Christmas

Last year's Christmas tree is this spring's mulch

Ryan Delaney — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:11:15 +0000

If you're putting away Christmas decorations and taking ornaments off the tree, Onondaga County's recycling agency wants to make sure that old tree gets re-purposed.

Tuned to Yesterday

Mark Lavonier — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:10:43 +0000

Xmas #11, Christmas, Lux Radio Theater "It’s a Wonderful Life" 3/10/47 CBS

Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.

Tuned to Yesterday

Mark Lavonier — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:05:17 +0000

Xmas #9, Christmas, The Marriage 12/20/53 NBC, Phil Harris / Alice Faye Show "Christmas Decorations" 12/18/49 NBC

Tuned To Yesterday features programs from radio's golden era. Drama, Comedy, Western, Sci-Fi and more. Produced by Mark Lavonier.

Salvation Army sees continued high need for annual giveaway

Ellen Abbott — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:12:03 +0000

At the end of this week, the biggest Christmas giveaway in central New York takes place and the high numbers of families who signed up for the annual Christmas Bureau shows an economy that's still hurting.

Thousands find Christmas help at Salvation Army's annual Christmas Bureau

Ellen Abbott — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:25:53 +0000

Almost three-thousand Central New York families found some Christmas help at the Annual Salvation Army Christmas Bureau in Syracuse Thursday. That's 400 more families than needed help last year, a nearly 15% increase.

Charles Dickens on The Campbell Conversations

Grant Reeher — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:08:46 +0000

Jim Greene is not an academic Dickens scholar, but he plays Dickens and runs the Dickens Christmas Festival in Skaneateles. In this holiday version of the Campbell Conversations, he talks - often in the character of Dickens - about the meaning and the writing of "A Christmas Carol," the Christmas holidays, and his experiences in the town. Given the stark portrayals of poverty in his writing, what would