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Raleigh calls itself "The City of Oaks," and in keeping with that appellation there's a giant Acorn on display downtown in Moore Square.  Every year in advance of New Year's Eve, the Acorn gets polished up and moves into place to be dropped during the countdown to the new year.  New York City dr...
12/19/2012
The Nutcracker is a holiday tradition in the Triangle, and it was re-visioned in 2011 when the "new Nutcracker" premiered to a sold-out first season. The News & Observer wrote the “gasps after each eye-popping illusion, the applause for the handsome new sets and the rapt attention from all the c...
12/18/2012
Bring your friends and family to join in the 18th Annual Cary Kwanzaa celebration at the Cary Arts Center, Thursday December 27, beginning at 3 p.m. Cary Kwanzaa is a communal, cultural celebration that honors African-American people and their heritage. This year's theme, Social Change Through C...
12/18/2012
  Temperatures may be mild, but downtown Raleigh embraces winter with its annual Winterfest celebration. Lasting two months -- from the first of December till the end of January -- Winterfest offers a unique opportunity for outdoor ice skating in the South. The AT&T Raleigh Winterfest Ice Rink i...
12/16/2012
  Homewood is a very nice nursery any time of the year, but during the holidays they have poinsettias and more poinsettias, as far as the eye can see.  Poinsettias come in red, white, and pink -- but there are many variations on that palette.  There are shades of red and shades of pink.  Some fl...
12/10/2012
Every year, members of the Raleigh Regional Board of Realtors (RRAR) are offered the opportunity to take an "angel" and buy a gift for a child who otherwise wouldn't have much of a Christmas.  The gifts are coded by family, and each family's gifts are bagged together.  The gifts almost fill the ...
12/08/2012
My mother was a Dietician in a hospital, and she told me this story:  She was doing her rounds one afternoon when she walked into a patient room and found a teenage girl lying in bed, sobbing.  The doctor had just told the girl that she would never again walk without a limp.  "How did the accide...
12/07/2012
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