The Brunette Lucy

Getting Ready for Christmas

Lucy remembers Christmas traditions with her family as she also says goodbye to Patch.

I hand it to all of you who venture out into the world on Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving, I can barely rouse myself out of bed due to the turkey, stuffing and pie-induced coma I’m in. So to anyone who managed to get up early (or who camped out before the stores opened) to battle the throngs of bargain seekers, I salute you. For me, one of the best things about the holiday is that it marks the beginning of the Christmas season. Obviously, Black Friday shoppers feel the same way. The tree goes up that weekend, and I’ll watch every sappy Christmas movie ever made – twice – while I decorate and bake. The kids usually take bets on how long it’ll be before I start to cry, and then spy on me until a winner is proclaimed. But the most …

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Kiwanis Unveils New Township Holiday Tree

Nearly 150 Upper Moreland residents came out to celebrate the township's Holiday Tree unveiling.

Upper Moreland residents participated in a long-awaited Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony. An estimated 150 participants gathered,  and were encouraged by the unseasonably warm weather, in the fountain area of Veterans Memorial Park for the event. The event featured sounds of the seasons by The Party Continues, as well as free refreshments. The Kiwanis of Old York Road spearheaded the event, organizing the festivities, as well as purchasing the $7,000, 18-foot artificial tree. According to Kiwanis of Old York Road president, Bob Young, the tree is expected to last over a decade, and will be accompanied by an annual tree-lighting ceremony. The tree itself is adorned with 750 LED, energy-efficient light bulbs, and may increase incrementally …

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Willow Grove Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration Scheduled

Township commissioners praise Kiwanis Club for selecting a more energy efficient artificial tree.

The tradition of a Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony will return to Upper Moreland on Nov. 27, in large part through the efforts of the Kiwanis Club of Old York Road. But instead of the township’s traditional real tree, an artificial LED tree will be installed. The township commissioners approved of the holiday tree lighting ceremony at the commissioners regular meeting, which took place earlier this week. “I’m very glad to see that it’s an LED tree, because it’s very energy efficient,” Ward 3 commissioner Donna Parsell said at the meeting. According to the Kiwanis-supplied documents, which the township commissioners reviewed before the vote, an artificial LED tree is over 70-percent more energy efficient than a tree lit with conventional …

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Tom Sofield

5:35 pm on Sunday, November 20, 2011

Sounds like a great event!   more ›