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Dreaming of a Wine Christmas
Host a Virginia Wine Party By Melissa J. Lyden Now is the time to break into the cabinet for festive bottles and breakout the fancy dishware saved for special occasions. Leave the fallbacks for warmer...
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Free Holiday Cheer at the Jingle on Lake Anne
Courtesy of Lake Anne Plaza With less than three weeks left until Christmas Day, holiday events in NoVA are in full swing. Take a break from the crowded malls and spend a few hours with your family at...
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18 Places to Cut Your Own Christmas Tree
They came. They sawed. They conquered. / Photo credit: Lori Sparkia / Shutterstock.com According to the University of Illinois, there are approximately 350 million Christmas trees growing on U.S....
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Cinnamon
Sprinkle fresh cinnamon on just about anything for a touch of warmth, spice and everything nice this holiday season. By Stefanie Gans and Jennie Tai oksix/shutterstock.com Photo Courtesy of Andrews...
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Take a Walk in This Winter Wonderland
"Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? In the lane, snow is glistening." This might not be true now, but maybe Santa and Jack Frost can bring some flakes with them from the Pole. / Photo courtesy of...
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Christmas Music Showdown: Who Did It Best?
Looks like Santa's down for some healthy Christmas competition. (Andrea Michele Piacquadio / shutterstock.com) For those of us who had our decorations ready to put up on Nov. 23, took our holiday...
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered: 6 Easy Breezy Steps to Make the Perfect Christmas...
Photo credit: AnjelikaGr / Shutterstock.com Although many things grow extinct throughout the years—CD players, Borders, cheap coffee—Christmas cards will continue to be sent and received as long as...
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Colloquially Speaking…
By David Gignilliat Grinchlock [grinch-lok] n., the massive surge in holiday traffic, especially in the areas surrounding (businesses, parking lots, stoplights, entrance/exit ramps, etc.) Northern...
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Shopping Simplified: Apps for Post-Holiday Returns
Receipt management with the Return Guru app; photo courtesy of returnguru.com Christmas may be “the most wonderful time of the year,” but post-holiday returns really put a damper on that jolly...
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Mark Your Calendars: 8 of the Most Irrelevant Upcoming Holidays
Shutterstock.com/Brian A. Jackson Another Valentine’s Day gone, and good riddance. It’s not that Valentine’s Day is totally awful (although it mostly is), but that its passing marks the end of the...
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Mark Your Calendar for the Reston Town Center Holiday Parade
By Robert Fowler Photo courtesy of Reston Town Center. The holidays are here, so it’s time to be of good cheer. Silly rhymes aside, once you break out the turkey this Thursday, yuletide excitement will...
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The Christmas Lovers Guide to Holiday Parades and Festivities
Photo Courtesy of DeeDee Hubbard With a plethora of Christmas parades this Saturday (Dec. 7) offering jolly St. Nicks, horses, even bagpipes, it might be difficult to simply choose one. Not only...
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Find a Unique Gift for a Great Deal this Weekend
Shutterstock.com/Tyler Olson The holidays are in full swing and you are most likely up-to-your-neck in gift shopping. The tired treks through malls and sterilized shopping excursions at department...
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Taste the Holidays at Capitol City Brewing Company Throughout December
By Robert Fowler Between the gift shopping, coordinating travel plans, decorating and everything else that we’re expected to do during the holidays, there will be moments where you think to yourself “I...
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Take A Beer-tastic Journey Through Clarendon’s Finest Holiday Crawl
Clarendon Bar Crawl. Photo courtesy of On Tap & CFF I love a good adventure – especially when it includes a few pints. Bar crawls can be the most enjoyable excursions you take during the year, even...
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Gather Around and Enjoy the Joys of Caroling
Shutterstock.com/RonandJoe When it comes to getting into the mood of merriment during this time of year, music is the most effective way of feeling all warm and fuzzy (sweaters are a close second)....
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Gift of the Day: Last Minute Affordable Jewelry
If you have been experiencing the holiday season that I have, sometimes the shopping gods can deal an unfair hand that results in cancelled orders, mind-numbing lines and busy schedules. Now the big...
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First Night Celebrations Across NoVA this New Year’s
By Robert Cameron Fowler Photo courtesy of AlliesInteractive/Shutterstock.com. As Christmas Day is bearing down upon us, you are probably feeling a queasy mixture of emotions. You’re excited to soon...
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Selling Your Home This Winter?
Don’t let the holidays trip you up. —Donna Evers, Evers & Co. Real Estate Photo courtesy of John Wollwerth/Shutterstock.com. During the holiday season, I often see home sellers making mistakes that...
View ArticleAdd Some Sparkle to Your Wardrobe for the Holidays
By Danielle Harvey The holiday season is fast approaching with Thanksgiving right around the corner. This leaves the question of what to wear to family dinners, parties and other events? We’ve got the...
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