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Family fun at Merrysville for the Holidays

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anta Claus will come to downtown Marysville during the Electric Lights Parade as part of the annual Merrysville for the Holidays on Dec. 7.

The Marysville holiday tradition returns with Santa Claus, holiday photo booths, vendors and the night-time Electric Lights Parade.

Festivities last from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Various organizations will decorate their vehicles or costumes with lights and decorations as part of the parade, which begins at 6:30 p.m.

“There’s a true energy and holiday spirit in the preparation, and I think everybody likes to see that,” said Andrea Kingsford, recreation coordinator with Marysville’s Parks, Culture and Recreation Department.

Many cars and trucks, along with individuals, are covered with Christmas lights as part of the event.

“Everybody makes sure to put in a big effort, from the smallest of dancers to the biggest public works trucks,” she said.

There are a number of different organizations that take part, includ-

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ing city of Marysville departments, Maryfest, Dick’s Towing and the Marysville Getchell and Marysville-Pilchuck high school bands.

“People get excited to see a number of local organizations take part,” she said.

The parade is supported by a number of different volunteers who march.

“It’s definitely put on by local organizations,” said Kingsford, “people like to wave to the people they know.”

Santa Claus will also ride through the parade and come down to Comeford Park to take pictures with families.

“Make sure and have your camera with you,” she said.

There will also be other opportunities to get pictures around the park as well.

“We will have free photo booths, where families will be able to take pictures,” she said.

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Every year the city tries to bring different photo booths to the event.

“We bring some of the inflatables that are part of the Tour of Lights

usually,” she said.

“So this is a fun place to get a photo with family, and we encourage everyone to bring their camera,” she said.

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by Grandview Village will also be playing during the event. The Tulalip Lions Club will be running a bonfire at the park as well to keep people warm.

Various community vendors will be set up

throughout the park, including from the Kiwanis Club, Ivar’s, Marysville Co-Op Education, Whistestop Sweet Shop and the HairBar, “as well as some local nonprofit organizations,” she said.

The event kicks off the holiday season for many in the community.

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Elf on the Shelf returns to Marysville businesses

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lves will be hiding in the stores of downtown Marysville merchants for the third annual ‘Elf on the Shelf’ event this holiday season.

The Downtown Marysville Merchants Association has put on the event for a couple of

years now and encourages children and adults to find elves at participating stores.

“They can pick up their flyer and begin looking for elves the week of Nov. 30,” said Lorene Wren, owner of Wrenhaven Vintage Market.

“Every [participating] store has an elf that patrons can come and find,” said Shannon Quintana, owner of Shannon Quintana Spa. Families participating in the event can win prizes if they find all the elves.

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find the elf in every store listed in the brochure and then turn it in at Hilton Pharmacy or any other store on the brochure,” said Quintana.

The winners will be announced at the Merrysville for the Holidays event which runs 5-8 p.m. on Dec. 7.

“There’s going to be great prizes and the winners will be announced at the water tower,” said Wren.

You don’t have to be present at the event to win prizes from Elf on the Shelf.

Many of the downtown business owners will also be in the parade during Merrysville for the Holidays.

“All of the Third Street merchants that are participating are walking in the parade as elves,” said Quintana.

Elf on the Shelf is also helpful for businesses because it brings people downtown, said Wren.

“It’s a lot of fun, we had a good turnout last year,” she said.

“We get a lot of people that come in for

it,” said Quintana, who said everyone enjoyed looking for elves among the downtown stores.

“A lot of adults participated last year as well,” she said.

“It says ‘kids of all ages,’ meaning adults can do it too, so that was a lot of fun,” said Wren.

Downtown merchants said it was fun to participate in.

“I enjoyed seeing all the people and their parents,” said Wren.

“We definitely want to

keep doing it for how many people who enjoyed it,” she said.

Wren said the Downtown Marysville Merchants Association hopes to continue the event as many families like having holiday traditions around town.

“They like to have something free to do that is Christmas-related,” said Quintana.

“We love to have tradition, so that’s why we want to continue it and see it get bigger and bigger,” said Wren.

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lighthearted, smalltown festival offers activities that instills holiday cheer for people of all ages.

Arlington’s Hometown Holidays starts Nov. 30 and continues into December spreading glad tidings with holiday parades, fundraisers, festive music and more.

Festivities kick-off Saturday, Nov. 30 with Small Business Saturday that benefits downtown businesses. Wedged between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday will see Olympic Avenue closed to vehicles so shoppers can explore downtown businesses, warm up around fire pits and enjoy Christmas carols.

Visit Legion Park at 5 p.m. to witness the tree lighting that takes place on Nov. 30 as well.

“I encourage everybody to bring their families out. It’s an awesome hometown feel,” Pastor Chad Blood of Lifeway Church of Arlington said of Hometown Holidays.

He is emceeing the tree lighting and church members

decorated the tree in Legion Park. “We just wanted to try and make it more spectacular.”

Hometown Holiday events hit full gear a week later, Dec. 7, throughout Arlington.

The Hot Cocoa Run, organized by the Arlington Runners Club, begins at 9 a.m.

The Arlington Education Association Foundation hosts the Santa Breakfast that goes from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at President’s Elementary School located at 505 E. Third St. in Arlington.

Firepits, S’mores, and crafts, organized by Lifeway Church, will be available at Legion Park along with performing musical groups from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Santa Parade begins at noon on Olympic Avenue and people can join the parade with a canned food donation. Entrants will line up on Olympic Avenue between Fifth and Division streets.

Gather at Legion Park to see who earned the prize for best parade entry, which is sponsored by Arlington Lifeway.

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with the Festive Sweater Contest that takes place at 12:30 p.m. at Legion Park. “We just invite people to bring out their best and most festive sweaters,” Blood said.

Mrs. Claus will be at the Hometown Candle Company serving cookies and Santa Claus will visit children at Legion Park from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Feel free to bring a camera to photograph a loved one.

Arlington Lifeway, which is located in the former Olympic Theater, will be showing the original Grinch Who Stole Christmas and A Charlie Brown Christmas starting at 3 p.m.

“They’re just Christmas classics,” Blood said. “Adults get a nostalgic moment and they can involve their kids in the tradition as well.”

The Downtown Arlington Business Association will have wagon rides from 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays before Christmas, the Arlington High School Flight Christmas Show takes place Dec. 11-14 at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center featuring the jazz

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Kids can have their picture taken with Santa at Arlington’s Legion Park from 1-3 p.m. on Nov. 30. choir, and Arlington firefighters, friends and families will escort Santa, who is riding a festive fire truck through town as part of the Santa Run Food Drive that benefits the Arlington Food Bank.

With a festive holiday parade, a chance to help small-town businesses and opportunities to help a neighbor, Arlington provides an endearing, pleasant month for local families.

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Santa Run collects for the Arlington Food Bank A

rlington firefighters and other city employees will go out on ten December nights again this year with Santa Claus during the Arlington Santa Run. The event helps collect food and money donations for the Arlington Community Food Bank.

It is being held from Dec. 6 to Dec. 15 this year.

Fire department volunteers will bring a fire truck decorated with Christmas lights and Santa Claus around the community.

The route list for people to look at is at arlingtonwa.gov/santarun.

The Santa Run will begin 5:30 p.m. each night on weeknights and 5 p.m. on weekends.

The time it takes to get through each route can vary depending on the weather and number of people.

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dictate the pace,” said Arlington firefighter/EMT Nich Sacha, one of the main organizers of the event.

Last year local firefighters collected 11,684 pounds of food and $1,950 in monetary donations, said Sacha.

That was a record for food collected and almost for money as well.

“Our goal this year is obviously to do better and get more food and more money for the food bank,” said Sacha.

He said he enjoys helping support the local food bank.

“Seeing the total at the very end each year has been very rewarding,” said Sacha.

This is the 30th year for the Arlington event which has become a tradition for many.

“There are some neighborhoods that are planning for it and expect it and we’ll get to a corner and there willl be

25 kids,” said Sacha.

“So the parents and the kids get really excited for it,” he said.

The event helps bring firefighters out into the community, he said.

“We do it not just to collect the food and money but to give back to the kids in our community and see some of the faces,” said Sacha.

“The community gets to see the fire truck and see Santa, and interact with us away from the job,” he said.

The event is entirely done by volunteers in the local fire department, who begin work in October preparing a Santa suit, all the supplies and the truck.

“We get the truck decorated. [Community member] Jen Egger has been helping do it for years with other community members,” said Sacha.

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“The routes that we have on the map are typically what we stick to,” he said. There’s a lot of ground to cover in

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There is one new neighborhood added this year however, the Gregory Heights neighborhood on the east side of Highway 9 and south of 172nd Street, said Sacha.

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Members of the Tulalip Bay Fire Department will be joined by Santa as they travel through local neighborhoods to collect food for local families.

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anta will join firefighters in early December to visit Silvana residents, spread holiday cheer and collect food for needy families.

The Santa Run takes place the first two weekends in December.

Santa, accompanied by personnel from fire district 19, will spend the evenings visiting residents throughout the district’s boundaries.

During the food drive, firefighters will collect non-perishable food or cash donations for the Arlington Food Bank.

Silvana’s Santa Run takes place Dec. 6, 7 and 13 during the evening hours in the following neighborhoods: Friday, Dec. 6 n Silvana Crest — 5:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. n Silvana Terrace (48th Avenue Northwest to Happy Valley Road) — 5:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. n Riverview Estates (244th NW to Seventh Avenue NW) — 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. n Silver Springs Way — 7:20 p.m. to 7:50 p.m. n Sixth Avenue NW — 8:15 p.m. to 8:40 p.m. n 200th Street NW and Third Avenue NW — 8:45 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 7 n Orcutt Road — 5:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. n 88th Street NW to 40th Avenue Northwest — 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. n Happy Valley Acres (45th and 200th Street NW) — 6:40 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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Santa will join firefighters on Dec. 6, 7 and 13 to spread holiday cheer and collect food for needy families. n Happy Valley Acres (50th and 200th Street NW) — 7 p.m. to 7:20 p.m. n Black Tail Forest (62nd Avenue NW) — 7:45 p.m. to 8:25 p.m. n Black Tail Forest (64th Avenue NW) — 8:25 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Then, on Saturday, Dec. 13, the Fire District will organize its annual Santa House that takes place at the Island Crossing station. The evening includes wagon rides, fire pits and a visit with Santa.

The Santa Ride benefits the Arlington Food Bank. Firefighters last year collected 1,588 pounds of food and raised $700 for the food bank.

The schedule can change so check out the district’s website at www.firedistrict19.com for updates.

Tulalip Bay Fire Department to hold Santa Run

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ulalip firefighters will be spreading holiday cheer in December and help people in need.

They are decorating fire engines with Christmas lights and they will be visiting the neighborhoods within the Tulalip Bay Fire Department area. Firefighters will walk alongside fire engines, hand out candy canes and collect food and cash for the Tulalip Food Bank.

“We just like to be part of people’s lives in non-emergency situa-

tions,” firefighter Patrick Dinneen said.

The Tulalip Santa Run takes place Dec. 13, 14 and 15 throughout the neighborhoods within the fire district’s boundaries.

The Santa Run starts at sundown each evening, which will be around 5 p.m., and continues until 9 p.m.

A tentative schedule is available: n Friday, Dec. 13 — Madison Estates, Tulare, Spee-be-dah, Tulalip Shores, 83rd Place. n Saturday, Dec. 14

— Totem Beach, Walter Moses, Silver Village, Mission Highlands, Hermosa, and Ezra Hatch. n Saturday, Dec. 15 — Potlatch, Alla Madison, Y Site, Mission Beach and Battle Creek.

Dinneen said that if firefighters can’t travel to every neighborhood scheduled, then they will visit the next day.

He recommended that people should check out the Tulalip Bay Fire Department’s Facebook page to get an updated schedule should things change.

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n the middle of the Festival of Trees at the Tulalip Resort Casino is a fundraiser that helps the Marysville and Tulalip’s business community.

The Home for the Holidays Chamber Dinner and Auction, sponsored by the Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce, takes place from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 5, at the Tulalip Resort Casino.

“It’s meant for people who want to support the business community,”

said Jesica Stickles, president and CEO of the Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce.

The event, which raised $25,000 in 2018, is the chamber’s largest fundraiser of the year.

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Money raised from the dinner and auction supports chamber programs to help with networking, development and promotional training.

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nearly week-long festival at the Tulalip Resort will help children served by Providence hospital.

The 33rd Festival of Trees takes place Nov. 27 through Dec. 1 and is organized by Providence General Foundation and benefits Providence Children’s Services.

The festival in 2018 collected $1.2 million.

Cumulatively, more than $11 million has been raised to benefit Providence’s Children’s Center, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Providence Boyden Family Autism Center.

“As our county continues to grow, the need for children’s services continues to grow,” said Jennifer Coyle, senior manager for special events at the Providence General Foundation.

This year’s festival offers 17 decorated trees and six wreaths decorated by various design-

ers based in Snohomish County. Coyle noted Funko, which is headquartered in Everett, will provide a tree based on characters from its Wetmore Forest.

The festival kicks off Nov. 27 with a silent auction starting at 6 p.m. Apollo Trio, a Seattle-based jazz band, will perform during the silent auction. Tickets cost $65 and people can register at washington.providence.org/ donate/providence-general-foundation/events/ festival-of-trees.

The community open house takes place from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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Several of the trees will provide some holiday flair to several nonprofit organizations in the area. Several of the auctioned trees will be donated to Dawson Place, Cocoon House, Providence Children’s Center and Providence Hospice Center.

The Festival of Trees concludes with the Teddy Bear Breakfast that takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 1. Santa will be present and people are encouraged to wear holiday attire. Tickets cost $30.

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Cedarcrest shines bright with the Tour of Lights

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he city of Marysville will light up the Cedarcrest Golf Course again this year as part of their annual Tour of Lights.

The city offers nighttime train rides through the course which is decorated with a number of inflatables and Christmas light displays.

“We’re running for nine nights this winter,” said Marysville’s Parks, Culture and Recreation assistant director Dave Hall.

The event runs Dec. 11 to 14, 18 to 21 and on the 23rd.

Train rides start at 5:30 p.m. and ticket sales start at 5 p.m.

The suggested donation for tickets is $5 for adults, $3 for children or $20 for an entire family.

“We don’t turn anybody away though, it’s

a suggested donation,” said Hall.

For many community members, the Tour of Lights is a holiday event for families to return to each year as part of their Christmas traditions.

“I talk to a lot of families who tell me that they go to grandma’s on this day, we go to this party on this day and we go to the Tour of Lights at least once,” said Hall.

The train ride through Cedarcrest Golf Course goes through many inflatables and lights.

“We have some new displays that will excite people. The Minions is often people’s favorite and we’ve added some Minions,” said Hall.

The city is also working with some sponsors to add some other new

attractions which will be unveiled at the event.

Train rides will also take a momentary stop at Santa’s workshop where children can say hello to Santa Claus.

“Santa is a favorite of most families,” said Hall.

After the train ride there is a bonfire and hot cocoa near Bleacher’s Grill for families to enjoy.

“Like a lot of our events, I feel like we’re adding value to people’s holiday season with an experience they’re not going to get elsewhere.

We’re a fraction of the cost of some other local events,” said Hall.

The event is typically fairly busy and they average about 500 people a night.

“When we get much over 500 there’s just not

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The Tour of Lights will light up the Cedarcrest Golf Course again this year. The event will be Dec. 11-14, 18-21 and on Dec. 23. enough time to get to them all, said Hall. “It depends on the weather and the night too,” he said, and nights with bad weather may have to close earlier.

Hall encourages fam-

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Leaving cookies and milk for Santa Claus is a Christmas Eve tradition. Children regularly place a dish of cookies and a glass of milk by the tree on Christmas Eve so that Santa has enough energy to complete all of his gift-giving before kids wake up on Christmas morning. The tradition of leaving cookies out on Christmas Eve may trace its origins to Saint Nicholas. On the feast of St. Nicholas on December 6, children would leave food and drink for the saint and any attendants.

The treats would be exchanged for gifts. While that’s one theory behind the tradition, others think it is linked to the history of the Christmas tree and the edible decorations that adorn it. Santa would snack on the ornaments. Even after edible decorations gave way to inedible ornaments, the tradition of leaving a snack for Santa remained.

Whatever the origins behind the tradition, millions of children dutifully leave milk and cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve.

ilies to get there early if they want to be sure to get a train ride.

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Families are welcome to get their ticket, leave to eat dinner and come back later in the evening, said Hall.

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Shop local on Small Business Saturday

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edged between Black Friday and Cyber Monday is a shopping event that features what smaller, locally owned stores have to offer.

The chambers of commerce in both Arlington and Marysville are participating in Small Business Saturday that takes place Saturday, Nov. 30.

“We’ll be shutting down the streets and have fire pits,” said Jessica Ronhaar, president of the Stilly Valley Chamber of Commerce, about Olympic Avenue.

With the street closed to vehicle traffic, shoppers can move easily from business to business, warm up around a fire, see lighted cars decorated in a holiday theme and even make a donation to Pennies for Puppies that benefits the Arlington Police Department’s K9 program.

She said Small Business Saturday allows visitors to explore and see what Arlington has available during the holidays. Small Business Saturday goes from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Businesses will stay open late and Mrs. Claus will be around too.

The Chamber of

Commerce will also host an open house Nov. 30 where people can see the Stilly Valley Collective, which is a co-working space that helps businesses, Ronhaar said. The collective rents office, classroom and studio space.

Small Business Saturday takes place the same day as Arlington’s Tree Lighting, which starts at 5 p.m. at Legion Park.

In addition, shoppers can participate in Arlington’s Charm Walk, where they purchase a bracelet at the chamber and then collect charms by exploring participating businesses.

Created by American Express 10 years ago, Small Business Satur-

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The Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce’s Emissary reached out to small businesses and provided them with kits to help promote Small Business Saturday to encourage people to shop small businesses and small franchises, said Jessica Stickles, president of the Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce.

She said 10 businesses participated in 2018 and she said possibly 12 to 15 businesses will participate in Small Business Saturday this year.

“Every year, we want to build on it,” Stickles said.

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uzie Nelson and Sonya Shipley are organizing Pieceful Pastime, where they are sharing their puzzles with the community to raise money for Arlington Kids’ Kloset.

With a suggested minimum $10 donation, people can pick up one of their assembled puzzles, disassemble it and take it home for a fun and challenging family activity during the holidays.

“It would be a great activity for the kids to do,” Nelson said of the puzzles.

The puzzles are available at Arlington City Hall from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 30, which is the same time as Small Business Saturday.

They’ve assembled more than 110 puzzles since starting their tradition in 1985 when they were college students at California State University Sacramento.

Around the holidays back then Nelson and Shipley started piecing together a puzzle. Nelson and Shipley enjoyed the activity so much they decided to complete another puzzle next year.

“We decided it was going to be an annual tradition,” said Nelson who is an Arlington resident.

Even after moving away from college — Nelson to California’s Sacramento Valley and Shipley to the San Joaquin Valley — they would meet each year and put

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“Anytime we get together, we are doing a Christmas puzzle,” Nelson said.

They kept the puzzles assembled and they haven’t been glued together. Puzzles range in size from 500-pieces to 2,000 pieces. Nelson said the toughest puzzle they completed was a non-Christmas puzzle featuring holograms of underwater life.

Nelson said fifth graders from Kent Prairie Elementary School produced posters to help promote Pieceful Pastime.

Even after Nelson moved to Arlington in 1999, they still would meet annually. Sometimes they would incorporate puzzles into their trips. Nelson said they visited Disneyland in 1999 and

assembled a Mickey Mouse puzzle. They put together another puzzle when they traveled to New York City in 2004. Shipley moved to Chimicum in 2008.

“We are going to display as many puzzles as we can,” Nelson said. Over the years they accumulated more than 110 puzzles and they want to share their joy of puzzles.

Money raised from Pieceful Pastime will benefit Arlington Kids’ Kloset, which provides clothes to low-income students in the Arlington, Lakewood and Darrington school districts as well as students who are homeless or are in Early Childhood Education Assistance Program (ECEAP).

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Mrs. Claus carries on a family Christmas tradition

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ina Richardson is carrying on a family tradition during the Christmas season.

She will wear a Mrs. Claus costume that her mother designed and wore while Richardson was growing up in Blaine.

“I’m trying to keep the tradition going,” Richardson, who owns

Hometown Candle Company in Arlington, said.

She will be wearing a red velvet, floor length dress with eyelet trim, a white bib apron with Christmas pins and a red velvet cap.

“It was very bittersweet,” Richardson said about putting on the costume. It reminded

her about how much she missed her mom and the big shoes she has to fill dressing as Mrs. Claus. Her mother, Kerry, passed away five years ago.

Kerry created the costume when Richardson was a child and would visit school groups, daycare centers and other private gatherings. Richardson said her mother definitely played the role of Mrs. Claus. “She did it because she loved it.”

When Richardson wore the Mrs. Claus costume for the first time two years ago, she reached into one of the pockets and found her mom’s lipstick and glasses case. “I got pretty teary,” Richardson said.

Dressed as Mrs. Claus, Richardson will attend the Santa Breakfast at President’s Elementary School that benefits the Arlington Education Foundation, the tree lighting Nov. 30 at Legion Park and the Santa Parade that takes place noon, Saturday, Dec. 7 and she will be visiting children alongside Santa at Legion Park.

She will also host cookies at 3 p.m.

Saturday at Hometown Candle Company.

Her family’s tradition is looking to continue.

Richardson’s daughter, Elinor, will dress as an elf-helper as Richardson participates in Arlington’s Hometown Holidays.

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oliday cheer is front and center in communities across the globe during the holiday season. This year, celebrants can make this joyous season even more special by singing some of their favorite holiday songs.

“Jingle Bells” is a popular holiday tune that many celebrants might be surprised to learn is more than 150 years old. Written by New England native James Lord Pierpont, “Jingle Bells” was originally published in 1857 under the title “One-Horse Open Sleigh.” Only after a friend of Pierpont’s referred to the song as a “merry little jingle” did the name “Jingle Bells” take.

“Jingle Bells” (Extended version) Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh O’er the fields we go Laughing all the way Bells on bobtail ring Making spirits bright What fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song tonight!

Oh, Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. Hey! Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh.

A day or two ago

I thought I’d take a ride And soon, Miss Fanny Bright Was seated by my side, The horse was lean and lank Misfortune seemed his lot He got into a drifted bank And then we got upsot.

Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. Hey! Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh.

sleigh, He laughed as there I sprawling lie, But quickly drove away.

Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh.

Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh.

Now the ground is white Go it while you’re young, Take the girls tonight and sing this sleighing song; Just get a bobtailed bay Two forty as his speed Hitch him to an open sleigh And crack! you’ll take the lead.

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PLEASE DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE! “Key” Strategies For A Safe New Year’s Celebration:

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t probably comes as no surprise that more traffic fatalities due to drunk driving occur around the New Year’s holiday than any other time of year.

Of course, drivers should never drink and drive. With your safety in mind, local officials urge you to review these important ‘Key’ Strategies for hosting or attending a safe holiday celebration!

A New Year is coming, bringing much celebration, With good friends and good times and free-flowing libation -So party on hearty, but leave driving alone, Because we want to see you get safely home!

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• Plan an alcohol-free celebration – Host a fondue or “make your own” ice cream sundae party as a fresh alternative. Add some fun party games to keep guests entertained without drinking!

• Check your keys with the host – This is an effective strategy for giving the host some control over inebriated guests.

• Keep the number of a taxi company handy – A good tip for both party guests and hosts alike.

• Offer to drive a guest home – Start the New Year off right by performing a good deed and help keep drunk drivers off the road.

• Appoint a designated driver – Use the buddy system and you can return the favor next time.

• Provide snacks to party guests – Drinking on an empty-stomach rapidly increases the potentially destabilizing effects of alcohol.

• Post transportation info on party invites – Include information for public transportation, carpools and taxi company phone numbers.

• Don’t let a friend drive drunk – Take the car keys away or use one of the strategies above to see your friends safely home.

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