Home Instead organizes secret Santa for seniors
Santa Clarita residents will be able to help seniors in need this holiday season by picking up a paper ornament from a tree like this at businesses across town. Matt Fernandez/The Signal

Home Instead organizes secret Santa for seniors

Home Instead is running its “Be a Santa to a Senior” program for the 15th year. Partnering with businesses in Santa Clarita and Antelope Valley, Home Instead has set up trees filled with with paper ornaments with the names of seniors and items that they need or would like to receive for Christmas.

Getting ready for ‘the most wonderful time’
Carol Reesha, owner of Barn & Charm in Newhall decorates a cave's head which has been a holiday tradition at the store for years. Dan Watson/The Signal

Getting ready for ‘the most wonderful time’

As the holiday season draws near, businesses everywhere are beginning to prepare for their busiest time of the year, including a community of mom-and-pop shops in the Santa Clarita Valley.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help celebrates La Befana to close out Christmas season
Our Lady of Perpetual Health Italian Club presented their annual La Befana Celebration, an Italian tradition celebrating Christmas and the feast of the epiphany and the Italian Santa Claus. Cory Rubin/The Signal

Our Lady of Perpetual Help celebrates La Befana to close out Christmas season

In a celebration of the Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, the Italian Catholic Club of Santa Clarita Valley and members of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Newhall signaled the traditional end of the 12 days of Christmas with a goodbye to the holiday season with their fifth La Befana on Sunday.

Deputies thank SCV businesses for Toy Drive help
A couple of SCV Sheriff Station deputies pause for a moment beside some of the toys collected during the Toy Drive. photo courtesy SCV Sheriff Station.

Deputies thank SCV businesses for Toy Drive help

Local sheriff’s deputies who took on the Santa Claus role this past Christmas helping out with the station’s annual holiday toy rive have compiled a long list of SCV businesses…

Valencia United Methodist Church serves the homeless on Christmas Day
Katie Andrews of United Methodist Church prepares salad at her home in Valencia. The new “Impossible” foods, such as the plant-based burger pattie, tends to be higher in salt, fats and processed chemicals, so experts say people are better off with vegetables or fruits. Austin Dave/The Signal

Valencia United Methodist Church serves the homeless on Christmas Day

A warm plate of food, surrounded by others is perhaps one of the best parts of the holiday season. One Valencia church knows the feeling and they want to make…

Sensory-sensitive Santa shares joy with kids
Santa reads a letter from a young boy at a sensory friendly Milk and Cookies with Santa event at the Canyon Country Community Center Monday night. Cory Rubin/The Signal

Sensory-sensitive Santa shares joy with kids

SCV Families gathered Monday at the Canyon Country Community Center for the inaugural Sensory-Friendly Milk and Cookies with Santa event. “The event held was planned specifically for special needs children,”…

The magic of building with gingerbread
Jack Kozell, 2, points at the gingerbread houses on display at the Festival of Trees as his grandpa Jack and grandma Jodie Baker watch him on Friday. KATHARINE LOTZE/Signal. 11142014

The magic of building with gingerbread

By Taylor Villanueva Signal Staff Writer Gingerbread houses might be a commonplace sight around the holidays, but they’re suspected to have roots in a popular 16th century German fairytale. The…

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