Christmas

By Amber Hayden BOYCEVILLE — When it comes to Christmas, there are always common themes people remember, usually focusing on food and the presents. Remembering your favorite dish, or recalling the best part about Christmas dinner being the smell of fresh fruit mixed with all the other wonderful scents of a big family meal, might…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX  —  Although Susan Hill of Colfax does not recall when she first started collecting nativity sets, she owns about thirty of them in all. Hill is the owner of the Tapestry Trunk Bed and Breakfast in Colfax, and for an open house in November, held on the same day as…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX  —  Even though Ilene Pingel was upset when she was a little girl because her brother had broken the only doll she had received for Christmas right after she got it, by the time she was an adult, Ilene had not thought about the doll in years. Not until one…

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX  —  For Don and Rayola Herman, family is of the utmost importance. “Family is so important. It’s really a big deal. I think so, anyway. Don is Slovak, and I’m Norwegian. To put those two families together, all the things we’ve grown up with, was quite something,” Rayola said. Don…