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By CHRIS LARABEE

From 1952 to 2008, children in Deerfield had an opportunity to write letters to Santa Claus and, after some time, a letter from the big man himself would be sent back to the child.Now, decades later after many of the letters were likely forgotten, a...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

HADLEY — After five Christmas eves without organ accompaniment, Michael Stancill will be “pulling out all the stops” as he plays “O Come, All Ye Faithful” for the First Congregational Church of Hadley this year on Christmas Eve.That phrase has...

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — While students shower their elementary school teachers with small tokens of appreciation during the holiday season, those coffee shop gift cards, stationary and trendy tumblers peter out as students get to middle and high school.But the...

A ‘Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular’The Academy of Music will host “The Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular with Zara Bode” on Sunday, Dec. 22, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.Bode, one half of the country duo The Sweetback Sisters, is a powerhouse...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Bryan Burke, second generation owner of Burke Chevrolet on North King Street in Northampton, has continued a more than 30-year holiday tradition set by his father which entails employees pooling money together for the Sydney F. Smith Toy...

By EMILEE KLEIN

The story of the holiday tune “Jingle Bells” begins in Medford, when resident James Pierpont watched annual one-horse open sleigh rides between Medford Square and Malden Square. Those bells that inspired Pierpont to write the famous song were most...

By JACOB NELSON

The Christmas season, for people who celebrate, tends to be full of traditions. Maybe it’s watching the same corny holiday movies every year. Maybe it’s making Grandma’s special cookies, a yellowing index card with her faded cursive handwriting...

An ‘anti-holiday spectacular’Prefer rudeness to Rudolph, getting blitzed to Blitzen, or X-rated humor to Xmas? The show “F*ck That! Erin McKeown’s Anti-Holiday Spectacular,” which will be at the Iron Horse on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m., might be for...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

It’s late November in New England: darker, shorter days and colder weather — all remedied by seasonal traditions including turkey, inflatable yard decor and, for the 92nd year, the Sidney F. Smith Toy fund.Begun in 1933 during the Great Depression by...

By BERA DUNAU

EASTHAMPTON — For more than four decades, a star shining over the city from Mount Tom has been a holiday tradition. Now, as residents deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic, the star is again lighting up the night in a gesture meant to spark and...

If you’re a child, this is the weekend when the magic of the holiday comes to life. But as much as there is “magic” involved, many people around the globe are celebrating two miracles this weekend. The first night of Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish...