“It is better to give than to receive.” This is a phrase that people use during the Christmas season. However, if it is better to give rather than receive, why do most of us eagerly wait to open our gifts?
   According to IBIS world, Americans spend an average of $460 billion on Christmas expenditures. [...]

Civil people turn into crazed maniacs during Black Friday. People wake up as early as 3a.m. to stand in line for two or more hours for “incredible” sales.
These early bird sales are not the only sales during Thanksgiving. Some store sales start on Thanksgiving Day and continue through Saturday afternoon. Store managers also present mega [...]

Typically, most Americans thought of Christmas as a joyous time of year. A time where mistletoe, candy canes and Christmas carols filled the air. A time where children run through the streets on snow days and launch hand-rolled snowballs towards each other in friendly competition.
Brightly colored lights outlined houses, and sociable neighbors invited each other [...]

Alyce Lundvall, along with others, donated a Christmas tree to LHS in memory of her recently deceased husband, Bob Lundvall, a former graduate of ’54.
Other donators included Casey Lundvall, Kris Ludvall Hansen, Susan Lundvall Purdin and Rick Lundvall (relatives of Bob Lundvall), with help from Bobby Hansen who cut and delivered the tree from Forest, [...]

LHS students delivered Christmas baskets, Friday, Dec. 18, throughout the community to help those families in need. Four teachers took charge 23 years ago and formed the Christmas basket committee to help the community.
Now, Pam Moore, the only remaining member, took it upon herself to keep the spirits up at this time of year. However, [...]

Americans all across the country, planned to spend less on their Christmas gifts this 2009 holiday season due to the current economic recession.
According to Gallop.com, 33% of Americans decided to spend less money this year. In addition, over half planned to spend the same and only 3% hoped to spend more money.
Alex Bosshardt , junior, [...]

-Jessica Hawley