How one local Santa delivers smiles and a memorable Christmas experience.

How one local Santa delivers smiles and a memorable Christmas experience.

Rockwall, TX (December 20, 2023) – For five years Ken Sterling has donned a suit. Not for work but for an incredibly special reason. You see, Ken is Santa for many Rockwall children. He has always loved playing the role of Santa for family and friends. At least until the grandchildren got old enough to […]

Kukka by Sally Kilgore: Ring the Bell

Kukka by Sally Kilgore: Ring the Bell

Rockwall, TX (December 18, 2023) – Holidaze.   A month of anticipation, lights and Shiny Brites, holiday programs and choruses.  Gifts to be found, wrapping accomplished, Angel Trees and food banks to fill. So much packed into just about four weeks, from Thanksgiving to New Year’s. A month of myriad emotions and some humbugs too. The […]

Rockwall couple shares the spirit of Christmas with inspiring light display

Rockwall couple shares the spirit of Christmas with inspiring light display

Rockwall, TX (December 1, 2023) – UPDATE December 19, 2023: Did you hear the news? The Hughes’ will compete in the 2024 Great Christmas Light Fight on ABC! You can also catch the story about their inspiring light display this Friday night at 10:00pm on NBC 5. Since 2019, David and Brenda Hughes have lit […]

Meet Christmas, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

Meet Christmas, Blue Ribbon News Pet of the Week

ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 2, 2023) Mad snuggling skillz alert! If a night of snacks, snuggling, and Netflix is your thing – we might be a perfect match. My name is Christmas, and I am a calm, gentle, and quiet girl who makes the cutest sounds when I get a little excited. I have perfect household etiquette – […]

Kukka by Sally Kilgore: Bow Ties and Such

Kukka by Sally Kilgore: Bow Ties and Such

ROCKWALL, TX (Dec. 28, 2022) I woke early and instead of snuggling back in till daylight, I got up; the anticipated aroma of a cup of coffee and thoughts of the first sip tickling my brain.  I am sitting in the quiet now, with a crimson throw at my feet, absorbing the Christmas tree glow.  […]

Patti Richter, On Faith: Echoing Their Joyous Strains—Glory in the Highest

Patti Richter, On Faith: Echoing Their Joyous Strains—Glory in the Highest

ROCKWALL, TX (Dec. 19, 2022) We live in an age of skepticism. If the news commentators pitch a scenario in a light we don’t appreciate, we turn them off.  Even so, people fall to the left and right for all manner of scams and half-truths. Clearly, we want to believe the things we hope are […]

Live Nativity in Heath celebrates First Christmas

Live Nativity in Heath celebrates First Christmas

HEATH, TX (Dec. 1, 2022)—Local congregations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are hosting “Finding Peace in Christ: A Live Nativity” on December 9th and 10th, from 6-9 pm, at 6819 South FM 549 in Heath. The event features a nativity reenactment with live animals, an international crèche display, live music, and […]

Life lessons by Erin Kincaid: Muddling through somehow

Life lessons by Erin Kincaid: Muddling through somehow

ROCKWALL, TX (Dec. 6, 2022) I have always wondered at the line, “…we have to muddle through somehow…” tucked so melodically into the timeless classic, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. How did such tragic prose find its way into one of our most beloved holiday carols? Then, a dear friend of mine sent out […]

Adventures with the Editor: ‘Twas the Night Before…at Cirque du Soleil

Adventures with the Editor: ‘Twas the Night Before…at Cirque du Soleil

(Nov. 28, 2022) Blue Ribbon News was invited to opening night of Cirque du Soleil’s first ever Christmas show – a spectacular showcase of sight and sound featuring everything from breathtaking aerial performances and high-energy acrobatics to fantastical snowball fights and playful, hoop-diving reindeer games. ‘Twas the Night Before, which runs through December 11 at […]

Fate to kick off holiday season with Christmas tree lighting

Fate to kick off holiday season with Christmas tree lighting

ROCKWALL, TX (Nov. 17, 2022) – The City of Fate’s annual holiday celebration, the Christmas Tree Lighting, is set for Friday, December 2, 2022, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Fate City Hall, 1900 CD Boren Parkway. This year, the Christmas Tree Lighting will feature activities, crafts, and treats for attendees, performances by Royse City […]

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