Article: KWANZAA TO KICK OFF WITH A CANDLE.(Lifestyles/Spotlight)(CITYSCAPE)(Column)

Article: Best of the bunch; Erica Carnea (Winter-flowering heather) ...
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England);  November 29, 2008 ;     391 words ...These wonderful evergreens may have fallen out of favour in the past because of their over-exposure, but they are fantastic at this time of year when everything else is dull and dingy. I love the pink hues of varieties such as 'Springwood Pink' in winter tubs alongside variegated ivy and small,

Article: New Year services.
La Crosse Tribune (La Crosse, WI);  December 31, 2006 ;     618 words ...Dec. 31--Special services New Year's Eve and New Year's Day: Bangor St. Mary's Catholic Church: 6 p.m. New Year's Eve Coon Valley St. Mary's Catholic Church: 8 a.m. New Year's Day Genoa St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church ...

Article: New year is counted in different ways Jews, ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 31, 1996 ;     700+ words ...New Year's Day for people following the Gregorian ... 1997. But for celebrants of the Chinese New Year on Feb. 7, it is the Year of the Ox ... observants of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, will bring in 5758 next Oct. 2. Orthodox ...

Article: THE NEW YEAR IS AN OLD STORY-JUST ASK CAESAR.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... holiday, ponder this question: Why should New Year's Day occur on Jan. 1? One year is ... realize it, but the timing - Jan. 1 for New Year's - is completely arbitrary,'' Norman Lindhjem said in an interview. ``New Year's Day could just as easily occur in ...

Article: New Year welcomed tonight; Nations air wish for ...
Manila Bulletin;  December 31, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... tonight to announce the arrival of the New Year 2008 -- with a collective wish by the ... champagne to welcome the blessings that the New Year is expected to bring. Champagne corks ... endearing Filipino holiday tradition. New Year's Day is listed a holy day of obligation ...

Article: New Year's energy brings smiles to comics' faces
The Boston Globe;  December 28, 1998 ;     700+ words ..."On New Year's, success doesn't depend so much ... Dick Doherty, who has performed every New Year's Eve for 36 years. "It depends on ... more energy and higher expectations on New Year's," said Perkins, who's performed ...

Article: New Year's explained from past to present
St. Joseph News-Press;  December 28, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... the 20s. Great time to celebrate the new year, right? Well, in ancient Rome it made ... Trivial Pursuit-ready facts about the new year's holiday. Several books have been ... years, including Theodor Gaster's "New Year - Its History, Customs and Superstitions ...