News Stories Tagged "2008 Holiday Season"

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PHOTO GALLERY: First Night Leesburg

Friday, Jan. 2, 2009

This year's First Night Leesburg featured a performance by the Speakeasy Boys, a show by Becky Shore of Animal Ambassadors, a magician and more Read story »

The Year in Pictures: Does This Refresh Your Memory?

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008

The year 2008 brought plenty of controversy to Loudoun -- over hospitals, schools, animals and more -- but also plenty to celebrate, including the return of troops from Iraq, visits from presidential candidates and the opening of a new theater. Read story »

Bulldogs Band to March in New Year's Parade in London

Monday, Dec. 29, 2008

Invited on behalf of the Festival Patrons, including Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant for Greater London and the Lord Mayor of Westminster, the Stone Bridge Marching Bulldogs will participate in one of the world's largest New Year's celebrations. Read story and 8 comments »

Leesburg Faces a Frugal First Night

Annual New Year's Party Is Feeling the Pinch of Economic Slump

Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008

First Night Leesburg, a popular New Year's Eve celebration, has a "fragile" financial outlook because of a drop in local government funding and an economic slump that has pinched the pockets of donors, according to the event's lead organizer. Read story »

Spoiler Warning: Don't Read This Story If You Believe in Santa

Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008

Although most children across the world don't usually get a glimpse of Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, one Leesburg dad – working with a few other Loudoun "elves" - has come up with a way to "prove" to children that he has stopped by their houses. Read story and 1 comment »

Up Close: David Cook

Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008

We have all seen the faithful Salvation Army bell-ringers as we rush in and out of stores, hunched against the cold. As familiar to the holidays as stockings or fruitcake, the volunteers cheerfully brave the weather each season to man the Salvation Army kettles. Read story and 1 comment »

Have Yourself a Bargain Christmas

Friday, Dec. 19, 2008

Are you still shopping for gifts but exceeding your budget? Consider perusing one of the many quality thrift and consignment shops in Loudoun, where you'll find new and "gently used" items for a fraction of the store prices. Read story »

From Sterling's Secret Santa, A Deluge of Christmas Spirit

Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008

It was a Christmas miracle: toys — hundreds of them — piled outside the doors of Galilee United Methodist Church early Sunday morning when Pastor Wayne Snead arrived. Barbies and Elmos, electronic drum sets and Easy-Bake Ovens, scooters and tricycles, trucks and race cars and dolls. More than any one child could conjure up in a long letter to Santa. Read story and 11 comments »

PHOTO GALLERY: Local Charity Sends Holiday Cheer to Military

Monday, Dec. 15, 2008

Volunteers for Operation Pinecone, a Loudoun-based nonprofit, spent their Saturday putting together care packages for military members. Read story »

Winter Wonderland Raises Money for ALS Association

Monday, Dec. 15, 2008

Sterling resident Rhoda Matts, 62, began collecting and creating Christmas ornaments in her early 20s. Today, she owns thousands of decorations and invited the public to tour each glittery room of her three-story home. Read story »

Fantasy Flight at Dulles Delivers Holiday Magic

Sick Children and Their Families Visit Santa

Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008

About 150 children headed to the North Pole yesterday, along with their families, as part of United Airlines' annual Fantasy Flight program, which takes children with life-threatening conditions and terminal illnesses from hospitals and hospices on a make-believe flight to visit Santa on his home turf. Read story »

Loudoun News Briefs

Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008

News briefs in Loudoun County. Read story »

Holiday Decorations Map

Friday, Dec. 12, 2008

Plan a holiday tour of some of Loudoun's most extravagantly decorated homes using our Holiday Decorations map. Read story and 12 comments »

Weekend Round Up: Winter Wonderland, Rudolph

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008

This weekend, take a look inside an indoor Winter Wonderland or drop your children off at the Sterling United Methodist Church for arts and crafts, and catch up on your Christmas shopping. Sunday afternoon, enjoy an original Christmas Reindeer show by Middleburg's Tom Swetizer at the Franklin Park Performing and Visual Arts Center. Read story »

Up Close: Frans Kok

Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008

Frans Kok runs Middleburg Christmas Tree Farm with his wife, Mary Shirley. The couple purchased the 125-acre farm in 1979, and immediately began to plant Christmas trees. Today, they grow four species of Christmas trees and have sold up to 3,000 a season. Read story »

PHOTO GALLERY: Middleburg Hosts Annual Christmas Parade

Monday, Dec. 8, 2008

This weekend the Town of Middleburg put on its annual Christmas parade, featuring several area dance troupes, the City of Winchester Pipes and Drums, and dancing llamas. Read story »

Santa Cop Keeps Holiday Spirit Alive, Despite Economy

Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008

More than 60 children went on a shopping spree at Target Saturday as part of the Santa Cop program of the Loudoun-Dulles Lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police. Read story and 1 comment »

Weekend Round Up: Boogie Woogie, Holidays Arts & Crafts

Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008

This weekend, search for local handmade Christmas gifts at Saturday's Holidays in Leesburg Arts and Crafts Show, or take in musical performances by the Loudoun Valley High School theatre and pianist Daryl Davis. Wrap up the weekend with a visit to the Franklin Park Performing and Visual Arts Center to see a showing of the classic 1954 film, "White Christmas." Read story »

Loudoun News Briefs

Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008

News briefs in Loudoun County. Read story »

Ashburn Teen Records CD to Benefit Ugandan Students

Friday, Nov. 28, 2008

When Stone Bridge High School senior Christine Coogle returned to Ashburn in July from a mission trip in Uganda, she did not want the mission to end. Touched by her experiences in the African nation, the award-winning soprano decided to record a Christmas CD to benefit the Ugandan children. Read story »

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