The ‘Twice Baked Twins’ offer dessert gifts
Judy Vig and Joy Paoletti — also known as the Twice Baked Twins — share their love of cooking through television appearances, newspaper columns and just whenever they have a chance. They are making it easier to eat, as they do this holiday season with their ForkFulla and 2 Bite Delite Biscotti, which have recently...
Healthy holidays: A party survival guide
Abiding to a healthy nutritional plan can be challenging, but eating most meals at home makes it more manageable. Buying the right foods, counting calories and cooking your own meals are steadfast strategies to keep pounds at bay. But, what do you do when the busy holiday season fills your social calendar? Being surrounded by...
The season of jolly can lead to holiday blues
With the arrival of the season’s major holidays, including Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukah, and New Year’s, there is an unspoken expectation of unlimited cheer, unlimited entertaining and limitless budgets. Family and visitors arrive for quality time together whether you like them or not! Holidays can be wonderful, but we can all agree they are very stressful...
New ideas for the Host or Hostess
Entertaining is part of the holiday season when hosts and hostesses open their homes to many friends and family to celebrate a time of giving and togetherness. Gifts for the host and/or hostess can show appreciation to the men and women who go above and beyond. A hostess gift can be as simple or as...
Yes, Jack, there is a Santa Claus
(Writer’s note: With much credit — and apologies! — to newsman Francis P. Church, circa 1897) Last Christmas brought with it the question about Santa, just as it had done three preceding times before. It made the holidays especially bittersweet, as the baby of the family took his place Christmas morn with his older siblings,...
Pet Protectors fund-raiser
Holiday raffle gift baskets, assorted books, toys, movies, gingerbread houses for small dogs/cats and more at event held at Pet Supplies Plus, 675 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, Saturday, Dec. 15, 12- 3 p.m. Information: 203-330-0255 or www.petprotectorsrescue.org.
Holiday decorating
Holiday visitors to the home of Mary and Tom McInerney are greeted by some 50 red ornaments of varying sizes hanging from the ceiling of the deep porch across the front of the former carriage house, accented with white lights, green topiaries and assorted characters sitting on the child-size benches. “It’s kind of a fairyland,...
Ten tips to keep children entertained this winter break
The holidays are a happy time of year filled with joy and excitement. But we come across days where we run out of bright ideas and the children need entertaining — here are 10 things to keep the children entertained this holiday season. 1. A fun thing that many kids love to do is get...
Monroe Historical Society plans Christmas House Tour
The Monroe Historical Society’s 2012 Christmas House Tour will be Saturday, Dec. 15 from 4 to 8 p.m. The self-guided tour will visit Monroe homes and historic properties. People will receive a handmade keepsake ornament at each location while supplies last. Tickets are $20 per person in advance, or $25 on the day of tour....
Historical Society Christmas Fair runs to Dec. 16
Ornaments to gifts to homemade jams will be sold at the Monroe Historical Society’s annual Christmas Fair now to Dec. 16. English muffin bread, a holiday tradition by the society, also will be available for purchase during the fair at the One-Room Schoolhouse, 311 Wheeler Road (near Old Tannery Road), Monroe. The fair will offer...
Bar crawl to benefit toy drive
Grab your Santa hat or your reindeer antlers, because the second annual Valley SantaCon Bar Crawl is Saturday, Dec. 8. Participants are encouraged to dress up in holiday-themed attire and bring a non-perishable food item as an entry fee. This year, SantaCon is also collecting an unwrapped toy for donation to Yale-New Haven Hospital’s Miracle...
Alternative Christmas Fair
The Huntington United Methodist Church is hosting its annual Alternative Christmas Fair on Saturday, Dec. 8, 10-2 p.m. Every gift on sale will benefit a person in need. Choose from tribute gift options, which support education, help feed the hungry, advocate for gender equality and promote environmental sustainability. Additionally, craft items and jewelry from fair...
