Mike Wazowski. I still kept begging my parents but each time they told me no and that was the end of the discussion. I wasn’t giving up. In [...]
In my hometown we have a tradition of opening one gift on Christmas Eve. For my family and most of the other families the gift is always new Christmas pajamas. For as long as I can remember I looked forward to opening my gift because I would wonder all day what the pajamas would look [...]
Every year, my closest family and I congregate at the classiest establishment this side of Pennsylvania for a Christmas feast. That’s right: Denny’s chain restaurant stays open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. My family becomes a large group of obnoxious, loud-mouthed, salivating turkey-seekers every December 25. We storm the grounds of Denny’s [...]
There are a lot of memories and traditions that have always been a part of my Christmases. Some things have changed over the years, but one thing has always remained a part of my families celebrations: church on Christmas Eve. Since I can remember, my Christmas Eve Service has always been my favorite of the [...]
It might just become a personal tradition of mine to visit Walt Disney World at Christmas time every year. If you think untangling Christmas lights is awful, just think if you had 7 million to work on. That’s the number of lights Walt Disney World uses to decorate their parks for Christmas each holiday season. [...]
One of my favorite parts of the holidays are the Christmas lights. Whether you drive around your neighborhood or visit parks like Overly’s Country Christmas or Ogleby’s, you can see an assortment of lights hanging from houses, trees and shrubs. In our neck of the woods, there’s a lot of pride in our designs as [...]
This year, like every year, my mom woke me up before sunrise to prepare for a shopping adventure. Since I was younger, I’ve enjoyed the anticipation and competitive nature of the experience, not to mention the rush of getting deals on Black Friday. This year, we got up at 5 a.m. instead of 4 a.m. [...]
Seton Hill Class of 2016 hosted the 38th Annual Crib Ceremony featuring its own spin on the music and verses surrounding Christ’s birth. Approximately 65 members of the Seton Hill University (SHU) freshman class, staff and faculty attended the traditional ceremony that took place outside in the Greensburg Room courtyard Tuesday. “It’s kind of hard [...]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? Nothing sums up the love and joy of the holiday season like verbally or physically berating your fellow shopper while on a blood-thirsty hunt to get that last flat-screen plasma TV.Like a recent meme says, “Because only in America, people trample others for sales exactly one [...]
