Tag: Christmas

  • Lighted Holiday Parade

    NORTHVILLIANS, As part of our Remembrances Series, this week’s topic will center around Northville’s Holiday Parade, which started officially in 1985 (40 years ago) … but know, Santa was driving his sleigh through town way before that. Last week, I wrote about our Veterans Day activities, and I had the opportunity to spend time with…

  • Christmas

    NORTHVILLIANS, Today, I’m writing about past holiday Northville traditions. One of my grandfathers (the electrician in town) told stories about Henry Ford, and how he and wife Clara, who had their honeymoon here in the 1880’s hosted Christmas square dances in the Ville. My other grandfather (the barber) spoke about cutting Henry’s hair on occasion. Early…

  • Holiday Parade

    NORTHVILLIANS, As part of our Remembrances Series, this week’s topic will center around Northville’s Holiday Parade, which started officially in 1985 (38 years ago) … but know, Santa was driving his sleigh through town even a decade before that. Last week, we spoke about our Veterans Day activities, and I had the opportunity to spend…

  • Christmas

    NORTHVILLIANS, Today, I’m writing briefly about past holiday traditions. My grandparents told stories about Henry Ford (who spent his honeymoon here) and hosted Christmas square dances in the Ville. When in-town electricity hit its stride, Mr. Ford and others supported lighting up the whole town with colorful seasonal lights. Additionally, there were stories of all the…

  • Holiday Lighted Parade

    NORTHVILLIANS, As part of our Remembrances Series, this week’s topic will center around Northville’s Holiday Parade through the years. Last week, we spoke about our Veterans Day activities, and I had an opportunity to spend time at the VFW Post as well as stop by the American Legion, along with other events that included a…

  • Christmas

    NORTHVILLIANS, Today, I’ll talk briefly about past holiday traditions.  My grandparents told me that Henry Ford (who spent his honeymoon here in Northville) hosted Christmas square dances in the Ville, and that the whole town was traditionally lit up with colorful seasonal lights. There were stories of all the bells in the churches and the…