Christmas

Once the long night of the solstice has commenced, it’s appropriate to quietly reflect on the year past and to anticipate the year ahead, not just for a moment, but for the full 12 days of Christmas, which begin with the birth of inner light on Christmas Eve, at midnight.

What I most want for Christmas is for someone to say: “Tell me about your mom.”

What I most want for Christmas is for someone to say, “Tell me about your mom.” It might be the gift everyone was waiting for, that invitation: Just tell me.”

Grammy Award-winning artist and musician Andrew Dost has high hopes for the second edition of “Christmas at the Old Art Building: A Variety Show Spectacular.”

When the holidays come around, Norte “elves” hit the streets helping to recycle live trees.

The ancient Christmas Cactus on my table almost went in the compost a few months ago. Shriveled and gray, it looked unhealthy and unhappy and no wonder. There were little teeth marks at the end of each branch from encounters with the cat.

An on-demand playlist of music for the Christmas season inspired by Repose with Frank Slaughter

Ben Whiting's passion for Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol returns each year for him like the Ghost of Christmas Past. Writer Joe Beyer was intrigued, and profiled the artist preparing for a new, one man show, and a world still in need of the lessons Dickens left us.

Most people aren’t thinking about Christmas this time of year, but Santa Claus is already planning for it. For some people in northern Michigan who dress up as Santa every year, the job is a lot more involved than you might think.

“I’ve gotten more calls this year than I’ve ever gotten for people looking for wholesale trees,” said Jamie Helsel, who owns a Christmas tree farm in McBain. “They can’t find ‘em.”