News Stories Tagged "christmas"

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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 Roundup: Thanksgiving, Black Friday

Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008

This week, begin the holiday season by eating a community Thanksgiving dinner in Purcellville, or volunteering for the event. If you can stay awake, head over to the Leesburg Premium Corner Outlets that night for the Midnight Madness sale kicking off 12 a.m. Friday. Read story »

With Santa's Return, a Happy Ending at Tysons

Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008

Strictly speaking, it does not always look like fun. Read story »

2008 Holiday Guide

Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008

With snow starting to fall on Loudoun, it's time to begin planning your holiday season. Use our Holiday Guide to find events for Thanksgiving through New Year's, find where to buy your Christmas tree, holiday deals and coupons, and more! Read story and 1 comment »

'Tis a Reason to Be Jolly: Mall Rehires Santa

Friday, Oct. 24, 2008

Yes, Virginia, there is a clause, and it's in a new contract that will allow Santa to return to work. Read story and 6 comments »

Santa and Tysons Mall Nearing Agreement

Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008

Tysons Corner Center and the longtime mall Santa whose dumping triggered a local uproar may work things out in time for the Christmas shopping season after all. Read story and 4 comments »

Santa Firing Nets Lump of Coal for Mall, Apology

Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008

Tysons Corner Center officials apologized yesterday for leaving Santa Claus out in the cold this holiday season. Read story »

Longtime Mall Santa Out in the Cold

Tysons Corner Favorite Being Replaced This Year

Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008

Michael Graham has been Santa at Tysons Corner Center for so long that many who visited him when they were young have brought their own children to experience his magic: a real snowy beard, a twinkle in his eye, a way with children that conveyed the presence of a kind and timeless character. Read story and 5 comments »

Video: Feast of Epiphany

Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008

On Sunday, St. James Episcopal Church in Leesburg celebrated the Feast of Epiphany with the 'burning of the greens.' Read story »

Santa's Secret Post Office Helper

Lovettsville Postal Worker Has Personally Responded to Santa Letters for 2 Decades

Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2007

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus – and she works behind the window at the Lovettsville post office. Read story »

Tenn. Man Hears All as Dulles Town Center Santa

Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2007

Thousands of Loudoun residents have met Rip Mann, but not many of them know him by that name. To them, he's simply Santa. Read story and 1 comment »

Salvation Army Bells Toll for Holiday Charity

Monday, Dec. 24, 2007

The Salvation Army of Loudoun County has made a great deal of noise this holiday season. Even before Thanksgiving, ringing bells reminded residents that those less fortunate need their help. Read story »

Decking the Halls for a Worthy Cause

Holiday Spirit Shines Bright For a Cause

Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007

Rhoda Matts has far too many holiday decorations to store them in her basement. She keeps the boxes in a rented storage unit and begins moving them to her Sterling house in early November. The boxes are filled with hundreds of unusual ornaments, lights and holiday displays that Matts has made or collected over the past 40 years. Read story »

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