Archives: December 2006
A Fritz Wetherbee “Night Before Christmas”
Listen to and read long with Fritz Wetherbee’s “A Night Before Christmas.” Fritz originally performed this piece at WZID’s 4th Annual Christmas at the Palace in 2005. http://media.nh.com/assets/Xmas_FWetherbee.mp3 OK, about Santa Claus … The guy upon whom the Santa legend is based was St. Nicholas, a Roman Catholic Bishop in Asia Minor in the fourth century. The story goes that…
Strolling by Candlelite
Strawbery Banke 27th annual Holiday Stroll Just imagine that holiday traditions are great stitches, binding years of the past together like pleats in the fabric of time. Well, nowhere in New Hampshire is the holiday fabric richer or more colorful than Strawbery Banke, where events of 350 years are gathered and displayed. And the patterns of history literally glow each…
Letters to the Editor
Mind Games I was interested to see your reference to the “Brainball” game in your November Editor’s Notes. Did you know there is a place to play this high-tech game right here in New Hampshire? The Children’s Museum of Portsmouth installed the Mindball game as the centerpiece of its newest exhibit earlier this year, and we are the only children’s…
No Missing Pieces
It’s a bit of a puzzle how the Granite State prides itself on both rugged individualism and a powerful sense of community. That’s a contradiction we can live with. In spite of our differences and our longing for independence, we know we are better together than we are apart. By John Walters The tradition of living in community has deep…
Bright Lights, Winter Nights
Take a holiday at one the state’s many B&Bs, inns or grand hotels. The lights are bright, the décor is rich and the cocoa is piping hot. Many offer holiday packages to prime you for the season with shopping for gifts and trees nearby. For a full no-fuss season, spend your holiday time wrapped in the soft glow of an…
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