Spicing up the holiday kitchen
‘Tis the season for gifts, giving, and inevitably, lots and lots of food. From easy to elaborate, here are a few holiday favorites from C & G staffers’ kitchens
Local sledding sites
provide chilly thrills When it comes to free, family friendly winter fun, many local residents head for the hills.
Sledding slopes of various sizes and shapes are scattered throughout metro Detroit, offering adventures for every age. And everyone seems to have a personal favorite.
Holiday sounds fill the air As the holidays approach, communities and organizations throughout metro Detroit are presenting concerts to bring residents into the spirit.
Rockettes to kick holiday
season into high gear For families who missed the annual tradition of seeing the high-stepping Rockettes in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular in Detroit, Santa is arriving early with a surprise for them.
Check out charities before doling out dollars
With the holidays — and the year-end tax write-off deadline — approaching, it’s the prime period for Americans contemplating philanthropic giving. “Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s is really when our Web traffic goes through the roof,” said Sandra Miniutti, vice president of marketing for CharityNavigator.com, a site rating 5,300 of the nation’s largest nonprofits based on their “financial health.” “It’s definitely when most donors are thinking about people making their annual contributions.”
Dreaming of a green Christmas The holiday season has officially begun, but all of the shopping, cooking and decorating that have become a tradition for most people can leave the environment overflowing with all of the cleanup.
Fending off the winter blues
Bears hibernate in the winter, but humans are forced to deal, to go about their business despite the freezing cold, the ice, the snow, the slush and the gloom that sometimes haunts them.
Presents for the season of giving,
courtesy of local crafters Every November, about 3,000 individuals seeking Christmas gift ideas and well-crafted holiday decorations head over to the Warren Woods Tower High School craft show.The annual event, sponsored by the WWT Booster Club, is the place to shop for everything handcrafted: nightlights featuring your favorite sports teams, ornaments of all shapes and sizes, stocking stuffers, jewelry, purses, candy, lighted vine bottles, scented candles and more.
Local leaders give thanks and share hopes
Thanksgiving kicked off the holiday season, which runs until January and includes Eid al-Adha, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year’s. While these holidays span cultures and religions, they all have common ground: providing a time to reflect on life and what’s important. In keeping with this time of reflection, reporters from each of our papers asked local leaders what they are thankful for and what their hopes are for the new year. Click on each paper name to view their responses.
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