Christmas Archives – The Sopris Sun

Ps & Qs: The Grinch is going to jail

by Jeannie Perry January 4, 2023November 17, 2023

On Christmas day, my brother-in-law saw the Grinch getting arrested. He lives in a city much bigger than our Whoville-sized Carbondale, and he said a crowd watched as the police […]

Columns, Opinion, Uncategorized

Celebrating light

by Sue Rollyson December 21, 2022November 17, 2023

The holiday season is full of many joyous celebrations. I attended two of perhaps the lesser-known observances. On Saturday evening, Dec. 17, around 70 people gathered at the Third Street […]

Fiction, Uncategorized

Work in Progress – Dec. 22, 2022

by James Steindler December 21, 2022November 17, 2023

Hello Darkness By Jampa Carbondale It’s that time of year When darkness drops without dusk And crushes the light. The Resourceful Elf By Tom Mercer Former Carbondalian Snuffles the Elf […]

Fiction, Opinion, Uncategorized

Work in Progress – Dec. 1, 2022

by James Steindler November 30, 2022November 17, 2023

December First Nancy McAtavey Carbondale Continued from “The House at #45” on the Nov. 24 Work in Progress page December 1. This is the day that I have been waiting […]

Theatre Aspen Holiday Cabaret

by 1blankuser November 30, 2022

The Holiday Cabaret Series returns to Hotel Jerome from December 19 – 23. The Cabaret features a seated 3-course chef’s dinner followed by a festive 60-minute performance. The all-alumni cast […]

Columns, Uncategorized

Mature Content: A miracle in the Bronx

by Raleigh Burleigh December 22, 2021November 17, 2023

By Ron Kokish Of course there’s a Santa Claus. I saw him up close in the Bronx, in 1959, in the employee bathroom at Alexander’s Department Store. We stood silently, […]