Holiday

Celebrating China's Spring Festival In New England

Rebecca Lavoie — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:08:07 +0000

This week marks the start of the Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year. This fifteen-day celebration is the longest and most important holiday in China, featuring family reunions, fireworks, traditional meals, red lanterns, and the traditional gift of the Hong Bao, or Red Packet.

The Case of the Missing Santa Claus

Zach Nugent — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:36:54 +0000

It’s a sad sign of holiday desperation that in many towns, burglaries and thefts spike around the holidays. Two years ago a landmark seasonal statue was stolen from a small New Hampshire town…now a gallery in Massachusetts is trying to find it through the power of art.

Forget the Wrapping Paper on These Gifts

Virginia Prescott — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:10:09 +0000

It’s not terribly surprising that for the second year running, the national retail federation claims the hottest holiday present is a gift card. But are we losing something when we focus on the material aspects of gift-giving? With us to rundown some alternative ideas for experiential gifts you can’t fit under the tree is Rick Broussard, editor of New Hampshire Magazine.

NHPR Folk Show Playlist 12.2.12

Kate McNally — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 03:16:58 +0000

Song/ Artist/ Album/ Label

Bread And Roses/ George Mann/ Patience In These Times/ Running Scared Productions/

Wild Mountain Thyme/ Judy Collins/ Maids & Golden Apples/ Wildflower/

Canaan's Land/ Mary McCaslin & Jim Ringer/ T