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 Santa Claus came to town Santa has had a busy week on Hatteras Island. Breakfast with Santa, a fundraiser for the Hatteras Community Preschool, was held at the Breakwater Restaurant, in Hatteras on Saturday, Dec. 15. Along with selling tickets for the breakfast, the fundraiser included a raffle and photos with Santa. April Oden, of Hatteras, was this year's organizer and reports that more than $1,300 was raised from this event to help the preschool provide scholarships for students and to provide needed financial assistance for the preschool's operation. On Monday afternoon, Dec. 17, Santa was at the Fessenden Center. Children came to meet Santa, tell him what they want for Christmas, and have their picture taken. This is one of the many holiday events sponsored by Dare County Parks and Recreation. Click Here For Slideshow |
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 A celebration of the season in lights As the brilliant hues of the winter sunsets begin to fade, the Christmas lights come on in villages up and down the island. ...Read More |
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 Annual Christmas Parade draws a crowd to Hatteras village The skies were a steely gray and gloomy, and the northeast wind was damp and chilly on Saturday, Dec. 15, but the spirits of the Hatteras islanders who gathered for the annual Hatteras Village Christmas Parade were warm and bright. ...Read More |
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 Economic trends mean more need help and fewer can give On Hatteras Island and around the country, the economy has put more families in need and made it difficult for others to contribute as much as they have in the past. Here’s the story and how to help. ...Read More |
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 Traditional Holiday Baking For many of us, a legacy of traditional recipes for holiday sweets has been passed down through the generations in our families. Read on for the history of three of them – gingerbread, shortbread, and the Italian panettone – with a recipe for each. ...Read More |
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 A little girl’s memory of a very special Hatteras Christmas Mary Elizabeth Gray was born on Hatteras Island in 1929 in a house on a high ridge in Buxton that belonged to her grandparents. After living away from Hatteras for a number of years, she moved back and today lives in the house that her father, Rufman Gray, built in 1932. This is her story of a Christmas in the 1930s when she says she was not quite 10 years old. Her family attended the Methodist Church in Buxton, which was located near the present-day Buxton United Methodist Church. At that time, she says, it was a wooden, frame building with kerosene lamps that was heated with a wood stove and looked much like Little Grove United Methodist Church in Frisco. ...Read More |
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 A musical celebration of the seasonThe combined choirs of the Hatteras Methodist Charge presented a Christmas cantata, "Touched by a Child, Touched by a King" by John Purifoy on Sunday, Dec. 9, at Little Grove United Methodist Church. The performance by the choir, led by Joann Pullen, is always a highlight of the Christmas season. There will be two more performances on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 9:30 a.m. at Buxton United Methodist Church and at 11:15 at Hatteras United Methodist Church. |
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