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Merry Christmas: A Recap of All Things Christmas on Potomac Patch

From Christmas cookies to holiday travel, Potomac Patch ran many stories about Christmas.

Merry Christmas! Over the last few weeks, Potomac Patch has run many stories about the holiday and how people are giving back, cooking and spending.

Christmas is a time of year full of traditions and over the last month Potomac Patch has featured many stories about how people have continued with their holiday traditions.

  • Buying a Christmas tree is a tradition that many families continue every year. To help ease the stress of tree shopping, Potomac Patch spoke with Orion Taylor, the manager of the outdoor plants department at Behnke Nurseries about what customers
  • in Potomac continue the 20-year-old tradition of to raise money for its youth group. The church sold more than 10,000 cookies at the cookie sale on Dec. 4.
  • Many local families continued their tradition of decorating their houses with Christmas lights. Potomac Patch ran a photo gallery of a some, but it is never too late to add yours!

Many Potomac residents took time to give back during the holidays in different ways.

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  • Potomac and Bethesda girl scouts gathered at theWestfield Montgomery Mall this year to benefit charity and to make the holiday brighter for a family in need. The scouts decorated Christmas trees that were raffled off to local families with the proceeds going to Girl Scouts and the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington.
  • Potomac Patch ran a throughout December that featured opportunities to give back during the holidays. The Spotlight on Giving showcased local toy, food and clothing drives in the community.
  • The Montgomery County Police motor squad hosted their annual again this year to benefit the Children's Inn at the National Institutes of Health rode on despite this week's wintery weather.

The holidays not only focus on giving, but also spending. Potomac Patch looked at how people are spending and how to save money, too.

  • Our financial columnist and recommended making a spending plan and sticking to it. Starting early will minimize the chance of making last minute decisions, which often tend to throw logic out the window.
  • This year brought on a whole new list of that children have their eyes on. Potomac Patch ran a story on some of the places to find those top toys and how much they will cost.
  • Many Maryland residents are planning on spending their time and money . More than 800,000 residents traveled at least 50 miles for Thanksgiving, an 11 percent increase from 2009, according to AAA. The projections for this year's Christmas and New Year's period have not been finalized, but AAA officials said more than 2 million residents traveled during the same period last year.

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