One of my greatest anticipations as a young child was waiting for my dad to pull his post-World War II Lionel model train out of storage and set it up around our Christmas tree. That typically took place the first Saturday of December each year, as my family used that day to get a Christmas ...
What I remember from Christmas as a kid is not so much the presents I received, but all the little things that made the season happy and warm and fun. We loved our little tree. Though my mom used to think it was old and ratty looking, once you put on all the ornaments and lights, it was ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Christmas season brings a familiar ringing of bells at Salvation Army donation kettles, along with some familiar faces who have stood year after year beside those kettles and asked people to extend the holiday spirit to those in need. Fred Conrad of Bellaire has been ...
For most the holidays are a time for family gatherings, big dinners, watching the snowfall, decorating the Christmas tree, and giving loved ones gifts. I remember my sister and I waking up at 5 a.m., or earlier, and racing down the stairs. Our eyes widened as we were greeted by a large ...
Times change, and people change with the times. But to me, the magic of the holidays will always be rooted in childhood memories and traditions that make the season — probably for most people — the most nostalgic time of the year. Traditions that hearken back to childhood memories of family gatherings lay the framework for most of my recollections of the holidays. Maybe a child’s perspective of Christmas or Thanksgiving carries a lot more wonder and fascination with it, and I’m sure that’s what makes it so special. Regardless, I think a key to finding that warm and fuzzy ...
There are times in your life when you don’t really understand what you have until it goes away. For me, that was Oglebay’s Festival of Lights. Don’t get me wrong. I always loved when my mom would take me and my sister through the lights in our childhood. Even then, we were wowed by the ...
