We spend an awful lot of time and money decking halls and trimming trees for the holidays. Funny thing is, you can never predict which of those decorations will end up being the family treasure. It's not always the prettiest piece, or the most expensive. For many, it's the ornament with the best story that's hung front and center every Christmas. ...more

December 24, 2007

Among the galaxy of lights at Christmas Lane, one thing shone the brightest in her eyes and caught her attention. ...more

December 22, 2007

Among the galaxy of lights at Christmas Lane, one thing shone the brightest in her eyes and caught her attention. ...more

December 22, 2007

Among the galaxy of lights at Christmas Lane, one thing shone the brightest in her eyes and caught her attention. ...more

December 22, 2007

Among the galaxy of lights at Christmas Lane, one thing shone the brightest in her eyes and caught her attention. ...more

December 22, 2007

Dominic Mancuso and wife, Pauline, Brandon residents since 1965, wait all year for the holiday season so they can create a Christmas wonderland right outside their door. They have been decorating their home for Christmas, inside and out, for the past 47 years. Some of their neighbors followed their lead and now create spectacular holiday decorations, too. Here are some details about how the tradition evolved. ...more

December 22, 2007

Among the galaxy of lights at Christmas Lane, one thing shone the brightest in her eyes and caught her attention. ...more

December 20, 2007

Chilling surveillance images released Friday show a shaggy haired, bespectacled Robert Hawkins taking aim at holiday shoppers, and his hand-scrawled suicide note offers compassion for his friends and only contempt for his victims. ...more

December 8, 2007

We give thanks to God before our meals. We start all of our public and private meetings asking God for wisdom and guidance. Yet we won't allow God into our schools. Where do our children learn good from bad and right from wrong; all the things that shape their lives for the future. They say that 62 percent of Americans think it is okay to give out birth control devices in schools and instructions on how to use them. God would not approve, so we don't let him into our schools. We allow subjects to be taught from books that we would not allow in our homes. But a Bible is not one of the books that is used to teach our children, good from bad. ...more

November 25, 2007

Bob Frank sells Christmas, even when the Florida summer sun is blazing and tourists are whizzing by his store in rented convertibles on the way to the beach. ...more

November 22, 2007