Merry Christmas? You bet! Happy New Year? Of course! How could it not be a happy new year — at Christmastime, at the Lustron House, in 1950, when the world just keeps getting better and better? It's ...

This column is in honor of Julie Bradley: I recently saw a picture of a family on Christmas Day in 1950’s Jamestown. In the picture, three children from the Bishop family sat in front of their ...

Today is Wednesday, Dec. 24, the 358th day of 2025. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve. Today in history: On Dec. 24, 1914, during World War I, impromptu Christmas truces ...

This restored and colorized footage brings the holiday season of 1950s America back to life. Streets lined with glowing shop windows, families bundled in winter coats, and small towns decorated with ...

EVERY year, as you may remember, we step forward about this time with suggestions for Christmas shoppers. At the present date of writing, though, the full, fevered spirit of the season still eludes us ...

Area public school students raised more than $30,000 for charities this holiday season. JM raised more than $14,000 for Christmas Anonymous, Mayo collected $9,000-plus for the Women’s Shelter and ...

Holiday decorating trends come and go with the same quick pace of the season. Bows were trending last year. This year we all can’t get enough of paper chain garlands. And yes, yes, we know—everyone ...

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