christmas

What comes to mind when you think of Christmas? Gifts? Santa Claus? The birth of Jesus? Christmas is celebrated through a wide spectrum throughout the...

WAKE UP CALL: This poem by Kane writer Frances Wolfe Haight gets right to the heart of the Christmas spirit. “A Wake Up Call” I was asleep on Christma...

Father Raymond C. Gramata speaks during mass held at the St. Francis of Assisi in Bradford on Christmas Eve. The service brought a standing-room only ...

Remember being a child, with an overwhelming excitement over the holiday season? Being able to feel the magic of Christmas? Pouring over catalogs and ...

This time of year is about giving, and officials at two Bradford food pantries have been the benefactors of bountiful generosity from the community. “...

For the 82nd consecutive year, the Bradford Kiwanis Club held its Christmas party for the children of Beacon Light. The event was held at Beacon Light...

OLEAN, N.Y. — Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels will hold its first-ever Basilica Christmas Tour at 11 a.m. Tuesday. It’s a free guided tour that cov...

'Twas a few days before Christmas, when inside The Learning Center in Bradford, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. About 70 children waite...

Bradford Regional Medical Center, a Kaleida Health facility and member hospital of Upper Allegheny Health System, plans to make the Christmas holiday ...

An Oxford street home is adorned with holiday lights. This photo was made using a process called high dynamic range photography — or HDR — in which th...

Open Arms Community Church will hold its 15th Christmas Eve's Eve service at 7 p.m. Dec. 23 at the Bradford Area High School auditorium. The doors ope...

The Bradford Exchange Club held a Christmas auction on Monday at the Hotel Holley. The proceeds from the auction benefit the Friendship Table of Bradf...

VETERANS SQUARE: Sally Costik, curator of the Bradford Landmark Society, shared these words that appeared in The Bradford Era on May 9, 1879. It seems...

Fifty community members attended the first community Christmas Table held Thursday evening at the Oswayo Valley Senior Center in Shinglehouse. Tables ...

The high cost of rent, natural gas and electricity would have put a crimp in Christmas for one area woman ––if not for The Era’s Less Fortunate Fund. ...

ALLEGANY, N.Y. — Over the past several months, the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany have invited community members to St. Elizabeth Motherhouse to parti...

EMPORIUM — Cameron County’s annual Christmas in the Wilds event will be held this today and Saturday throughout downtown Emporium. This evening, event...

PORT ALLEGANY — Open Arms Community Church is hosting Christmas on the Square from 3 to 6 p.m. Dec. 22 in downtown Port Allegany. Individuals will be ...

Some folks string up lights to celebrate Christmas. Others hang a wreath on the front door. And Dianne Button puts together a massive Christmas villag...

The days until Christmas are counting down quickly, but many in Bradford are feeling the Christmas spirit early. Various different aspects of the wint...