Welcome To December – Ho, Ho, Ho!
By Lasca Randels
InkFreeNews
WARSAW — With the arrival of December, we offer you some trivia and details on upcoming holiday events.
December birthstones are Tanzanite, Zircon and Turquoise. Birth flowers for the month of December are Narcissus and Holly.
Zodiac signs are Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) and Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
HOLIDAYS:
- Dec. 7 — National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
- Dec. 21 — Winter Solstice
- Dec. 24 — Christmas Eve
- Dec. 25 — Christmas Day
- Dec. 31 — New Year’s Eve
HOLIDAY RECIPES:
THIS MONTH IN MUSIC:
- Dec. 1, 1997 — Kenny G set a record when he held a note on his saxophone for 45 minutes and 47 seconds.
- Dec. 8, 1984 — “Out Of Touch” by Daryl Hall and John Oates, went to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two weeks. It was the duo’s sixth (and last) No. 1 song.
- Dec. 2, 1967 — The Monkees set a record by achieving four No. 1 albums in the same year.
THIS MONTH IN SPORTS:
- Dec. 1, 1940 — Four sets of brothers played in one NHL game when Chicago Blackhawks beat NY Rangers, 4-1; Lynn and Muzz Patrick and Neil and Mac Colville (Rangers); Max and Doug Bentley and Bob and Bill Carse (Chicago).
- Dec. 15, 1891 — James Naismith invented the game of basketball.
EVENTS:
- Dec. 2 — Light Up the Night, 5-7 p.m., Central Park, 225 E. Fort Wayne St., Warsaw.
- Dec. 3 — Santa’s Reindeer Delivery, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Warsaw Community Public Library, Warsaw.
- Dec. 10 — MTT Holiday 5K/1-Mile Candy Cane Run, 10 a.m., 1009 E. Canal St., Winona Lake.
- Dec. 12 — Toy Time, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Kosciusko County Fairgrounds, Warsaw.
- Dec. 17 — Susie McEntire Christmas Concert, 7 p.m. at Lakeview Middle School, 848 E. Smith St., Warsaw.