Christmas
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Ask a master gardener: What’s the romance with mistletoe?
Hung in doorways to spread holiday cheer, mistletoe is rich in mythology and tradition.
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Eighty COVID cases traced back to Vergennes Christmas services
VERGENNES — After Vermont Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine singled out a Vergennes church as the source of 80 recent COVID-19 cases, the pastor of Victory Baptist Church…
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Gov. Scott eases some pandemic restrictions
MONTPELIER — Gov. Phil Scott announced at the beginning of his weekly Tuesday press briefing the easing of some COVID-19 restrictions in Vermont. He announced three central changes:…
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Editorial: A hunch and Christmas wish
This Christmas, look for silver linings. Nine months into this pandemic, for instance, we have fine-tuned the art of looking at bleakness and coming up with ways to…
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Jessie Raymond: OK, I miss our Christmas party
I started my holiday vacation — by which I mean “not working” as opposed to “traveling” — a week ago. I’ve already lost track of what day it…
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American Legion spreads Christmas joy in November
MIDDLEBURY — Christmas came early to a few Veterans’ and service organizations as well as to local civic clubs due to the generosity of Middlebury American Legion Post…
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Jessie Raymond: Painted into a Christmas corner
When it comes to Christmas, my husband Mark always wins. He’s just a more thoughtful gift giver than I am. I hate that. I wanted Christmas 2019 to…
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Guest editorial: Yes, Virginia…
Editor’s note: An editorial about the credibility of Santa Claus appeared more than 100 years ago in The New York Sun. It was written by Francis Pharcellus Church,…
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All are invited to annual free Christmas dinner
MIDDLEBURY — In what has become an annual tradition, a group of local volunteers will host a free dinner for area residents on Christmas Day, Wednesday, Dec. 25.…
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Local bakers share their Christmas cookie recipes
ADDISON COUNTY — This past Saturday, the annual line began to form outside of the Champlain Valley Christian Reformed Church in Vergennes. What for? Why the cookie sale…
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Starksboro candlelight service to be held Dec. 22
STARKSBORO — The annual Starksboro Village Meeting House Christmas Candlelight service this year will be held on Sunday, Dec. 22, at 7:30 p.m. The program of lessons and…