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It¿s the holiday season in New Jersey! In this week¿s episode we got a glimpse of how the ladies of the Garden State celebrate the Christmas season.

Sugarloaf Crafts Festival features work of several local artists including Smadar Livne and Olga Goldin, both of Owings Mills.

All in all, it's a busy holiday season unto itself. Still, the winter holiday season just doesn't seem to have the cache of the one that spans Thanksgiving to the turn of the new year. Maybe we're too partied out to really put that much into it.

Looking back at the month of November 2013 in Harford County.

Lost in panic of shopping and wrapping

The Christmas season has always been a special time in Westminster. For generations; long before our current tradition of an electric light parade right after Thanksgiving, the city came together for a community celebration and a parade called the Christmas Treat.

The printed Santas, silver bells and snowy villages were tucked away in cabinets at downtown Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library for longer than anyone can remember. Now, for the first time in decades of safekeeping, some 450 cards, historic and otherwise, are now on display.

As a player in the Black Power and civil rights movements of the 1960s, even at only 25 years old, Maulana Karenga was concerned about legacy. He wanted to leave behind something that would both celebrate the accomplishments of his people and challenge them to go even further.

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It's hard to argue that we're fighting a War on Christmas when so many combatants don't know what they're fighting for. How are we supposed to understand why maintaining Christmas as part of our culture is important, when we don't understand what Christmas represents?

Reservoir and Hammond High had food drives before the end of the year to help others.

The Bond Mill Winter Concert kicked off the holiday season in North Laurel. The holiday spirit of giving was evident at Bond Mill Elementary with fundraising for the typhoon victims in the Philippines and collection of children's books for the library in Laborie, St. Lucia.

It seems like the people of ancient times had a pretty good idea way back when the began the traditions of pondering the importance of light at this time of year.

Despite the nip in the December air, a crowd of children and adults gathered around a giant blue and white pained electric menorah in Havre de Grace to celebrate the final day of Hanukkah.

Hanukkah menorah lighting marks holiday's final night

The Northeastern Expressway was expected to be renamed for the late President John F. Kennedy on December 11

On behalf of the Town of Bel Air and the Bel Air Downtown Alliance, I would like to thank the citizens of greater Bel Air for their attendance and enthusiasm at yesterday's (Sunday, December 1) Bel Air Main Street Christmas Parade and Shamrock Park Celebration.

I got a taste of Harford County's holiday spirit Sunday, and lo, it was good.

Holiday party tips

It's hard not to feel giddy over the confluence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah this year , for the first time since 1888. Coined "Thanksgivukkah"

Harford County's Jewish community will begin the annual eight-day celebration of Hanukkah Wednesday night, and they, like their counterparts across the country, will also be able to enjoy Thanksgiving in the midst of that observance.

The Westfield Annapolis mall hosts its annual "Chanukah Wonderland" on Wednesday night.

As the region prepares for possible inclement weather during the Thanksgiving/ Hanukkah holiday, the State Highway Administration on Tuesday unveiled new devices for tracking and battling winter storms.

Hannukah is the most celebrated Jewish holiday in America today— but for many, the deeper significance is lost under piles of dreidels, gifts and latkes.

For the first time since the economy tanked and the country went into a recession in 2008, fewer Marylanders are expected to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday than did the previous year.

On Thursday, Nov. 21, at 6:30 p.m., Tersiguel's French Country Restaurant welcomes this season's Beaujolais noveau, as they have been doing for the past 40 years.

Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Turkey Day, too, Thursday, Nov. 28. I pray that your Thanksgiving celebration is a delightful affair and one for which you have much to be thankful. To all you travelers or folks who have family and friends who will be traveling, safe trips to all!

Home Depot in Bel Air Partners with Chabad for Hannukah

Brace yourself for the epic convergence of two holidays – a celebration of rich dishes, piles of sweets and family togetherness the likes of which have never before been seen and won't be repeated for more than 77,000 years.

Rodgers Forge membership campaign extended through Thanksgiving, homeowners who make qualifying home repairs may be elegible for historic district tax credits, Dumbarton Middle School class uses Skype to talk to Cairo resident, Naval Academy Band Brass Ensemble performs Nov. 24 at Sundays at Central concert series, "27 pieces: Hilary Hahn Encores" CD now out

Generally, we're content with the foundational myths of idyllic times for American Indians and white settlers, which is perpetuated during elementary school pageants held just before Thanksgiving. Of course, the facts are much more robust.

Retail sales during holiday shopping season expected to rise 2.4 percent, ShopperTrak says

The holiday theater season in Anne Arundel County started early in December and lasted through this past week, with festive and sacred concerts, "The Nutcracker" ballet and annual favorites showcasing the talents of local children.

All in all, this Sunday will be a big day, but one that should be a good deal less frantic than the many leading up to it. This shouldn't make it seem anticlimactic, but rather peaceful, which is very much in keeping with the holiday's greater message.

A cold December night was no match for the glow from the menorah outside Temple Adas Shalom in Havre de Grace, where a crowd gathered to celebrate the eighth and final night of Hanukkah on Saturday.

The Hankin family celebrated 100 years in Baltimore on Sunday. The first relatives traveled from Russia in 1912.