Happy Holidays! Hanukkah is in full swing and we are getting ready for Christmas in Connecticut! From Fire & Ice celebrations to Santa sightings we’ve got you covered!!!
Hanukkah will be celebrated this year from Dec. 7 through Dec. 15 and there are a lot of events to celebrate, “Fire on ICE” event, hosted by Chabad of Greater Hartford and will be held on Sunday, Dec. 10, in the West Hartford Town Hall parking lot. And Sunday, December 10, at 4 PM, you can see the Menorah lighting on the Guilford Green. Before the lighting there will be balloon fun and activities for the kids at the Guilford library 2:30-3:30 PM. See www.JewishShoreline.org/Guilford for more info.
Join use for Elicit Brewings 2nd annual Toy drive and Tree auction for the Blue Angels of Manchester! Bid on one-of-a-kind, handcrafted Christmas trees. We have beautiful trees that were decorated and donated by local businesses and groups! Be sure to bring an unwrapped toy and receive a voucher for an Elicit brewed beer too! Join us for a day of music, giveaways and fun! ALL TO BENEFIT THE BLUE ANGELS FOUNDATION - A NONPROFIT CHARITY THAT SUPPORTS COMMUNITY NEEDS. SINCE 2001 THIS ORGANIZATION HAS WORKED TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER. THE PROCEEDS FROM THE TREE DONATION WILL GO DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE DELIVERY OF PRESENTS ON CHRISTMAS DAY FOR THOSE IN NEED IN TOWN by Manchester police officers!
AS for holiday shows?
Straight No Chaser performs Friday at Mohegan Sun visit mohegansun.com for more, The Boston Pops perform up at Uconn’s Jorgensen Theater – visit Jorgensen.uconn.edu, Jerry Seinfeld performs at Foxwoods Saturday visit foxwoods.com
For all the movies this weekend – I do haven them listed – but I’m gonna go retro for you this weekend!
Bruce Willis in Die Hard is being re-released this weekend and you can all begin the debate now – Christmas movie or not? First released in July of 1988 – which is a big cause of the controversy – but the movie does take place over Christmas…sooooo
Next being released to the big screen for a limited time to celebrate it’s 20th anniversary, Love Actually – my all time FAVORITE MOVIE!!!!!