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Holiday events Ongoing Gingerbread House Contest: Nov. 4 – Dec. 17. Enter our 3rd Annual Gingerbread House Competition.

Create a house made of edible materials, or not! Public votes will determine the winners! Download the rules and entry form now. Entries will be displayed at Berkshire Hathaway’s office at Creekside Plaza beginning November 22, 2015. VisitGahanna.com.

A North Pole Express mailbox will be placed in front of Pickerington City Hall for children to write Santa and his helpers a letter for Christmas Nov. 23-Dec. 11. Please include the child’s name and return address so Santa can write back! For more information, call the Pickerington Parks and Recreation Department at (614) 833-2211.

Dorothy Steiger Memorial Mitten Tree: December 4-18. Join us for a tree lighting ceremony Friday, Dec. 5 at 4 p.m. Please donate a scarf, hat, mittens, gloves, socks and warm accessories to help local families in need during the cold months in Fairfield County. City Hall, 100 Lockville Road, Pickerington.

Snowflake Castle 2015: Dec. 5 – Dec. 12. Stop by Santa’s Workshop and visit his elves at the 31st Annual Snowflake Castle. Work with an elf and make your very own wooden toy to paint and take home. Toys include a train engine, train caboose, castle, Christmas tree.

New this year is the crane train and race car! $5 per child includes toy and photo with Santa & Mrs. Claus, Everal Homestead and Barn, 60 N. Cleveland Ave., Westerville.

Thursday, Nov. 26 Pumpkin Dash 5K: Come join us and bring your family and friends for a Thanksgiving Day tradition of family fun and community pride. Participants will enjoy starting and finishing in the historic Uptown District while running and walking in the adjacent Marysville neighborhoods. Top 1,000 finishers in the Uptown Pumpkin Dash 5k will receive a colorful 3-inch custom medal. Uptown Marysville, 9 a.m., www.pumpkindash5k.com.

Saturday, Nov. 28 Jazz Brew Concert Series: Part

of a four event series with great jazz performances of different jazz styles, artists/groups and locations.

The events are presented by SEMM Foundation, a non-profit organization, to keep jazz alive, provide student/ community music education services and to support Jazz 98.5 FM. This particular performance will include Latin, Brazilian/Afro-Cuban Jazz.

Doors open 7:30 p.m., Show starts at 8 p.m., Westerville South High School, $15 adults, $8 students.

SUNDAY, Nov. 29 Holiday Open House and Tree Lighting: Join in the festivities at this traditional holiday event in Worthington. Stroll our sidewalks and enjoy musical entertainment. Stop and visit with Santa in front of the Worthington Inn. Have your child’s picture taken with Santa. Food and beverages abound in our eateries while shops offer holiday snacks and exciting merchandise. Enjoy the entertainment of carolers. Take a carriage ride and view the Christmas decorations in downtown Worthington. Beginning at 5 p.m., activities also begin on the southeast Village Green, prior to the 5:30 p.m. tree lighting celebration.

Monday, Nov. 30 Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony: Fun for the entire family! Join us as we light the tree, sing carols, and drink hot chocolate. Starts at 7 p.m., City Hall, 7232 East Main St., Reynoldsburg, www.ci.reynoldsburg.oh.us.

Uptown Christmas Walk: It’s time for an old fashioned hometown holiday. Kids can visit with Santa and see live reindeer! Gather as dance troupes perform at Partners Park and watch as the switch is flipped on Marysville’s new Christmas Tree.

Don’t miss Uptown Merchant Open House 5 to 10 p.m.

TUESDAY, DEC. 1 Holiday Tree Lighting : Come help us celebrate the season with the lighting of the community Holiday Tree. The winners of the holiday coloring contest sponsored by MembersFirst Pathways Financial Credit Union will help flip the switch.

Tree lighting will include carol

Experience the season with Oakland Nurseries Bring the children to visit Santa from noon to 3:30 p.m. at all Oakland locations – Columbus, Delaware, Dublin, and New Albany, Nov. 28 - Dec. 20 (Saturdays & Sundays only). While visiting Santa, enjoy the unique Santa Wonderland at our Columbus and Delaware store locations! There, you and your family can experience lights, music and plush characters. Only at Oakland Nurseries can you truly experience the season!

Columbus store festivities: 1156 Oakland Park Ave. (614) 268-3511 • Horse-drawn carriage rides: Saturdays and Sundays noon to 4 p.m. starting Nov. 28 -Dec. 20.

• A reindeer will visit Oakland on Saturday, Dec. 12 from noon to 3 p.m. This is sure to be a favorite with your kids!

• Breakfast with Santa! Saturday, Dec. 19 from 9 to 11 am. You can visit with Santa. Please call the store for more details.

• Live music with Fort Hayes on the weekends.

• Make your own pine cone ornament! Saturday, Dec. 12 from noon to 2 p.m. Kids 12 and under can join us for a free ornament making We’ll have everything you need to make a fun holiday tree ornament. Drop in when you can - no reservation required!

• Ugly Sweater Contest! Sunday, Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. Enjoy the fun as a participant or spectator. Call the store to enter as a participant.

• Other special guests on the weekends!

Delaware Store Festivities: 25 Kilbourne Road, (740) 369-5454 • Live music on the weekends!

• Ice sculpting demo: Please call for date & time.

• Free popcorn and chili on the weekends starting Nov. 28.

• Other special guests and entertainment on the weekends!

Dublin Store Festivities: 4261 W. Dublin-Granville Road (614) 874-2400 • Horse-drawn carriage rides: Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 3 pm Nov. 28 - Dec. 13.

• The kids can enjoy cookies and hot chocolate with Santa! Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 3:30 p.m. starting Nov. 28.

• Bring your dog to have a picture with Santa! Saturdays and Sundays, noonto 3:30 p.m. starting Nov. 28. (Please call the store for more details.)

• Breakfast with Santa! Sunday, Dec. 20 from 9:30 to 11:30 am. Please call the store for details.

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New Albany Store Festivities: 5211 Johnstown Road (614) 917-1020 • Concessions: Saturdays and Sundays noon to 4 p.m., Nov. 28 – Dec.13.

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• New Albany High School “A” Capella Singers: 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 29, Dec. 6 and 13.

• New Albany High School Band Saturday, Dec. 5 starting at 2 p.m.

• New Albany High School Strings Saturday, Dec. 12 at 2 p.m.

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Holiday events singing with the Grandview High School Singers and refreshments to warm your spirits. 6:30 to 8 p.m., Grandview Center, 1515 Goodale Blvd., (614) 4883111, grandviewheights.org.

Thursday, DEC. 3 Illuminating Shopping Event: Come to Downtown Worthington for an Illuminating Shopping experience! Bring your friends to enjoy wine and cheese, live music, carriage rides and special sales while you shop amid glowing luminaries for all of

your holiday party and gift giving needs!

Annual Christmas Tree Lighting in Historic Dublin: The City’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held from 6 to7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3 at Indian Run Elementary kicking off the holiday season. Not only will the event feature the illumination of Dublin’s Christmas tree, but it will also showcase dancers from Dance Extension and holiday songs from Indian Run students. There will also be live reindeer on site for petting and pictures.

Following the Tree Lighting the Dublin Branch Library will be hosting a meet and greet with Santa from 7 to 8 p.m.

Jig Thursday: 4 to 8 p.m. in Historic Dublin. Come stroll the streets of Historic Dublin as live music plays throughout the district. Delight at the annual lighting of the tree. Restaurants will have special food and drink items. Ride the free trolley and enjoy a special evening in Historic Dublin. The Doors of Dublin will be judged from 5-7 pm. Be on the lookout for the 12 Elves of Dublin. www.historicdublin.org.

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Westerville Tree Lighting Ceremony: Join the City for live holiday music, a candle lighting ceremony and much more. Music by Paige’s Playhouse and the Westerville Community Band. 7 p.m., Westerville City Hall, 21 S. State St. Olde Pickerington Village Holiday Gathering: Sponsored by the Olde Pickerington Village Business Association and Pickerington Parks and Recreation Department from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Free family events include a tree lighting ceremony at 7 p.m., carriage rides, strolling carolers, holiday gift shopping, free children’s activities, plaza of lights, gingerbread house contest, luminaries and a special appearance

by Santa Claus! At the intersection at Center and Cross streets.

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9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hilliard Davidson High School, 5100 Davidson Road, Hilliard, OH 43026, admission is $4, seniors and students $2, the show sponsor is the Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce The Gas Pump Jockeys & Michael Rose Holiday Show: Classic rock and all-time hits, along with your holiday favorites. Doors open at 5 p.m. Line dancing at 5:30, kitchen open at 6, Ballroom Exhibition at 6:30, Stage show starts at 7. The Gillie Center, 2100 Morse Center Rd, Columbus, $12 tickets, call (614) 645-3106 or order online at www.michaelrosemusic.com Christmas Under the Clock: Tree Lighting Ceremony at 5 p.m., Crafters Fair, Christmas Auction, Business open houses, gift card raffle, 5 to 8 p.m., Uptown Plain City, www.plain-city.com.

Holly Days: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Historic Dublin. It is a day filled with lots of family activities. The Dublin Fire Department will bring a fire truck to the Dublin library from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. collecting donations for Toys For Tots. Take in the sounds of the holidays from carolers, who will be walking around Historic Dublin from 1 to 4 p.m. Swing over to La Chatelaine for a lunch or just a holiday treat and have your picture taken with Mr. & Mrs. Claus from 1 to 3 p.m.

Hot chocolate stations will be present in Frog Park from 1 to 3 p.m. Listen to live music by the Irish Fiddle Fetish from 1 to 4 p.m. at Ha’penny Bridge Imports After your little one has told Santa what they would like for Christmas you can jump on the Trolley (for free!), which will be running from 1 to 3 p.m., to Bri-Hi Square to see the choir, dancers, and singers.

Christmas on the Towne: Kick off the holiday season in Olde Towne Reynoldsburg from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., www.ci.reynoldsburg.oh.us.

Phoenix Fair: A unique crafts bazaar which combines one-of-a-kind hand crafted items with student entrepreneurship. Students create and market their handmade items to sell at the event, along with items sold by outside vendors. The Phoenix Fair takes place on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Middle School, 2341 Snouffer Road.

Santa’s Coming to Town: Santa will visit the children of Grandview Heights and Marble Cliff to see if they have been naughty or nice. Pictures with Santa will be taken free of charge. Any pictures taken on Saturday will be emailed to those submitting email addresses at the Library. Co-sponsored by the Grandview Heights Public Library. 11 a.m. to 12 noon, Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 West First Ave., grandviewheights.org.

Grove City Town Center: Mistletoe Market, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Grove City Christmas Parade, 7 p.m., and Santa visits, from 2 to 7 p.m.

Santa Race 5K and Little Reindeer Dash: The Santa Race 5K and Little Reindeer Dash will start and finish on Mill Street at beautiful Creekside District. The top finishers receive prizes. All participants receive a T-shirt, Santa hat and medal. Pre-registration for this event fills up quickly! Starting time for Little Reindeer

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By Evelyn Chamberlin Director of Interiorscapes and Streetscapes Oakland Nursery At Oakland Nursery, the Streetscapes division beautifies our concrete world through the use of colors and natural materials. By adding lush container plantings along the exterior of buildings, homes and streets, we transform day-to-day spaces. Oakland Streetscapes uses plants in a variety of colors, textures, sizes, and materials to completely transform a building, softening the hard edges of our world and bringing a sense of style and artistry to our daily existence.

The upcoming winter season is an exciting season to bring this artisan style to your containers. There are two different ways you can add “green” to your containers though the winter months. The first way is to use evergreen shrubs in your containers.

These plants tend to last longer into the spring months then cut greens. Try planting two to three different types of plants to develop the foliage color and texture to your container style.

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scopulorum ‘Skyrocket’, and Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’. The second option to fill your winter containers is to use cut greens. By using cut greens you have the ability to use many different colors, shapes and textures of greens.

To build a robust look green look we like to start with Fraser Fir, Douglas Fir, Cedar and Noble Pine. To add the dimension of texture and fullness we love to incorporate berried juniper, coned Cedar, Incensed Cedar, Holly and Boxwood cuttings.

Once you have your base of green you can enhance your total look by adding decorative elements to your container. Adding finishing elements to make our containers a unique artisan design. There are endless possibilities of what you can add to your container to make it a work of art. Depending on the look you are wanting you can use sparkly branches, ornaments and a bow to create you style. If you are looking for more of a natural look try birch logs, red twig dogwood branches, red berries and pine cones. There are many other natural dried elements you can you to create a winter container.

Oakland Nursery is a great place to find all your winter container needs. Either it’s a shrub, cut greens or that specialty element to make your top notch design.

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Jingle Bell Jam: Jingle all the way to the Worthington Community Center for our free 2015 Jingle Bell Jam. We will have a family holiday dance with a DJ, arts and crafts, a photo booth, ice carving, family bingo and pictures with Santa Claus. (please bring your own camera) 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Worthington Community Center, 345 E. Wilson Bridge Road, Worthington, OH 43085.

SATURDAY, DEC. 12 Firefighters for Kids Toy Drive: The Worthington Division of Fire is collecting toys for needy children this holiday season through the Firefighters for Kids toy drive. Drive through the Worthington Fire Department, 6500 N. High Street, and drop off toy donations on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 8 to 3 p.m. Food donations benefiting the Worthington Food Pantry and Resource center will also be collected. A list of needed food items can be found online at www.worthingtonfoodpantry. org. Please bring food items to drop off during the Drive from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Holiday Party at Marysville Library: Crafts, music and a photo booth and more for the whole family join us from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Marysville Public

Library, 231 S. Plum St. Breakfast with Santa: The WCCA (Whitehall Community Celebration Association) will hold its annual Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 12 at Whitehall Community Park. 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Admission is either a canned good or $1 per person. Canned goods will benefit Whitehall Food Pantry.

SATURDAY, DEC. 12 Annual Holiday Character Breakfast: One of Gahanna’s most popular and beloved community events, the annual Holiday Character Breakfast will feature crafts, face painting, storytelling, a special performance of Rapunzel by Columbus Children’s Theatre and a special catch-all-you-can-eat-pancake breakfast with holiday characters.

Best of all, it will be held at a NEW convenient location with plenty of free parking: Centerpoint Church Gahanna, 620 McCutcheon Road. Four ticketed seating times will be offered. Buy your tickets online at VisitGahanna.com – Hurry seats going fast!

Grove City Community Winds Christmas Concert: A group of talented and dedicated area musicians providing quality musical entertainment. Join them for their annual concert featuring the finest yuletide music. Please bring a nonperishable donation for the Grove City Food Pantry. Grove City High School, 4665 Hoover Road at 11 a.m.

Christmas at Century Village: The Southwest Franklin County Historical Society hosts an afternoon of holiday fun at the open house at Century Village. Enjoy historic holiday decorations, Wassail and cookies, festive Christmas music and the children can visit Old St. Nick. The Holiday Trolley will shuttle visitors from the village to the Grove City Museum and Welcome Center and back again. Wagon rides will also travel Park Street. Visitors vote for the best holiday decorations on Park Street.

The tour and the trolley are free. 4 to 8 p.m., Century Village, 4185 Orders Road and Grove City Museum and Welcome Center, 3378 Park St.

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Mistletoe Market 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

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Don’t forget to gift holiday hosts Millions of people will travel this holiday season, and many of them will lay their heads to rest in the homes of family and friends. Hosting guests come the holiday season can make this time of year that much more special, but hosting also is a significant undertaking that asks a lot of the men and women who open their homes to loved ones.

Guests who want to express their gratitude for their holiday hosts can do so in any number of ways, and the following are a handful of ideas that would surely please your hosts this holiday season.

Night out on the town Holiday hosts have a lot on their plates. Before guests arrive, hosts clean their homes top to bottom and may even rearrange rooms in their homes to accommodate overnight guests. Once the guests arrive, hosts work to cater to their guests’ needs.

Guests can show their hosts how much they appreciate them by paying for a night out on the town. Babysit hosts’ kids so mom and dad can enjoy a night out together, or take the whole family out and foot the bill. A night out can be enjoyable for all involved, and it gives hosts the night off from cooking dinner.

Cooking breakfast for your holiday hosts throughout the duration of your stay is a nice gesture busy hosts will surely appreciate.

Cater a meal If your family is too big to take out or if the family simply prefers to stay See HOLIDAY HOSTS page 8

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The benefits to buying local this holiday season Holiday shopping dominates many people’s free time between the day after Thanksgiving and the final days before Christmas. While many people may shop ’til they drop on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, those days still account for a relatively small amount of the hundreds of billions

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A brand new wine rack can make for a great gift for your friend or relative who loves to host dinner parties throughout the year. Stock the rack with a couple of bottles of wine and crack one open to celebrate your loved oneÕs new toy.

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Recipients may cherish more unique items that they cannot find on their own, and that appreciation may even spur them to visit more local retailers after the holiday season has come and gone, benefiting their own communities in so doing.

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• Buying local creates jobs in your community.

One of the biggest ways local business owners in Raleigh recirculated their revenue in the local economy was job creation. While national chains also create jobs, such jobs only benefit your community if the chains are located within your community.

If your local mall is a considerable drive away, chances are the chains within that mall are not employing many of your fellow community members.

Local businesses in your community are more likely to employ residents of your town.

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Cook breakfast Another great way to show your appreciation to your holiday hosts is to make breakfast for everyone each morning during your stay. Let your hosts relax with a cup of coffee while you prepare breakfast each morning for everyone staying at the house. Hosts will no doubt appreciate the hassle-free mornings, and a fresh, home-cooked meal is a great way to express your own appreciation for their hospitality.

Holiday hosts accept a lot of responsibility when welcoming guests into their homes. Guests can show their appreciation for this hospitality in numerous ways.

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How to approach your holiday spending The holiday season can be both exciting and expensive. The excitement stems from chances to see family and friends, while the expenses often stem from holiday shopping for those very same loved ones.

Many shoppers run into financial trouble come the holiday season, when the temptation to overspend on holiday gifts can be tough to resist. But the following are a handful of ways shoppers can stretch their budgets and avoid going broke this holiday season.

• Agree to spending limits.

Come the holiday season, many people overspend on gifts for their immediate family members. Before shopping season begins, speak with members of your immediate family to discuss spending limits on gifts, agreeing that you each won’t spend more than an agreed upon amount of dollars on gifts for any one person.

Come to a consensus on a reasonable limit and urge family members not to exceed that limit no matter what.

• Determine how much you can spend. Many people find themselves overextended financially come the holiday season because they never bother to sit down before the season begins to determine how much they can afford to spend. Set some time aside before your first holiday shopping excursion to examine your finances. Such an examination should give you a ballpark figure of how much you can spend. Keep a tally of all of your purchases with you

whenever you go shopping, updating the list with each new purchase you make. Tracking spending can help you stay within your budget.

• Go shopping with a plan.

Visiting the mall or a town shopping center without any idea of what you’re looking for is a recipe for overspending. Put some thought and research into your holiday shopping so you aren’t spending time wandering around and buying on impulse, which can increase your chance of overspending. The more thought you put into your shopping, the more you can comparison shop and find the best price for each gift.

• Resist the temptation to put it all on plastic. Credit and debit cards are more convenient than cash, especially now that you can buy everything from cups of coffee to bigticket items with the swipe of a card.

But cash can be your friend when holiday shopping, especially if you have a history of overspending during the holiday season. Leave cards at home when holiday shopping, spending only the cash you have in your pocket. While this may be a less convenient way to shop than you’ve grown accustomed to, it will save you the grief of large credit card bills come January.

Holiday shopping can easily get out of hand. But shoppers who commit to spending only what they can afford before their first shopping trip can make it through the season with their finances intact.

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Oakland talks Christmas tree varieties and care

By George Kosko Oakland Columbus Nursery Manager The evergreen tree brought home for the Christmas season has come to mean many things since its first use, five centuries ago.

The tree’s modern origins trace to Germany, where the Yule-tree was light with candles for Christmas celebrations. Today in our multicultural world, it symbolizes not only the Christian religious tradition, but also represents a seasonal celebration of giving, love, friends and family.

This year you will join a happy throng of 33 million fellow tree shoppers, who will go to find the ‘perfect tree’ at the local tree lot, garden center or cutyour-own tree farm. Many will accessorize, with fresh made wreaths, poinsettias and roping to complete their homes’ Christmas look. For those who worry about this harvest’s effect on the environment, fear not. Todays’ Christmas trees are grown on farms, not harvested from the wild, and in their typical 7-12 year growth cycle in the field, provide thousands of acres of excellent habitat for birds, animals and insects.

In our great state of Ohio, we have the happy advantage of choosing from several conifers that make for excellent Christmas trees.

By excellent, I mean they have good aroma, hold their needles pretty good after cutting, and stay fresh for a reasonable amount of time.

Favorite Christmas trees • Fraser Fir: Tops in terms of needle retention. This true fir has soft, dark green needles with

Christmas tree care Preparation, placement and watering. That’s our motto here at Oakland nursery when it comes to caring for your fresh cut, real tree. A little quality time spent preparing the tree, putting the tree in the right spot (Pssst, guys, measure your ceiling height), and watering daily, will greatly increase the chances of keeping your tree fresh for Santa’s visit.

Choose a spot well away from heater vents, woodburning stoves and intense southern sun exposures.

Make a fresh cut not more than one hour before setting your tree into the stand, and immediately fill with fresh water. Check the water level several times the first two days and then daily thereafter.

Avoid stringing old and worn-out lights on the branches and have a serious talk with the house kitty about climbing the tree!

With hope and glad tidings, we hope your evergreen brings you all the best this holiday season! a flash of silver underneath. A traditional spire shape and a nice aroma complete the package of what many call the ‘Cadillac of Christmas trees’.

• Douglas Fir: The soft, true green needles have an almost citrus aroma and fairly stiff braches for those heavier ornaments. Good needle retention and a full, dense look make this a very popular choice.

• Concolor Fir: This fluffy and long needled true fir has waxy, bluish needles that smell amazingly like oranges. Curved needles hold a long time and sweep up easy if they do fall. A beautiful and underused tree in our landscapes and at Christmas!

• Canaan Fir: Native to West Virginia, but made popular by Ohio tree farmers and Ohio State University researchers. This is a newer variety with a wonderful balsam aroma and soft needles. A great, traditional spire shape, and good needle retention.

• Balsam Fir: Similar to Canaan Fir but with a more open branching habit. Great balsam aroma and straight trunk. Fair needle retention.

• Scotch Pine: An old favorite with a conical shape and medium 1 ½” long, pointy, but flexible needles. Good needle retention and relatively light weight.

• White Pine: Long green needles on flexible branches give this tree a soft appearance. A light weight tree with good needle retention and clean smooth stem.

The bendable branches make this a poor choice if you have heavy ornaments.

• Colorado Blue Spruce: The porcupine of the Christmas tree crowd, this beautiful blueneedled tree is dense and heavy with prickly, stiff needles on stiff branches (good for heavy ornaments). Have a pair of leather gloves and long sleeve shirt handy for putting this tree up. Fair needle retention.

Oakland Columbus Nursery Manager George Kosko advises checking the water daily for a long-lasting tree.

Gifts to promote physical activity Making New Year’s resolutions is a popular tradition once the holiday season has come and gone. Such resolutions often serve as catalysts for something positive, whether it’s saving more money in the year ahead or spending more time with family.

Resolving to lose weight is one of the more popular resolutions men and women make each year. But you don’t need to wait until the calendar turns to January to start helping a loved one achieve his or her goal of losing weight in the new year. If a friend or family member has expressed a desire to slim down in the new year, the following items can make

great holiday gifts that help your loved ones get a head start on their weight loss goals.

• Yoga mat and DVD: Yoga has grown increasingly popular in recent years. According to a survey from the National Institutes of Health, nearly 10 percent of adults in the United States participated in yoga in 2012, up from 5 percent in 2002. Yoga is a great way to relieve stress and get in shape, and it can help men and women feel more flexible.

That increased flexibility can help men and women looking to lose weight, making a yoga mat and DVD an ideal holiday gift. Such gifts are even better for men and women who may

feel intimidated by exercising after a long layoff, as they can dust off the cobwebs from the comforts of their own homes.

Offer to come over and show them some basic moves and help them in their first few sessions if youÕre already familiar with yoga.

• Swimming lessons: Many people learn to swim as children, but a refresher course can help loved ones who have not dipped their toes in any water in recent years. Such lessons also may ignite (or reignite) a passion for swimming, which is a wonderful exercise that can promote weight loss and cardiovascular health while helping men and women

develop toned muscles. Find a local swim club or gym that offers lessons, and go along for the first few lessons to help calm any nerves your loved one might have.

• Healthy cookbook: Effective, long-term weight loss requires both diet and exercise. A cookbook full of healthy recipes can prove an invaluable resource for men and women who recognize the role healthy foods play in losing weight and keeping the weight off. Many adults cite a lack of time as the primary reason they eat unhealthy foods, so look for a cookbook that offers healthy recipes that can be cooked up quick.

• Fitness tracker: Fitness trackers come in many shapes and sizes, but many allow users to count their steps and track the distances they travel in a typical day.

More advanced models may even help men and women track the amount of calories theyÕve consumed, both on a daily basis and over time. Such devices can prove motivational to men and women looking to lose weight, providing detailed daily information they can use to track and see their progress.

Holiday gifts that aim to help men and women looking to lose weight can pay dividends long after the holiday season has come and gone.

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Friday-Saturday, Open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thanksgiving day, open starting November 13. Choose and cut farm, freshmade wreaths, pine roping, greens, you can cut Fraser fir, blue spruce, Norway spruce, pine; all sizes. Pre-cut Fraser, pine, blue spruce; balled and burlap live trees. Large historical barn with Lionel trains, historic toys, take a tour of a real train caboose, petting zoo, free hayrides with purchase of tree. See Santa on weekends! Hot food and beverages from FrostTop on the weekends!

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Somerset, Ohio 43783 (740) 743-1359 or 1-888-869-7424 www.loghouseplantation.com Wide variety of Christmas trees, cut your own and dug trees, horse drawn wagon rides, open day after Thanksgiving, visit our website for hours and directions.

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2500 Airport Dr., Columbus, OH 43219 (614) 252-6046 • www.demonyes.net A large variety of fresh cut trees, designer wreaths and garlands, grave blankets, holiday arrangements, poinsettias (new varieties and colors), custom bows and ribbons, holiday candles, seasonal floral, garden décor and a large variety of great holiday gifts! Open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

2340 W. Dublin Granville Road, Columbus, OH 43235 (614) 266-9377 • christmastreescolumbus.com Open 12 noon to 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Sunday. 2-12 ft. Fraser fir, Scotch pine, blue spruce, white pine, Douglas fir, wreaths, roping and more! All proceeds from the sale benefit Hope Thru Housing Inc., a non-profit 30-month Residential Substance Abuse Program located in Columbus Ohio. Visit hthohio.org for more information on our program

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3600 Johnstown-Alexandria Road, Alexandria, OH 43001 2 miles NW of Alexandria, on St. Rt. 37 (740) 924-5054 • hickory-ridge.com All sizes of pine, spruce and fir trees. Select and cut your own. Family friendly! Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. MondaySunday, Thanksgiving to Dec. 24.

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6551 Lewis Center Road, Galena, 43021 (740) 602-1401 or (740) 548-7027 Open: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Come visit a real working farm.

You can cut your own tree, or have us do it for you! Select from Scotch pine, white pine, Norway spruce and others.

900 available up to 14 ft. your choice of fresh-cut trees.

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4374 Shreve Road, Wooster, 44691 More information: 330-317-0567 or 330-466-1755 pinetreebarn.com One of Ohio’s oldest and largest farms with 75,000 trees on 100 acres. Fraser and Canaan firs, spruce and pines up to 16 ft. Free horse-drawn wagons or caboose rides on weekends. Free shaking and baling, freshly-made wreaths, swags, roping. Village cafe for light lunch, gifts, decorations, fun and gourmet lunch at pine tree barn.

Open Saturday, Nov. 21-Sunday, Dec. 20. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday-Sunday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Timbuk Farms

2030 Timbuk Road, Granville, 43023 (740) 587-2178 www.timbukfarms.com A family tradition for 60 years. Open Friday, Nov. 27-Tuesday, Dec. 22. Cut-your-own and pre-cut trees, Santa and Mrs. Claus, tractor train rides, fireplace, and North Pole Cafe. Visit website for hours, details, directions and special offers.

Walsh Tree Farm

9068 Eden Church Road, Saint Louisville, 43071 (740) 745-5040 (Farm) OR (740) 323-1738 (Home) Email: Walshtreefarm@juno.com walshchristmastreefarm.com Come spend the day in the Country!

Cut your own signature Fraser fir and Colorado blue spruce! Also pre-cut Fraser fir, Colorado blue spruce and white pine. Also offering select crafts, wreaths and bailing.

Open Friday, Nov. 27-Tuesday, Dec. 22. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 12 noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

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FESTIVITIES!

Bring the children!

Santa will be down from the North Pole on Saturdays and Sundays from noon 3:30pm.

At all Oakland locations!

(Plus other exciting events during g that time!)

and’s l k a O LTY A I C E SP s Shop

Visit Oakland HOME and Oakland INSIDE & OUT!!

Two unique shopping experiences for the Holiday Season!

Oakland Nursery HOME Oakland INSIDE & OUT 4271 W. Dublin-Granville Road Dublin, Ohio 43017

614-874-2400,

ask for the home store

5211-B Johnstown Road New Albany, Ohio 43054 614-573-8648

Visit us at www.oaklandnursery.com and look under Specialty Shops.

FOUR CONVENIENT LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU: Columbus: 1156 Oakland Park Ave. • 614-268-3511 11 Delaware: 25 Kilbourne Rd. • 740-369-5454 Dublin: 4261 W. Dublin-Granville Rd. • 614-874-2400 0 New Albany: 5211 Johnstown Rd. • 614-917-1020 www.oaklandnursery.com

“Serving Central Ohio Since 1940” Open 7 days a week “Your Holiday Decorating Headquarters”