holidays

Santa's Village is open one more time this weekend for the kiddos to enjoy the magic of the North Pole!

Holiday at Hadlock is this Saturday, Dec. 1st in Portland from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM and it's FREE! Celebrate the season with Slugger with all kinds of family holiday food and fun. We hear Santa will be there too!

It's time for Coats & Toys for Kids with our friends at NEWSCENTER Maine! Here's how you can help us out this weekend.

Spotted the day after Christmas behind Dick's Sporting Goods, people questioned why there was a dumpster full of new bikes. Here's the story.

Police in the Massachusetts town of Sudbury stopped a car this weekend that looked like it was right out of that scene from "Christmas Vacation," but Clark W. Griswold wasn't behind the wheel!

I don't know what I feel guiltier about, having already broken my New Year resolution only 3 weeks in, or re-gifting a Christmas present already. Yes, I did it. I can't give you any details, you understand... Regiftable.com has some regifting guidelines for a White Elephant regifting Party...

Another Black Friday has come and gone and with it this year came fights all across the country, including at least 4 people shot, 2 of which died. Once again greed took over as people trampled, pushed, punched, kicked, and just fought to save a few bucks...

The Bangor School Department is under fire for forcing a veteran teacher to remove a Hello Kitty tree from her classroom because it doesn't fit the curriculum.

Last year I was intrigued by Bauble Beards! But this year's trend steps it up a bit in the messy department. Let your freak flag fly and celebrate the holidays in any way you see fit! Do you have a spectacular holiday tradition? Let's hear it...

At this time of year more donations are needed for food banks. All donations are appreciated, but here is a list of what food banks need the most:

It's hard to imagine driving with the windows open, watching butterflies fluttering about and hitting the magical spring-weather benchmark of 70 degrees, but some stores are living the dream and have jumped straight to Easter! I didn't want to leave the spring environment created by our Mill Creek Dollar Tree store...

I will admit that these sweaters need a little bit more "ridiculous" before they are entirely ready for our Ugly Sweater Party on December 5 at Ocean gateway in Portland! I plan on breaking out my hot glue gun and L.E.D. lights to add a  bit more "interest" to them...