After last week's column about my lack of Christmas spirit, I received an e-mail from the National Christmas Center along Route 30 near Paradise. Signed by Santa Jr., it said my column had saddened him. Terrific. Not only was I not in the holiday mood, but now I had depressed Santa Claus!......

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around Lancaster County. That means it's time for trains, trains and more model trains. The charming mini-locomotives chugging around ornately decorated tracks along miniature villages and twinkling lights are popping up everywhere for the enjoy......

It was Nov. 1, 2001, when Jim Morrison saw the elderly couple enter the National Christmas Center in Paradise. Morrison, the center's curator, noticed how the 80-year-old woman "darted around nervously, not really unfocused," while the man, a year or two younger, stared at a 1950s Christm......

When Jim Morrison received an e-mail two years ago asking if he'd like to add another crèche to the burgeoning display at the National Christmas Center in Paradise, he didn't realize what a treasure he was about to get....

Whether you call him Sinterklaas, San Nicola, Père Noël, Kleeschen, Belsnickle, Papá Noel or Kris Kringle, nobody stirs the imagination of children this time of year quite like Santa Claus. Computer-savvy kids can even track Santa's flight around the world on Christmas ......

Oh, the memories. Silver strands of icicle tinsel that your mom carefully draped, one by one, on the Christmas tree in a process that took hours. Bubble lights. Those shiny satin balls decorated with bejeweled pushpins. Grandpa Cutler's trains. The pink fea......

You might not be expecting him, what with this being the middle of a very hot summer, but Santa Claus is coming to town.It will be Christmas in July when the Midsummer Yule Festival is held Saturday at the National Christmas Center on Lincoln Highway East.The event will include a Ch......

One week, folks. If you had any hopes of slowing down and really enjoying this holiday season, time is running out. But don't panic. Plan. Whether you have a family with young kids or teens, are empty-nesters, just-starting-outers or anything else on the social spectrum, Lancaster......

Hauling people in horse-drawn wagons through his private forest to personally select their own Christmas trees as in bygone days was good enough for Elizabeth Farms owner Bill Coleman — until he met Santa Claus.Santa Claus, alias Jim Morrison, co-owner of the National Christmas Cente......

OK, here's what's happening on the local music scene. —In a little over a month, downtown Lancaster will be teeming with bands from all over the U.S. — and overseas. From April 16-19, the Chameleon, the Village and at least 10 other local venues will feature several ban......

Need a little holiday cheer? Take a break from shopping and gift-wrapping, grab a group of friends and hit the town.
DOWNTOWN LANCASTER FOR THE HOLIDAYS
For holiday fun, look no further than downtown Lancaster, where each weekend, the city offers a variety of activi......

Disco may have died in the 1970s, but memorabilia from that era is still around and much admired by retro-loving collectors.Peter Seibert, executive director of Heritage Center of Lancaster County, suggested the decade that spawned pet rocks, bean bags and shag carpeting is worthy of serio......

Santa's Paradise Express is about to pull out of the station.The popular holiday train ride features Christmas carolers, brass horns and a personal visit with Santa during its 45-minute journey through the Amish countryside.Festivities will begin as soon as the visitor reaches t......

Any chance you need a reproduction-quality cannon, a full-size stagecoach or wax figures?You're in luck.These are among the items being put up for auction starting at 11 a.m. this morning at Continental Inn. Jennings Auction Group LLC will auction the contents of the former Disc......