Volume 11, Number 62
cheshirecitizen.com
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Ornaments are treasured keepsakes of town life By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
You know you are from Cheshire when — you own at least one Cheshire Christmas tree ornament. The ornaments, depicting iconic Cheshire scenes, have been made since 1989, 31 ornaments in all. Brian Fico has collected most all of them. The Cheshire resident even devotes one tree in his house just for the Cheshire ornaments. Fico said his family shares his love of the Cheshire ornament tree. See Ornaments, A4
Two iconic sites are depicted on these ornaments: Notch Trestle in Mixville, 2015, and Blackie’s Hot Dog Stand, 2020 edition. At right is one of Fico’s trees, decorated entirely with commemorative ornaments.
Pandemic prompts adjusting of Hanukkah celebrations
The joy of shopping locally By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
By Jessica Simms Special to the Record-Journal
With Hanukkah beginning at sundown on Thursday, area synagogues have events planned to celebrate the holiday safely. Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, celebrates the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem after a battle between the Maccabees (Jews) and the Seleucids (Greek-Syrians). The reason Hanukkah lasts eight nights is because the Eternal Light, the final act of the rededication of the temple, was able to last eight nights on oil that was only meant to last for one.
Raizy Kaplan tests an electric menorah while setting up the front windows of Chabad of Wallingford for Hanukkah on Friday. Photos by Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
A bowl of dreidels decorates the front window of Chabad of Wallingford.
Whether it’s Alvin and the Chipmunks’ rendition of “All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth,” or Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You,” do not believe a word of it. No matter if it’s your wife, husband, best friend or your in-laws, they really would like a gift. Duly noted, The Cheshire Citizen elves took the sleigh out around town to see what Shop Local finds we could locate for those special ones on your Christmas list.
Each night of Hanukkah at 6 p.m., Temple Beth David in Cheshire will hold a community candle lighting on Zoom. At 7 p.m., bedtime stories for
First stop, The Red Door Gift Shop, 830 S. Main St., owned and operated by Maria Fortier. She and her husband moved her shop from Milldale into the Bovano Plaza in the southend of Cheshire in 2017 and have since expanded the store.
See Hanukkah, A7
See Shopping, A2