It’s Christmas Time in the City

By: Mary Fran BontempoSilver Bells, Silver Bells. It's Christmas time in the city....And no city in the world does Christmas like New York.From the tree at Rockefeller Center to the elaborate window displays of the department stores to the Christmas Market at Bryant Park and on and on, the city simply glows with the wonders of the season. The best part? Aside from transportation and the cost of a nibble or two, many [...]

2018-10-30T09:53:47-04:00December 16th, 2011|2 Comments

Never too Early for Holiday Shopping

 by Carmen Ferreiro-EstebanI know. Halloween is still three days away and the in laws are coming for Thanksgiving, but the Holidays (with capital H) are really not that far away, and this year I want to finish my shopping on time, to avoid the Mall when it's crowded.If you want to join me in this non rushed approach to the Holidays, and you live in the Bucks County, PA area, please come next [...]

2018-10-30T09:53:58-04:00October 28th, 2011|2 Comments

Big Gifts on Small Budgets

by Chrysa SmithA little over a century ago, O. Henry penned The Gift of the Magi. Of course, it's topical, because the story involves gift giving, true love and being cash poor.Interesting that it took about a hundred years for so many of us to understand, perhaps for the first time in a long time, what it's like to be faced with holiday gift-giving, on a more limited budget for the masses. Bah [...]

2018-10-30T09:56:34-04:00December 23rd, 2010|1 Comment

Through Their Eyes

by Chrysa Smith One of the joys I don't intimately experience at Christmas is the presence of little children. With no young nieces or nephews, a son in college and (hopefully), no grandchildren (yet) for a few more years, I'm surrounded by adults. Even the poodles are now, officially canine adults--although their behavior is a bit suspect. So it is with great enjoyment and a little giggle that I can experience a stroll [...]

2018-10-30T09:56:35-04:00December 15th, 2010|1 Comment

A Window into the Holidays

by Chrysa Smith Whether you like Manhattan or not, you've got to admit, there's nothing quite like Christmas time in the city. Big decorated trees, with perfectly placed ornaments. Life-sized angels, snowflakes, packages. Glistening lights, the sounds of the Salvation Army bells, the smell of chestnuts actually roasting on an open fire-- and of course, those wonderful department store window displays.It used to be, that my long-time friend Carol, who worked down the [...]

2018-10-30T09:56:37-04:00December 3rd, 2010|2 Comments
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