Monthly Archives: December 2019

Post Offices Closed for Holidays

December 19, 2019 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — Post Offices nationwide will be closed on Christmas Day, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019 and New Year’s Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. All Post Offices will be open after the holidays, and regular mail delivery will resume Dec. 26 and Jan. 2. Some Post Offices may have extended hours … Read More

100 Years Ago: Dec. 20-Jan. 2

December 19, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, December 22, 1919: Butler College will be enlarged and placed on a university status by September 1923. Alumni have joined committees appointed by the college trustees to select a new location for the Irvington school. Possible sites include the vacant Hibben land along East Washington … Read More

Washington Irving — Father Christmas?

December 19, 2019 | by Al Hunter

This is a reprint of an article that appeared in the Dec, 24, 2010 issue Last week I wrote of Irvington namesake Washington Irving’s connection to the author most associated with the Victorian era, Charles Dickens. While nearly everyone is familiar with Dickens’ classic seasonal ghost story, “A Christmas Carol,” … Read More

We Are The World

December 19, 2019 | by CJ Woods III

“We are the world / We are the children…” “How many languages are you teaching her?” My youngest daughter’s best friend bopped into our home, gathered up my granddaughter, and posed that question to Lauren and me. I loved the sound of that because I am an advocate of listening … Read More

Christmas Yard Art

December 19, 2019 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

There are things that simply must be in place for it to be Christmas in my mind: the living Nativity at church, cookie baking with my grandsons, a “good” cup of eggnog and my neighbor’s yard full of blow mold holiday figures. Blow mold lawn ornaments have been with us … Read More