It's tradition over tax dollars for Augusta Commissioners. The proposal to use an artificial Christmas tree at the Augusta Common was cut down by city leaders, even though the fake tree would save money for the next few years.

Faith Hill will release her first Christmas album, Joy to the World , this year, according to a newsletter from her fan club. Hill's previous Christmas recordings include "Where Are You Christmas," from the 2002 film, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas . Hill was also a guest on Michael Buble's holiday album, Noel , which was released last year.

Marshfield Community Christmas’ seventh annual golf tournament will take place Friday, May 30, at Southers Marsh Golf Club in Plymouth. Start time is 1 p.m., with noon check-in.

It might be May...but city leaders are already talking Christmas...and if the city should switch to an artificial tree. Commissioners are taking sides on the kind of Christmas tree to light, later this year, at the Augusta Common.

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 6th Oct 2005 22:12 UTC, submitted by Tyr. Aopen confirmed that it will introduce a mini PC closely resembling the design of Apple's Mac mini (code-named Pandora) in time for this year's Christmas season.

Catman2 will hold its third annual Christmas in July auction on July 26 but is now looking for items. This is the privately run Jackson County cat shelter’s largest fundraising event of the year. All donations are tax deductible.

LESBIAN star couple Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are hoping to come home to Australia for a family Christmas ahead of their heavily hyped gay nuptials.

Malik Snell was an 11-year veteran police officer assigned to the 18th District in West Philadelphia until shortly before Christmas last year.

Most people probably aren't thinking a lot about Christmas at this time of year, but members of De Soto Elks Lodge 689 are busy raising money to provide holiday baskets for the needy.

In Delaware County, most everyone loves their fire companies. The firefighters will run into a burning building to save a neighbor, rescue a pet in distress, or, at Christmas time, dress up as Santa to pass out candy canes from their shiny red trucks.