The Town of Zebulon and Zebulon Chamber of Commerce unveiled their joint December holiday celebration “Deck the Hall-Z” to bring communities together for the winter season. Deck the Hall-Z will be held on Friday, December 8 from 5:30-9:00 PM at the Zebulon Municipal Building and Town Hall and is free to the public. The celebration will […]

Raleigh Parks is assisting the North Pole this holiday season by hosting Letters to Santa at select community centers! How to Mail Your Letter to Santa 1. Fill Out Fill out the letter to Santa template with everything Santa needs to know! Download the template here.  Your letter to Santa can be typed and printed or handwritten. Templates will […]

A phone call from Santa Claus is on every child’s wish list. The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department is making those wishes come true by offering “Calls from Santa” to kids ages 3-9 on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 6-8 p.m. On Saturday, Nov. 26, registration forms will be available online and at the […]

Raleigh Parks is assisting the North Pole this holiday season by hosting Letters to Santa at select community centers! How to Mail Your Letter to Santa 1. Fill Out Fill out the letter to Santa template with everything Santa needs to know! Download the template here.  Your letter to Santa can be typed and printed or handwritten. Templates will […]

Raleigh Parks is assisting the North Pole this holiday season by hosting Letters to Santa at select community centers! How to Mail Your Letter to Santa 1. Fill Out Fill out the letter to Santa template with everything Santa needs to know! Download the template here.  Your letter to Santa can be typed and printed or handwritten. Templates will also […]

Bull City Holidayz Durham Parks and Recreation (DPR) is excited to provide free, festive fun to the Durham community this holiday season! Bull City Holidayz will offer holiday-themed events the first three Saturdays in December. All events are free, but preregistration is required. Food Drive At each of our Bull City Holidayz events, we will […]

Virtual “Lighting of Wake Forest” is Friday Experience the wonder and magic of the holiday season during the annual Lighting of Wake Forest. Sponsored by Traditions at Wake Forest and presented by Wake Forest Downtown, Inc., the virtual tree lighting will take place online through Facebook on Friday, Dec. 4, at 6 p.m. Hosted by Santa Claus, the event will feature a holiday message from the […]

Raleigh Parks has reached an agreement with Santa Claus’s North Pole Headquarters to arrange a phone call from Santa Claus for local children ages 2-10 years old. Experience this memorable moment this holiday season with a personalized phone call from Santa! Dates: December 8, 10, 15, 17 Fee: $5 Register by timeslot online via RecLink using the barcode listed […]

  The Pope House Museum, at 511 South Wilmington Street, Raleigh, is the only African-American house museum in the State of North Carolina. It offers a glimpse into the life of one of Raleigh’s most intriguing citizens, Dr. Manassa Thomas Pope, who was the only African-American man to run for mayor of a Southern capital […]

It’s Christmas and Clarence Claus is back! Clarence is the Black Santa figure created by a local family in Apex who wanted their kids to see a Santa who looked like them. Jacquelyn Rodgers said that as a child, she was always surrounded by Black Santas, because her family colored images of Santa brown. Jacquelyn […]

Walmart has issued an apology after discovering that they were selling a Christmas sweater that featured Santa and, what appears to be, lines of cocaine. In the statement, Walmart says “These sweaters, sold by a third-party seller on Walmart.ca, do not represent Walmart’s values and have no place on our website. We have removed these […]

Barack Obama took some time to do what he does best recently…he got lots of people worked up into a frenzy when he showed up to play Santa to kids at the Children’s National Hospital. The reactions were incredible.       Facebook: The Karen Clark Instagram: @TheKarenClark Twitter/Snapchat: @The_KarenClark