The Church of the Visitation, Mantoloking Road, Brick, will be hosting a "Christmas in July" craft fair 9 a.m.-3 p.m. July 19 in the church auditorium. There will be a wide range of specialtycrafted items available, including jewelry, wood, quilts, florals, home decorating and much more. A snack window as well as a visit with Santa will be available.

The splashy, big-cast, Broadway-style White Christmas that has been seen in a Walter Bobbie-directed production in San Francisco, Boston, Detroit, Toronto, Los Angeles and St. Paul may be coming to Broadway.

TURLOCK -- An 80-year-old cedar known as the city's "Christmas Tree" was destined for the wood chipper Wednesday, after an arborist diagnosed the tree as a safety hazard.

Hospice of Davidson County employees are busy wrapping Christmas packages in preparation for their Aug. 9 fundraiser at The Bob Timberlake Gallery beginning at 6 p.m.

ASHEBORO — The 25th anniversary of an annual weekend bash called Jim’s Kids Christmas in July is coming up in a couple of weeks.

Angdni Nettles, 6, received a toy thoroughbred horse yesterday at "The Christmas You Missed" party for military families separated at Christmas because of deployments, at the Murphy Canyon Youth Center. Angdni's father, Sydney Nettles, is stationed at Naval Station San Diego.