Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Find new ways to add freshness to your decorations.
Christmas decorations get us all in the holiday spirit, but often we overlook the Christmas plants that lend so much color and freshness to those decorations. What are some of the most popular Christmas plants and where can you get them this holiday season? Poinsettias Poinsettias are the most traditional and well known of the Christmas plants. According to the University of Illinois Extension, 85 percent of all potted plants sold during the Christmas season are poinsettias. They come in a variety of colors like red, white and pink and add grace to any holiday decorating. The Christmas favorite is actually a native plant from Central America where it can grow into a shrub more than 10 feet tall. In Mexico and Central America, it is known …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
It's time to vote among the finalists in five categories in our Patch Holiday Photo contest. Winners each get $100 in prizes.
We asked and you delivered! Thanks for dozens of entries into the Patch Holiday Photo Contest that started the day after Thanksgiving. You submitted your photos in five categories. Now our judges have narrowed the list to five finalists in each category. So it's your turn to vote. Link the links below to see the finalists in each category, then vote in the poll to choose your favorite. Winners in each category get $100 worth of prizes. We're sponsoring this contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau, which is eager to see how you celebrate Christmastime with your friends and family. You might even see some of your pictures in the CVB's Christmas promotions! CLICK BELOW TO VOTE IN EACH CATEGORY Christmas in St. Charles …
Friday, November 23, 2012
Warm our hearts with your best holiday pictures! Win prizes by sharing your snapshots in our contest, sponsored by Patch and the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau, which runs the annual Christmas on Main Street.
Ho, ho, hold still! We're trying to take some pictures here! And we'd love it if you'd share them with us in the 2012 Patch Holiday Photo Contest. You can win prizes worth $100 in any of five categories if you tap into your iPhone, Android or other digital photo library and send us some pictures that capture the holiday spirit. We're sponsoring this contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau, which is eager to see how you celebrate Christmastime with your friends and family. You might even see some of your pictures in the CVB's Christmas promotions! Here's how you enter this year's Patch Holiday Photo Contest. Click on a link below to upload your photos into the category of your choice. Send them in by 5 p.m., Dec. 10. …
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Share your pictures in this category of our Patch Holiday Photos contest.
What's that wonderfully amusing holiday memory that you've captured on your camera? Share your photos on that theme with us by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button on this page and following the instructions. For more info about the contest and the official rules, return to the main page for the Patch Holiday Photo Contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Share your pictures in this category of our Patch Holiday Photos contest.
Show us the most interesting, amazing, charming or jolly decorations you can find—but let us see the people behind them, too! Share your photos on that theme with us by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button on this page and following the instructions. For more info about the contest and the official rules, return to the main page for the Patch Holiday Photo Contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Share your pictures in this category of our Patch Holiday Photos contest.
Do you have a favorite photo that captures that Norman Rockwell moment, or an image that memorializes a regular tradition in your family? Share your photos on that theme with us by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button on this page and following the instructions. For more info about the contest and the official rules, return to the main page for the Patch Holiday Photo Contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Share your pictures in this category of our Patch Holiday Photos contest.
Have you and your kids seen Santa Claus in old St. Charles, or watched ice carving? Is there another great memory of Christmas on Main Street that you've captured? Share your photos on that theme with us by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button on this page and following the instructions. For more info about the contest and the official rules, return to the main page for the Patch Holiday Photo Contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Share your pictures in this category of our Patch Holiday Photos contest.
What makes the holidays uniquely "St. Charles" for you? Share your photos on that theme with us by clicking the "Upload Photos and Videos" button on this page and following the instructions. For more info about the contest and the official rules, return to the main page for the Patch Holiday Photo Contest with the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Elizabeth O'Fallon
7:19 pm on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Love the crying baby pic! more ›