Wednesday, December 12, 2012
It's time to vote among the finalists in five categories in our Patch Holiday Photo contest. Winners each get $100 in prizes.
We asked and you delivered! Thanks for dozens of entries into the Patch Holiday Photo Contest that started the day after Thanksgiving. You submitted your photos in five categories. Now our judges have narrowed the list to five finalists in each category. So it's your turn to vote. Link the links below to see the finalists in each category, then vote in the poll to choose your favorite. Winners in each category get $100 worth of prizes. We're sponsoring this contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau, which is eager to see how you celebrate Christmastime with your friends and family. You might even see some of your pictures in the CVB's Christmas promotions! CLICK BELOW TO VOTE IN EACH CATEGORY Christmas in St. Charles …
Friday, November 23, 2012
Warm our hearts with your best holiday pictures! Win prizes by sharing your snapshots in our contest, sponsored by Patch and the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau, which runs the annual Christmas on Main Street.
Ho, ho, hold still! We're trying to take some pictures here! And we'd love it if you'd share them with us in the 2012 Patch Holiday Photo Contest. You can win prizes worth $100 in any of five categories if you tap into your iPhone, Android or other digital photo library and send us some pictures that capture the holiday spirit. We're sponsoring this contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau, which is eager to see how you celebrate Christmastime with your friends and family. You might even see some of your pictures in the CVB's Christmas promotions! Here's how you enter this year's Patch Holiday Photo Contest. Click on a link below to upload your photos into the category of your choice. Send them in by 5 p.m., Dec. 10. …
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Share your pictures in this category of our Patch Holiday Photos contest.
What's that wonderfully amusing holiday memory that you've captured on your camera? Share your photos on that theme with us by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button on this page and following the instructions. For more info about the contest and the official rules, return to the main page for the Patch Holiday Photo Contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Share your pictures in this category of our Patch Holiday Photos contest.
Show us the most interesting, amazing, charming or jolly decorations you can find—but let us see the people behind them, too! Share your photos on that theme with us by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button on this page and following the instructions. For more info about the contest and the official rules, return to the main page for the Patch Holiday Photo Contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Share your pictures in this category of our Patch Holiday Photos contest.
Do you have a favorite photo that captures that Norman Rockwell moment, or an image that memorializes a regular tradition in your family? Share your photos on that theme with us by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button on this page and following the instructions. For more info about the contest and the official rules, return to the main page for the Patch Holiday Photo Contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Share your pictures in this category of our Patch Holiday Photos contest.
Have you and your kids seen Santa Claus in old St. Charles, or watched ice carving? Is there another great memory of Christmas on Main Street that you've captured? Share your photos on that theme with us by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button on this page and following the instructions. For more info about the contest and the official rules, return to the main page for the Patch Holiday Photo Contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Share your pictures in this category of our Patch Holiday Photos contest.
What makes the holidays uniquely "St. Charles" for you? Share your photos on that theme with us by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button on this page and following the instructions. For more info about the contest and the official rules, return to the main page for the Patch Holiday Photo Contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The Thanksgiving holiday falls as early as possible because November begins with a Thursday. You'll have more time to Christmas shop if "Black Friday" is the official start.
Some residents and businesses will start stringing up the Christmas lights as soon as the Halloween decorations come down, but hardcore shoppers know when their dream season begins. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has become the accepted if unofficial start time of the Christmas rush. It's a huge day for retailers but only the first of a roughly month-long extravaganza. And thanks to Abe Lincoln, who decreed Thanksgiving a national holiday, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who signed into law that it should fall on the fourth Thursday in November, and Pope Gregory XIII, who blessed the calendar we use by papal bull, 2012 has the longest possible shopping season. To explain: With Nov. 1 falling on Thursday, the fourth Thursday and …
Monday, November 28, 2011
The National Christmas Tree Association, based in Chesterfield, offers advice for families cutting their own trees from local farms.
For the freshest Christmas tree possible, cut your own at a local tree farm. Heritage Valley Tree Farm The 75-acre family farm only accepts cash and checks. Trees include Canaan Fir and White Pine and it is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends until Christmas. Contact: 1668 Four Mile Road, Washington MO / 636-239-7479 Directions: Take I-44 west to exit 251/Washington (MO-HWY 100 West). Proceed 10 miles on MO-100 to Washington. From Washington, turn south (left at First Bank) on HWY/Route A and travel three miles to Four Mile Road. Go west for three miles on Four Mile Road to farm entrance. Do not turn onto North Four Mile Road, which dead-ends. Brushy Fork Pines Grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles and kids run this family farm. Trees …
Thursday, November 17, 2011
The stores, sales and strategies you need to optimize your all-night shopping blow-out.
Here’s a new holiday tradition to try: Say grace, eat turkey and head to the mall. Black Friday sales start at midnight this year at some of the region's biggest stores, including Walmart, Target, Kohl’s and Best Buy. The South County Mall is also opening at midnight for the first time in its history. We’ve read through the ads and compiled everything you need for the best all-night holiday shopping blow-out possible. And for each sale, we've highlighted the items we think would make the best gifts (at the best prices)! Check back on the morning of Black Friday for updates and tips. Hour-By-Hour Openings 10 p.m. Thanksgiving Day: Walmart (toys, home, apparel) Midnight: Walmart (electronics), Target, Kohl's, Best Buy, Macy's, Old Navy, …
Elizabeth O'Fallon
7:19 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Love the crying baby pic! more ›