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Town Hall employees crafted some fine, fine homemade candy, and arranged some eye-popping holiday sweaters.
OK, the sweaters weren't hideous. They weren't ugly and they didn't just say holiday though those were the two themes town employees were following for Wednesday's dress-up day at Town Hall. Call the look hugly. Eat your heart out Lady Gaga. Following the recent crazy hat day — a fundraier for My Brother's Table — the women and men of Town Hall donned sweaters hung and strung with holiday lights, ornaments and whatever else the imagination invited. Marcia Willis wore a red sweater hung with 10 years worth of town historian Lou Gallo's handmade wooden ornaments. Each year the local historian crafts a new design for his Christmas ornament and replicates it for his holiday gift. He's been at it 30 year. That's 30 designs. They include …
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If the holidays leave you with little time to shop for gifts, try these stores in Swampscott for great last-minute gift ideas.
With all of the tree trimming, cookie baking and partygoing, there is so much to do during the holidays that it's easy to leave shopping for Christmas presents until the last minute. But by then, the malls and chain stores are usually chaotic and the mere thought of battling crowds is exhausting. Here are some ideas for easy gifts that can be bought locally and require little stress: Tell us: What are some of your own last-minute gift ideas? Share in the comments below.
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Here are ten ways to have fun and spread holiday cheer in Swampscott without breaking the bank.
This year’s holiday season can be special for you and your family regardless of your budget. Here are some fun tips for creating new holiday traditions while saving money. 1) Make your cards from recycled materials. Cards can be made from paper grocery bags, cereal boxes, used file folders and even last year’s holiday cards. Feature your family’s artwork and use recycled wrapping paper or paper from catalogs and magazines for backgrounds. A great resource for making cards from recycled materials is "Creative Correspondence" by Michael and Judy Jacobs, available on Amazon.com. 2) Have fun together and create a festive decoration by making a gingerbread house. Bake the gingerbread yourself and use royal icing to construct the house and …
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Need a quick holiday cookie recipe? Make one of these for your parties this season.
One of the most important holiday questions to ask yourself is: What kind of cookies will you be baking for your get-togethers this season? From sweet to savory, holiday cookies come in all shapes and sizes. And what’s better than to top off a tray of cookies than a glass of homemade eggnog? Newman's Bakery has an assortment of holiday treats from latkes ot Christmas cookies. You can also check out myrecipes.com to learn how to host a successful cookie swap and view more holiday cookie recipes. Eggnog In a saucepan over low heat combine milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon, cinnamon stick and clove. Bring to a slow boil (this will take between 5-7 mins). Once the milk mixture starts to boil remove from heat and leave cinnamon stick in for a …
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Store employees donated their tips from Friday through Sunday raising more than $400 for the Toys for Local Children program.
Tony Lena's sub shop employees Heather Ernst and Cheryl Chesbrough packed Heather's car full of dolls, fire engines and other toys. They shuttled the gifts to the Swampscott Police Station and loaded them into the U-Haul van that the department is filling for the Toys for Local Children program. Four hundred dollars will buy a lot of toys when you shop carefully, and that is what Heather and Cheryl did at Target and other stores. The $400 worth of presents came from tip money at Tony Lena's. The sub shop employees donated all their tips from Friday, Saturday and Sunday. These were tips from sales in the store and on deliveries. Shop co-owners Tammy Lena Chambers and Jennifer Lena Venuti were some surprised by the level of generosity they…
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To vote, donate $1 or a nonperishable food item such as a canned good. The money and food will feed the hungry at My Brother's Table in Lynn.
The gingerbread houses reflect whimsy and Swampscott. Come to Town Hall during regular business hours though Friday to see them and breathe in the sweet spicy smell of gingerbread. The dozen entries stand like a block of enchanted homes along a streetscape where icing and cake make good neighbors. Town Tresurer Denise Dembkoski arranged the display inside Town Hall's rear entrance. To vote, donate $1 or a nonperishable food item. Your donation will feed the hungry at My Brother's Table in Lynn. Awards will be judged on various categories: Most Creative Best Holiday Spirit Best Adult (18 & over) Best Teen (age 14-17) Best Youth (age 10-13) Best Child (9 & under) Prizes will be awarded
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Tablets, flip-screen laptops and smart TV devices are among the popular choices this year.
Looking for the perfect holiday gift for the electronic gadget-lover in your life? It can be challenging to keep up with the latest devices in the fast-changing world of technology. The nonprofit Business and Professional Microcomputer Users Group Inc. (BPMUG) is ready to help. At its recent monthly meeting the computer users group sponsored a demonstration by Staples Easy Tech Field Manager John Yearsley at which he presented a sampling of what’s new and improved in the world of technology. We've added a few of our own picks as well. LAPTOPS Lenovo Yoga or Lenovo Thinkpad Twist are new touch-screen laptops with flipscreens that twist and turn into tablets. The Apple MacBook Air is a new super-thin, super-light laptop. Apple’s other …
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page fromNov. 26 to Dec. 16. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. Our contest is right around the corner, so now’s the time to get your holiday …
Which Swampscott street's Christmas decorations really light up your eyes?
Share your Christmas decorations with the world. Take a picture and hit the "Share Photos and Videos" button on the Swampscott Patch site. Make sure to tell us about the decorations in the captions. Have an opinion on where the best decorations are in town? Let us know in the comments. Also, you can win $100,000 for Swampscott Public Schools while you're at it.
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Lisa Faia
8:19 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Go to Tiaras, Tights & Tutus.... A Damcer's Boutique at 213 Essex Street, across from the high school, for gifts for your dancer. They have everything you need for your dancer such as sweatshirts, sweatpants, t- shirts, tank tops, ornaments, books, personalized dnce bags and of course tiaras, tights nd tutus! more ›