Tag: Christmas
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COLUMN: Now is not the time to stop giving | Pius Kamau
I recall the 1983 to 1985 Ethiopian famine that affected 8 million people and killed between half a million to a million people. It was such a dramatic and tragic loss of life, it propelled Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to organize a very successful benefits concert, Live Aid. The two-venue benefit concert and music based…
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EDITORIAL: Let the light of Christmas restore our hope
“All things came into being through him, and without him, not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” -John 1:3-5 On this Christmas Day, Christians across…
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Denver forecasted to have hottest Christmas Day on record (and records started in 1872)
It’s looking like Denver will experience its hottest Christmas on record this week – at least that will be the case if the National Weather Service forecast holds true. Based on temperature records dating back to 1872, the hottest December 25 in Denver took place in 2005 when the city warmed up to 69 degrees…
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COLUMN: Christmas time past and present | Joe Barrera
In the nostalgia time that comes at the end of December every year I remember my past life and what that past means for me now. In this.town full of military veterans I think a lot about my Army life, the combat I saw in the Vietnam War, the long twisting road I have walked since…
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COLUMN: The best Christmas gifts aren’t under the tree
One of the most memorable and meaningful Christmas Eve’s for me was the year I was abandoned at the public library. It was Monday, December 24, 1979. I was seven. The Baldwin Public Library is in the middle of my small hometown on the south shore of Long Island. One sign of a good town…
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Bells, buckets and tradition: Fie family celebrates 70 years with the Salvation Army
Three members of the Fie family stood outside the Cherry Cricket in Cherry Creek Friday morning, ringing a 130-year-old bell attached to a worn leather strap. “It’s a family endeavor,” Roxanne Anderson said. “It’s just warms your heart to be able to help others.” That bell — timeworn and ringing — represents 70 years of…
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Children revel in holiday spirit during United Airlines annual ‘North Pole’ flight
It wasn’t “Elf,” but it seemed as if one United Airlines plane was flying more on Christmas spirit than it was on jet fuel Saturday afternoon. Continuing an over-30-year annual holiday tradition, the airline hosted over 100 children on its Fantasy Flight to the “North Pole,” and a meeting with Santa Claus, from Denver International…
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8 reasons why ‘Die Hard’ is a Christmas movie
Editors note: This story was originally published in December of 2019. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but also one of the most contentious as a long-running and heated debate takes place yet again around the holidays. It’s a question everyone wants to know the answer to but can’t seem to agree on.…
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11 holiday happenings you’ll find in Denver
As the holiday season quickly approaches, restaurants, hotels, bars, and more transform into winter wonderlands with a festive atmosphere to celebrate the season. Here are some festive events happening across Denver throughout the holiday season: This cocktail lounge is hidden behind a freezer door in Sweet Action Ice Cream’s Uptown shop, and turns into an…
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8-hour Centennial Christmas standoff leads to arrest of suspected shooter
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The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office’s SWAT team arrested a Centennial man Wednesday after a nearly eight-hour Christmas Day standoff. The sheriff’s office received a call from a neighbor around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday morning in the 3200 block of East Hinsdale Place. The neighbor reported that the suspect had fired unprovoked at them with a rifle.…