Pennsbury Manor Holding Annual Holly Nights Celebration

The annual event will be held Thursday and Friday at the historical property.

On Thursday, December 6 and Friday, December 7, Pennsbury Manor will be lighting the lights for their annual Holly Nights celebration. A tradition for over 35 years, these two enchanted evenings are filled with the sights and sounds of the holiday season. Starting each evening at 6:00 pm and continuing until 9:00 pm, the nights will be filled with activities for the entire family. Grab your coat, gather family and friends and join in the celebration as William Penn’s 17th-century plantation comes alive. Step back in time as hundreds of luminaries and candles cast a warm glow around the 43-acre historic site. Follow the pathways to the Yule log bonfire to warm up or toss in a sprig of green. This traditional “Burning of the Green” is said …

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Oliver Heckman Elementary Helps Families Enjoy Thanksgiving

The elementary school's faculty and community worked together to help families within the school to enjoy Thanksgiving.

Through the generous donations of the Heckman faculty and community, 14 needy families from within Oliver Heckman Elementary were provided with complete Thanksgiving dinners, plus additional pantry items. According to a Neshaminy School District press release, the school nurse Colleen McIlhenny coordinated the efforts of the school and community. If you are interested in helping to provide food and pantry items for families during the holiday season and throughout the year, please contact McIlhenny at Oliver Heckman Elementary by calling 215-809-6330.

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NHS Family & Consumer Science Students Prepare Annual Thanksgiving Feast

Neshaminy High School's Family & Consumer Science students prepared their annual Thanksgiving feast without wasting any food.

Neshaminy High School's Family and Consumer Science students prepared their annual Thanksgiving feast in Today's Foods classes without wasting any food. According to a school district press release, the students in the Today's Foods classes spent most of November preparing for their annual Thanksgiving feast. They planned menus, collected recipes, wrote shopping lists and prepared the dishes for the meal. The students also studied the history leading up to the historic meal. In the class, time was also spent teaching the technique of formal table setting for a holiday meal and praticing the art of table manners. The students roasted five turkeys, mashed 50 pounds of potatoes, broke up 10 loaves of bread for stuffing, baked five sweet …

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The Brunette Lucy

Getting Ready for Christmas

Lucy remembers Christmas traditions with her family as she also says goodbye to Patch.

I hand it to all of you who venture out into the world on Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving, I can barely rouse myself out of bed due to the turkey, stuffing and pie-induced coma I’m in. So to anyone who managed to get up early (or who camped out before the stores opened) to battle the throngs of bargain seekers, I salute you. For me, one of the best things about the holiday is that it marks the beginning of the Christmas season. Obviously, Black Friday shoppers feel the same way. The tree goes up that weekend, and I’ll watch every sappy Christmas movie ever made – twice – while I decorate and bake. The kids usually take bets on how long it’ll be before I start to cry, and then spy on me until a winner is proclaimed. But the most …

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Pearl Buck Students Deck the Walls at Pearl S. Buck House 34th Annual Festival of Trees

Students from Neshaminy School District's Pearl Buck Elementary helped decorate the Pearl S. Buck house for the holidays.

Pearl Buck students in grades K-5 were invited to participate in the 34th annual Festival of Trees at the Pearl S. Buck House in Perkasie. Students in Mrs. McGuigan’s art classes created ornaments for the festival tree, including ceramic doves, pipe cleaner candy canes, paper stained-glass ornaments, and button decorated stars, hearts, and oval ornaments. In addition, every student in the school signed a tree skirt createdby Pearl Buck parent Leslie Maxwell. The Pearl Buck Elementary School Tree is located on the second floor landing outside of Miss Buck’s bedroom. Local artists, decorators, and Pearl S. Buck fans have been commissioned to design the holiday room décor in hopes of capturing the visitors’ votes for the “Best Display” during…

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Neshaminy Closes for Thanksgiving Holiday

Find out what days kids will be home from school for Thanksgiving 2012.

For Thanksgiving 2012, Neshaminy School District students will have a number of days off from school. They are as follows:

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Week In Review: Dec. 20

The week in review features the latest in news and community happenings in the Levittown area from the past week.

The week in review features the latest in news and community happenings in the Levittown area from the past week. Monday Pennwood Middle School faculty and students said a presentation put on by Philadelphia Police Department's Narcotics Bureau was shocking, graphic and in-your-face. Sgt. Thomas Gleeson lead Monday's Heroin Education And Dangerous Substance Understanding Program (HEADS UP) for eighth graders at the school. The Pennsbury High School girls and boys bowling teams won trophies during a weekend tournament. The High School Holiday Tournament took place at Thunderbird Lanes in Willow Grove over the weekend. Tuesday The 0-2 Bensalem Lady Owls came out strong and got off to a big lead early. But in the end, it was a hole simply …