Arts & Culture

Leaving the decorated house behind for the day, they loaded up the car and headed for the woods.

Later, the son and his wife would carry on the same traditions with their children.

Examples set by her mother and father made clear the purpose in lending a helping hand throughout the year.

An evening was spent recalling Christmases past deep in Appalachia, and their mother received a cherished book of memories.

As a child, Jeanette Owen always looked forward to a weeklong gathering among family from Christmas until New Year's Day. When torrential rains threatened the get-together, her grandfather's ingenuity saved the season.

A woman, obviously sad, stopped to speak to the mall Santa. What could he say to help her?

Her father decided he wouldn't have a Christmas tree that year but handed over some ornaments and told his daughter to put them on her tree instead.

The preparations began after Thanksgiving, and some of the first signs of the holiday were the decorations at Cayce-Yost Department Store.

The scene at Bethlehem's annual Christmas tree ceremony depicts a world full of clamor and constant political tension.