Santa

Before buying a big-ticket Santa gift this year, child social workers urge you to consider this one important fact.

This Christmas things will seem a little more back-to-normal at CherryVale Mall.

If you've ever wanted a job as an elf during Christmastime, you should consider volunteering for this year's Stroll on State.

You've got kids, or maybe you've got grandkids. One of the joys of being a parent/grandparent (at least for my wife and me) was taking the kids to see Santa during the holiday season.

If you've ever wondered whether that story about Santa and the parachute at North Towne was really true...

Depending on how long you've lived in the Rockford area, you've probably heard something about a tragic event involving Santa Claus parachuting into Rockford's North Towne Mall in the 1960s. Many believe that it's a Rockford "urban legend," but, as we learned this morning, it's all too true.

With the power of your smartphone, you can bring the magic of Santa to the special children in your life.

Yesterday in this space, I asked when was the last time that you shopped downtown Rockford. As luck would have it, you've got a golden opportunity tonight (Thursday).

When I was little we had to write Santa letters, but check this out, you can actually call him.

I'm sure you're quite familiar with the holiday classic production "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer." The family favorite debuted 50 years ago, in 1964. Well, a lot has changed over the last 5 decades. There's just no way the behavior exhibited by Santa, Donner, and others up at the North Pole would float in today's world of "gotcha" media...