Christmas

HALEYVILLE - The Haleyville Street and Sanitation Department will be closed Friday, Dec. 23, and Monday, Dec. 26, in observation of Christmas.

The Alabamian will be changing its advertising deadlines for the Dec. 28, and Jan 4, editions.

WINSTON COUNTY - The Toys for Tots program is starting from scratch collecting toys for children in need this holiday season since last year’s supply has been depleted.

 

DOUBLE SPRINGS - “I love getting gifts, but last Christmas, I didn’t get anything. I must be bad,” one eight-year-old boy told a Winston County Department of Human Resources employee recently. Santa Claus did not get to come see him last year, but that won’t happen this year, thanks to local individuals and businesses who have made sure the county’s foster children will have a happy Christmas morning.

ADDISON - Known as the most wonderful time of the year, Christmas in Addison is a big event, celebrated on the second Saturday every December. Christmas In the Park and the annual Christmas parade will continue this year on Dec. 12, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, although there will be one change.

HALEYVILLE - “City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style”, is how a verse of the traditional Christmas song “Silver Bells” begins. It also includes within its chorus the line “It’s Christmas time in the city”. A partnership between the City of Haleyville, the Haleyville Area Chamber of Commerce and Haleyville City Schools will bring that song to life Saturday, December 5...

 

WINSTON COUNTY - Children across Winston County are in need of toys this holiday season, whether or not a COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing, so the Winston County Fraternal Order of Police Free State Lodge 51 is determined to make that a reality.