holidays
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Home & Garden
Elevate Your Holiday Lights with Athens’ ‘Electrical Elf’
Some people consider the days following Thanksgiving to be the official start of holiday decorating. Jonathan Ruhlen, an Athens resident, began working on his holiday light display nearly four months ago. The River Bottom Road display, which Ruhlen says attracts a few hundred onlookers each December, features 13,000 lights and…
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In-Depth
UGA Students Give Thoughts On Hanukkah And School Calendar
The last week of classes at the University of Georgia coincides this year with Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights that is observed over eight days. The holiday can fall anywhere from late November to mid-December, sometimes allowing students to celebrate during breaks, but the exact dates change every…
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2020 Election
How To Prepare Yourself For Holiday Political Conversations
While spending a day at her grandmother’s house, Brittani Miles and her father had a disagreement. The father-daughter dispute centered around vote-by-mail fraud, an issue which continues to elicit conversations as President Donald Trump claims President-elect Joe Biden “stole” the 2020 presidential election despite a failure to offer substantial evidence.…
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Athens-Clarke County
Secure Your Valuables Before You Leave for The Holidays
As University of Georgia students head home for the holidays, their apartments and homes are vulnerable to theft. “We do see, unfortunately, an uptick in burglaries when students leave for Thanksgiving break, additionally Christmas break,” Geoffrey Gilland, the public information assistant with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department said. The Athens-Clarke…
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Athens-Clarke County
Gas Prices Dropping Throughout Georgia, Across Country
Gas prices have dropped 21 cents per gallon across the country in less than a month. Although it has been more than six months since gas prices were this low, Georgia’s prices are still 15 cents higher than this time last year. Georgia is also still of the most expensive…
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Athens-Clarke County
5 Tips for Staying Safe from Burglary
The Holidays are right around the corner, and many of us are looking forward to (or maybe dreading) visiting our families. If you’re heading home or elsewhere over Thanksgiving, you might have so much on your mind that you don’t think about burglaries being a threat. No plan is 100%…
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Health
Top 5 Holiday Health Tips
By Jordynn Abernathy Does the Thanksgiving pie still have you stuffed? Well, you aren’t alone. The holiday season always seems to mess up the diet you have been keeping up for next summer’s beach body. Savannah Thaler RND, LD from the Georgia Department of Public Health’s East Athens WIC office provided Grady…
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Athens-Clarke County
UGA Hindu Students want Holiday
Athens, GA- The University of Georgia is now recognizing Christian, Jewish, Islamic, and Hindu holidays on their master calendar…and it’s all because of the efforts from a few Hindu students. These students set up a petition to have their message heard, and Vice President of Public Affairs at UGA heard it. He…
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Athens-Clarke County
A More Sustainable Holiday
Athens, GA– Lots of pumpkins end up in the trash after halloween. Let Us Compost wants this coming holiday season to be more sustainable. They want local Athens residents to bring their pumpkins to them. For the first time, the company will be giving out extra bins and bags for Thanksgiving.
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Northeast Georgia News
No Friend Eats Alone on Thanksgiving Thanks to One Man
Reporter: Emily Curl Jack Ansley is the owner of Jack’s restaurant in Braselton. He has owned this place for seven years- and the customers have become more like family. We all have our own Thanksgiving traditions, but Jack has a pretty unique that includes twenty-five of his closest customers. Jack…