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Tag: holidays

Ghosts, witches invade Annandale shopping center next month

#community events, #community organizations, #holidays, #shopping
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Annandale Shopping Center on Columbia Pike. The Annandale Chamber of Commerce is hosting “a haunted village” in the Annandale Shopping Center on Friday and Saturday evenings beginning Oct. 16 through Halloween. A poster on the front door of the Jukebox Diner says: “The Haunted Village of Annandale silently festers in the underworld, except in October … Continued

Bengalis celebrate New Year’s at Mason District Park

#arts, #community events, #culture, #entertainment, #holidays

Hundreds of people converged on Mason District Park Saturday for the Bangladesh New Year’s festival known as Boaishakhi Mela. There was music, dancing, and lots of vendors selling clothing, jewelry, and food. There are about 30,000 Bengalis in Northern Virginia, most of them in Arlington, says Shafi Delwar Kajol, editor of News-Bangla. The actual Bangladesh … Continued

Happy Valentines Day!

#arts, #holidays

The Annandale Blogger wishes a fun-filled, love-filled Valentines Day to all our readers! The photos here are from the valentine-making party last Sunday at the Artisans United Craft Gallery at the Packard Center in Annandale. [Photos by Karen Bowes.]

Christmas trees collected through Jan. 16

#holidays, #trash

The Fairfax County Recycling and Trash Department will collect Christmas trees during the first two weeks of January – through Jan. 16. Leave your tree in the curb and remove the tree stand and all lights and decorations. If you have a private trash/recycling collection service, contact that company to find out their Christmas tree … Continued

Police help needy family

#holidays, #police, #volunteers

McCaughey Officers from the Mason Police District made a difference this Christmas for needy family in the Culmore area.  Master Police Officer P. McCaughey learned of a family with no financial means to celebrate Christmas, so he encouraged his colleagues on the force and local churches to chip in and provide gifts and a Christmas … Continued

Christmas holiday schedule

#holidays

Fairfax County government offices close Dec. 24 at noon and will be closed Dec. 25 and 26. The courts are closed Dec. 24-26. Libraries are closed Dec. 24 and noon and are closed Dec. 25 and 26. RECenters and parks are closed Dec. 25 and operate on a regular schedule on Dec. 26. RECenters close … Continued

Not ready for Christmas? Don’t panic

#holidays, #humor
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By Annandale humorist Robert Schwaninger Like many things around the holidays, this column is woefully late. It is, therefore, the very symbol of Christmas. Unless you are one of those people who starts buying gifts in July for people who might be dead by Thanksgiving, I am reasonably certain that not everything has gone smoothly during … Continued

It’s holiday craft fair season

#arts, #churches, #holidays, #shopping

With Thanksgiving around the corner and the December holidays looming on the horizon, the craft show/church bazaar season is in full swing. This Saturday, Nov. 15, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church is having its annual Christmas Bazaar. (9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 6800 Columbia Pike, Annandale.) Venders will be offering baked goods, books, art, toys, games, jewelry, pressed … Continued