You’ve checked off your gift-giving list; you’ve trimmed everything that ever needed trimming. You baked cookies; you ate your body weight in cookie dough. You’ve cooked and cleaned and fa-la-la-ed until the cows came home. Now the Chrismukkah/Festivus season has literally descended upon you as gracefully as an overweight man in a velvet tracksuit does [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Christmas'
Area Mom Mobilizes Christmas Pajama Drive for Kids in DC Foster Care
December 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Earlier this year, DC resident Kathy Jackson lay in her hospital bed, weakened from the treatments to fight her leukemia. She couldn’t see her three children, Joseph, Sam, and Tyler (ages 12, 8, and 7, respectively) because exposure to their normal childhood germs could have been disastrous. A bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy had destroyed her immune [...]
Brent Christmas Tree and Holiday Sale this Weekend
December 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Need Trees? Brent Elementary has ‘em! Brent Elementary’s Christmas Tree and Holiday Sale is this weekend. 275 Fraser and Douglas Fir freshly cut trees are winging their way to DC as we speak. They’ll be available in 6,7,9, and 10 ft heights and for of us with, um, space challenged abodes can pick up a [...]
Tags: Brent Elementary·Christmas·Christmas Trees·Hanukkah·holidays·Schools
Celebrate The Holidays on the Hill with the Annual Holiday Tree Lighting and Tommy Clause This Saturday
December 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Eastern Market
Come celebrate the spirit of the holidays at the Fifth Annual Holiday Tree Lighting on Capitol Hill on Saturday, December 3rd, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm in the NE quadrant of the Eastern Market Metro plaza (8th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, SE). Councilmember Tommy Wells, the Capitol Hill BID, business leaders, friends and neighbors will [...]
Time For a Little Holiday Competition
December 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Eastern Market
New York may have its 5th Avenue department store windows, but here on the Hill we have the Coldwell Banker windows. If you happened to walk by 605 Pennsylvania Ave, SE anytime — literally, day or night — last weekend you probably saw the elves from Aesthetic Answers putting together another year’s amazing holiday showcase. [...]
Tags: Aesthetic Answers·Christmas·Christmas Windows·Coldwell Banker·holidays·photo contest
All We Want For Christmas
December 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Remember when you were a kid and you would truly, deep down, believe that Santa could grant your craziest Christmas wish. Eventually, when that pony didn’t show up for the umpteenth time, you started to suspect that either mom and dad were in cahoots with Santa or he just wasn’t real. A very sad realization [...]
Tags: Christmas
Hill Holiday Recipes – Seventh Hill
December 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Eastern Market
We’re just days before Christmas. Got the presents wrapped? Tree trimmed? Menus planned? Food always played a big part in the Christmas and New Year’s traditions in my home growing up, and I thought it might be interesting to find out what foods or dishes are cherished by our neighborhood chefs and restaurateurs. This week, [...]
Tags: Christmas·cookies·recipe·Seventh Hill
Hill Holiday Recipes – The Liberty Tree
December 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · H Street
We’re just days before Christmas. Got the presents wrapped? Tree trimmed? Menus planned? Food always played a big part in the Christmas and New Year’s traditions in my home growing up, and I thought it might be interesting to find out what foods or dishes are cherished by our neighborhood chefs and restaurateurs. This week, [...]
