Yuletide Sampler

Another balmy winter evening greeted shoppers Friday at the Yuletide Sampler and Community Christmas Tree Lighting. Participating merchants offered...

Val and Terry Kimball donated a "stately spruce tree" from their property in Hubbard for this year's Christmas tree-lighting event. Kelly Kimball,...

The giant spruce on Main Street, lighted trees on every corner, fresh evergreen wreaths on the carriage lights and window displays set the scene...

Organizers of the annual Community Tree Lighting and Yuletide Sampler of Park Rapids often call the event a "Norman Rockwell moment." The 40-foot...