Christmas Has Us Surrounded

If you can’t get into the Christmas spirit this weekend in Redding, then you’re not trying, friend.

Holiday activities are bustling at several venues on Saturday, with the topper being the annual Christmas parade downtown at 6 p.m. (To see parade…

Igo Celebrates the Season

The Igo Christmas Parade celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and the Shasta County community is selling commemorative T-shirts and the like at Saturday’s parade.

Igo’s parade is at 1 p.m., so you could attend it and still be back in Redding…

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“Christmas is at our throats again.” ~ Noel Coward

Shoppers Jam Stores

It’s Black Friday, and the National Retail Federation estimates that up to 134 million Americans will go bargain-hunting during the traditional kickoff to the Christmas shopping season.

Economic experts are watching closely this year to see whether consumers are feeling confident…

Happy holidays

Christmas morning in Igo.

The full moon faded, like the last snippets of a dream, as the sun rose and washed orange and pink over Igo.

The sunrise illuminated the dusting of snow upon Bully Choop and the other surrounding mountains. It bounced off dew drops…

Christmas in Paris
Doug Cushman
Guest Speaker

Greetings from Paris!

by Doug Cushman

PARIS — Preparations for the holiday season here in the City of Lights aren’t much different here than they are in any other big American city.

The shop doorways are draped with the obligatory garlands accompanied…

Saturday Holiday Shophop

OK, so not to point out the obvious, but Redding’s downtown isn’t like Chico’s.

Nor does it remotely resemble Fourth Street in Berkeley, where some really great shops are clumped together in one place. You park and walk from shop to…