Finding time to get the right gifts, decorate your house and spend time with family can be difficult in our fast-paced world. So this holiday season, spare yourself the stress and do all three at once – DIY! Crafts can make thoughtful gifts, be used as decorations, and be the perfect way to spend time […]
Holiday Guide
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Months of merriness
Whether it’s celebrated in a religious, secular, or commercial way, Christmas has been the undeniable star of American winter holidays. But there’s countless ways that people make merry during the colder months beyond hunting for the perfect tree, mall Santas, and stress-shopping.
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Holiday movies and hooch
Local bartenders pair their favorite holiday movies with the perfect cocktail When I think of “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” one of the first things that pops into my mind is Chevy Chase and Randy Quaid standing over the bowl of eggnog, drinking out of those ridiculous glass moose mugs. Or how about Bill Murray in […]
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Classical holiday concerts
Brighton Symphony Orchestra Holiday songs, Sun and Wed, Dec 7 and 10, John Marcellus, conductor, Sun: 3156 East Ave, 2:30 p.m.; Wed: 1500 Portland Ave, 7:15 p.m. 248-0680, www.brightonsymphony.org. Brockport-Community Chorus Christmas Fantasy, Sun, Dec 7, First Presbyterian Church, 35 State St, Brockport, 7:30 p.m. Free. 395-2787 Genesee Valley Orchestra and Chorus Handel’s Messiah, Wed, […]
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City’s2002 Holiday Guide
The holidays are here again, and whether it’s Christmas,
Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or some winter pagan festival your family celebrates,
chances are you’re tired of doing the same old stuff.
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Designing your own holiday
This year, you can recapture with your own two hands what the holidays are really about. All it takes is a little effort, a little inspiration, and, yes, just a little daring. People will say you’re doing that simple-living thing, getting back to basics. And you will make it look good, too. Here is a […]
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Thanks in absentia
Last year at this time, I wrote about my family, about the meal we were planning for Thanksgiving, and, especially, about my mother. Here is some of what I said: “My brother, Nat, says that food is our family’s religion. Although my mother is deeply spiritual, organized religion was absent from my childhood. Still, […]
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It’s a wonderful lie
Jorge Silva Years ago, when our son was a harmless bundle of blue blankets and diapers, my husband and I decided to go along with the Santa con, mostly out of laziness. We had discussed how annoying the holidays were, how Santa had become the fictitious embodiment of a consumer culture gone mad, how we […]
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No time to be bored
Public and private schools in Rochester will close twice this winter, as they do every year, for the last week in December and the third week in February. The kids will be home, with you, for some fun, meaningful family time. Don’t panic. There are plenty of things to do. Outdoor activities For no-fuss, nearby […]
