Fathers and mothers, newspaper editors and selective service boards worried about children and the impending war. On Dec. 21, 1941, the editorial page of the Tampa Sunday Tribune addressed several issues: "Supreme War Council," "Red Cross Needs Money" and "A Letter From Santa Claus." ...more

December 21, 2008

Almost done with the holiday shopping? There's still time to enter our holiday photo contest. The contest ends at midnight Dec. 31. ...more

December 19, 2007

One Christmas long ago, young Paul Barber wished with all his might for a train set with an engine that puffed real smoke. The boy rejoiced when he spied the toy underneath the tree Christmas morning. ...more

December 3, 2007

High Tea, Plant City Style He, a cowboy, makes a mean scone. She, a nurse, is a tea expert. Together, Rick and Susan-Lynn Lewis give harried holiday shoppers an alternative to mall madness at Plant City's Simply Country Gifts & Southern Belles Tearoom. The "country Victorian" tea room offers Christmas carol teas this month. ...more

December 2, 2007

Do you or does someone you know have a holiday lights display you want to tell others about? ...more

November 30, 2007