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After receiving the most votes in Saucon Source’s 2020 Holiday Lights Contest earlier this month, Brian Daugherty was presented with his grand prize basket in front of his award-winning display Wednesday.
The already-unusual 2020 Christmas season got another twist at St. Michael the Archangel Elementary School on St. Josephs Road in Upper Saucon Township Tuesday.
Instead of canceling the borough’s outdoor tree-lighting, Southern Lehigh chamber staff and business sponsors pivoted to make the event a drive-thru holiday celebration and provide the community with a much-appreciated sense of normalcy.
Welcome to Ep. 32 of No Rain Date, your weekly podcast featuring local news and interviews. Joining us this week is Curator of Collections at Bethlehem’s National Museum of Industrial History, Andria Zaia, who was involved in a special commemorative event recently held there called the ‘Last Cast.’
Was it Santa’s elves? Hellertonians and Lower Sauconites have been abuzz wondering who decorated a section of the Saucon Rail Trail with Christmas ornaments recently.
It wasn’t much, but the snow that fell in Hellertown and throughout eastern Pennsylvania Wednesday was just enough to remind residents that winter is definitely on its way.
Saucon Source was lucky enough to be joined by Kathy, a secretary from the North Pole, who works closely with the local Letters to Santa program. Kathy spoke about the joys of working with the Hellertown Post Office on a such a wonderful holiday program.
The holiday spirit will wrap around Coopersburg this Saturday, Dec. 12, when the Southern Lehigh Chamber of Commerce & Coopersburg Fire Co. No. 1 present the borough’s annual tree-lighting ceremony from 6 to 8 p.m. However, the event will be different than what was originally planned, as a result of new COVID-19 restrictions.
The Lehigh Valley has no shortage of wonderful and historic holiday traditions. Lehigh Valley Passport to History has put together a list of some can’t-miss events to take advantage of over the next month.
Your holiday celebration could be even sweeter thanks to a local supermarket chain’s promotion that could save you money on a traditional Christmas dinner table favorite.
