Tell us about the best (or worst) thing you got this year.
Did you get an awesome gift for Christmas this year? Or maybe one that is too hilariously bad not to share? We want to see it. So do your neighbors. Seriously, they'd love to see it. Share your best/worst holiday gift by clicking "Upload Photos and Videos." Or tell us about it in the comments below.
This year, collection boxes for Toys for Tots were set up in the lobby of our Police Station, Lakeville City Hall, the Central Maintenance Facility, and the Water Treatment Facility.
Every year for the past several years during the Christmas holiday season, the Lakeville Police Department has participated in the Toys for Tots program. Officer Greg Jensen has taken the lead on organizing the Lakeville Toys for Tots effort since we started our involvement. Greg has been responsible for setting up the collection boxes at various City buildings and collecting the donated toys and getting them delivered with our squads to KARE 11, so the Marines can distribute them to needy children. This year, collection boxes for Toys for Tots were set up in the lobby of our Police Station, Lakeville City Hall, the Central Maintenance Facility, and the Water Treatment Facility. The collection boxes were out for about a month and over …
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What to do with the detritus of Christmas—a guide.
Don't trash those twinklers. Recycle! Dakota County residents can drop off unwanted strands lights through Jan. 31, 2013. There are several drop-off locations in Lakeville: Outside Lakeville? Heading to Grandmas? There are plenty of places all over Dakota County, too: Dakota County Western Service Center 14955 Galaxie Ave Apple Valley, MN 55124 Hours: M-F 8am-4:30pm ACE Hardware & Paint 14760 Pennock Ave Apple Valley, MN 55124 Call for hours: 952-432-1004 The Recycling Zone 3365 Dodd Road Eagan, MN 55121 W: 9am-8pm, Th: 12-8pm F:9am-5pm, Sa:8am-5pm Pellici ACE Hardware 1565 Cliff Road Eagan, MN 55122 Call for hours: 651-463-4777 Park Nicollet Health Services 1400 Fairview Drive Burnsville, MN 55337 Hours: M-F 8am-5pm, Sat 8am-noon Starting…
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How much will we spend this year? And what's the best-selling Christmas song of all time?
As you know, Lakeville Patch has madea hobby of finding fun facts and trivia fodder for most major holidays. Why? So you can drop some fantastic knowledge bombs on your family while at the feasting table, or while unwrapping presents. So in that spirit ... we know that there were three Wise Men, 12 days of Christmas and that Santa delivers all his presents around the world in one night. But did you know... $23,439.38 How much it would cost to buy your "true love" all the gifts in the 12 Day of Christmas. 12.9 billion hours, $447 billion How many hours Americans were expected to spend shopping, wrapping and returning gifts last year. That was about 42 hours and $688.87 per person. Get your postman/postwoman a gift According to Hallmark, …
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Have a merry Christmas and a happy holidays, and please take a moment to remember and honor the victims of the Newtown, CT, tragedy with a beautiful rendition of Silent Night by the New York City Children's Chorus.
From all of us here at Lakeville Patch, we want to wish you a happy holidays and merry Christmas. In that spirit, I felt personally compelled to take a moment and remember the victims of the Dec. 14 Newtown, CT, tragedy who will not be with their families today. We can remember by simply taking two minutes and watching this beautiful rendition of "Silent Night" by the New York City Children's Chorus. The choir sang the song to open the Dec. 15 episode of "Saturday Night Live" to honor the victims of the shooting. It's simply beautiful. I still find it unimaginable that there are 26 new angels—including 20 tiny ones—looking down on all of us today as we celebrate the holiday with our loved ones. Merry Christmas to you and yours, -Derrick …
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Keep an eye out to see where Santa Claus is in the world during his Christmas Eve, 2012, journey.
Santa and his elves are working hard on the final preparations for his Christmas Eve 2012 flight around the world. And there's no doubt little boys and girls have started counting down the days until they can raid their stockings Christmas morning. If you're wondering when Santa will make his to your Lakeville home, you can track his whereabouts right here on Patch when the official NORAD Santa Tracker launches Dec. 24, 2012. Track Santa? Oh. Most definitely, yes. NORAD, or the North American Aerospace Defense Command, is a United States and Canada bi-national organization charged with the missions of aerospace warning, aerospace control, and maritime warning for North America. And it's been tracking Santa's Christmas Eve whereabouts since…
Donations were collected, and delivery was on Friday, Dec. 14, to some very grateful friends.
The Community BookShelf—a local initiative to build relationships through literacy—is in the Christmas and holiday spirit. On Dec. 13 and 14, neighbors and friends of the Community BookShelf were asked to bring treats and gift cards to distribute to Lakeville neighbors and families that the group got to know in the summer as a result of the group's visits with books, according to Sigrid Iverson, a Community BookShelf organizer. Donations were collected, and delivery was on Friday, Dec. 14, to some very grateful friends. Iverson said it is an attempt to get to know neighbors in Lakeville that are isolated by factors like economic and linguistic challenges, and to create community. "We distribute donated books to families about twice a …
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With pet ownership on the rise, more than half of pet owners are buying gifts for their pets this year.
Don’t forget your pets this holiday season. According to a survey by AP-Petside.com, more than half of American pet owners will buy gifts for their pets this holiday season, spending an average of $46 on their animals. And with pet ownership at its highest level in two decades, at 72.9 million, according to the American Pet Products Association’s (APPA) 2011-2012 National Pet Owners Survey, chances are you are searching for a gift for your furry or feathered family member. AP-Petside.com says 68 percent of pets getting gifts will receive a toy, with 45 percent getting food or another treat, 8 percent getting new bedding, 6 percent clothing, 3 percent a leash, collar or harness, and 3 percent new grooming products. What will you be getting …
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Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your school district, and/or $500 to pay your electric bills!
Patch is launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16 to deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/lakeville. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. So why not Lakeville? …
Also: if you’re changing out your old lights for new LEDs, don’t forget to “Recycle Your Holidays” by recycling any old lights. You can drop them off at City Hall.
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