As children across the country fill out their holiday wish lists, one group of high school students remembered that Christmas is also a time for giving. ...more

December 15, 2007

Main Street Holidays continued as a traditional salute to the season last weekend at Sims Park in New Port Richey. Activities included several visits by Santa Claus, an annual Christmas play, holiday movies, live music, an arts and crafts village, carnival and midway, festival food and free tours aboard the Miss Daisy. ...more

December 14, 2007

No, Virginia, Santa Claus was not invented by the Coca-Cola Co. The contention that Coke created the modern image of Santa and decked him out in corporate red has become something of an urban myth in recent years. Just the other day, the BBC phoned Coca-Cola archivist Phil Mooney and put him on the radio to address the issue. ...more

December 11, 2007

Get a drive-through view of the sights - and sounds - of Santa Claus time at Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park. ...more

December 7, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Downtown streets will be lined with people Saturday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. during Lake Placid's annual Christmas parade. This year's theme is "A Child's Christmas Fantasy." The parade will feature floats, bands, cloggers, clowns, civic and social organizations, cheerleaders, fire trucks, beauty queens and Santa Claus. The event is a joint effort between the Greater Lake Placid Chamber of Commerce and the town of Lake Placid. Eileen May, chamber CEO/president of operations, said on Wednesday that almost 100 floats had registered for what she expects will be the town's "best parade, ever." she expected good weather for the evening event. ...more

December 7, 2007

Microsoft Corp. quickly shut down Santa Claus' Web privileges after it found out the automated elf it created for children to instant message with was talking naughty, not nice. ...more

December 6, 2007

•Hanukkah begins at sundown Tuesday. •Step back in time via the Henry B. Plant Museum's Victorian Christmas Stroll to experience how the holidays were celebrated a century ago. It's open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Admission is $10 for adults, $4 for children 3 to 11. ...more

December 3, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Hillsborough County sheriff's Deputy Michelle Branscomb is the Santa Claus of District 3. ...more

December 1, 2007

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Hillsborough County sheriff's Deputy Michelle Branscomb is the Santa Claus of District 3. ...more

November 26, 2007

Tree, As In Christmas The consensus of the Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce not to promote an event as "faith-based" slipped in the censorship of the word "Christmas" from its first "Holiday Tree Lighting" coming up Saturday in a Pasco County park. ...more

November 26, 2007