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Home For The Holidays

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Saint Nick will return to Okotoks for annual Christmas Eve parade

Saint Nick will return to Okotoks for annual Christmas Eve parade

Santa will join members of Okotoks emergency services on an expansive route throughout town beginning at the Milligan Drive fire station at 5 p.m.
HOLIDAY SONG: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

HOLIDAY SONG: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

Written in 1849, “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” is a poem by Edmund Sears, who was a pastor of the Unitarian Church in Wayland, Mass. Sears’ lyrics are often put to “Carol,” a melody composed for the poem by Richard Storrs Willis. However, “Noel,” modified by Arthur Sullivan from an English melody, also has been used.
Entire house is overflowing with Christmas cheer

Entire house is overflowing with Christmas cheer

Rocio Prieto spends the month of November turning her home south of Priddis into a Christmas wonderland with decorations everywhere you look.
GALLERY: High Country Lodge Christmas Light Tour in the books in Black Diamond

GALLERY: High Country Lodge Christmas Light Tour in the books in Black Diamond

High Country Lodge residents toured the town with Mayor Brendan Kelly on Dec. 13, searching for the best Christmas light displays Black Diamond has to offer.
Volunteer elves busy preparing to bring the Magic of Christmas

Volunteer elves busy preparing to bring the Magic of Christmas

More than 200 families who are struggling this holiday season are being supported by Magic of Christmas Foothills.
Spirits are bright at Spruce Meadows' Christmas Light Drive-Thru

Spirits are bright at Spruce Meadows' Christmas Light Drive-Thru

Free holiday experience, which includes a driving path and walking route, runs for the next three weekends.
What is luminarias?

What is luminarias?

Aside from safety guidelines established by local authorities, there are not many rules when it comes to decorating for the holidays.
GALLERY: Dawgs welcome fans to fieldhouse for Holiday Hoopla

GALLERY: Dawgs welcome fans to fieldhouse for Holiday Hoopla

Western Canadian Baseball League champs get festive at annual event.
GALLERY: Big gospel energy from the Big Rock Singers

GALLERY: Big gospel energy from the Big Rock Singers

Choir performs holiday show, Let Heaven and Nature Sing, at the Foothills Centennial Centre.
A classic cocktail toasts the season with a twist

A classic cocktail toasts the season with a twist

People indulge just a little bit more when the holidays arrive. That may translate into enjoying an extra meal at a favorite neighborhood restaurant, buying one or two additional gifts to stash under the tree or hosting a gathering with close friends that stretches into the wee hours of the morning.
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