Holidays

Prairie Village police made a concerted effort this fall to work with Mike Babick's Falmouth Street neighbors on minimizing the inconvenience they feel from heavy traffic around his popular Christmas display. Trouble is, the city's measures don't seem to have...

Fairway this week announced this winners of its "Bright Nights with Holiday Lights" contest. People who participated in the city's Dec. 11 Holiday Trolley Trip were asked to judge houses as they drove by. The city's best lights, according...

It's clear Mike Babick's popular Christmas display brings cheer to people throughout the Kansas City area. Less clear, however, is what, if anything, the city should do to help alleviate the headaches it's causing for some of his neighbors. The Prairie...

A Prairie Village resident's quick thinking Sunday and a few calls from the mayor's office helped make Christmas merrier for a number of metro-area families in need. Susan Bruce was on a walk by Porter Park Sunday morning...

Mission Hills resident Ann Sundeen's organization of a 450 person "flash mob" that broke out into the Hallelujah chorus at Crown Center over the weekend attracted the attention of the Kansas City Star — and then the Associated Press...

Mike Babick's house might be a seasonal spectacle, but it's not the only place to see great holiday decorations. Prairie Village's Candy Cane Lane (known as the 7900 block of Outlook Lane the other 11 months of the year),...

If you can't resist the temptation to park right out in front of Mike Babick's Christmas lights display, don't be surprised if you get an early present from the police department: a ticket. Capt. Tim Schwarzkopf told the Prairie Village...

Some of the usual attendees of Sunday services at Southminster Presbyterian may not recognize the inside of the church right now. A Sunday school classroom and chapel have been transformed into Herrod's court and an ancient market. Normal hallways...

Reuters, the news service with bureaus around the globe, ran a wire story today on the controversy surrounding Mike Babick's Falmouth Street Christmas display: ...some neighbors say Babick's Yuletide creation has become too popular. Cars, limousines and tour buses sometimes...

Corinth Square was brimming with holiday spirit Thursday for the annual Mayor's Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Mayor Ron Shaffer picked a lucky little lady out of the crowd to help him lead the countdown to the flipping of the switch: ...

We've put out a call to all neighborhood news blogs between here and the North Pole to see if we can get any updates on Santa's progress southward for tonight's holiday celebration. The ripe jolly old elf is scheduled to...

If you weren't one of those eager beavers who headed out to get a Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving, don't worry: there's still plenty of time to deck your halls. We swung by a few local Christmas tree...