Holiday

  Looking for a festive holiday getaway with character? Skip the cookie-cutter hotels and step back in time with a stay at a historic inn. This season, historic inns are decking the halls with a sled full of holiday cheer, with some offering special teas, chocolate-covered strawberries and plenty of …

    Throughout the month Christmas Village in Baltimore The Inner Harbor’s German Christmas village is back with its 65-foot Ferris wheel, pyramid of Glühwein and tons of other traditional nosh to enjoy inside its Hofbräu Beergarden or cozy outdoor seating area. More than 50 vendors, including famous German vendor …

Make your home interior merry this holiday season with the following decorating ideas from Baltimore-area designers. Katherine Crosby Jenkins Baer Associates 24 W. Chase St., Baltimore jenkinsbaer.com To bring elegant coziness to your home, Crosby encourages the use of candles, faux fur, warm whites, gold and champagne colors, and warm …

  A Baltimore tradition marking an unofficial start to the holiday season, the Washington Monument lighting in Mount Vernon will celebrate 50 years on Thursday, Dec. 2 from 5-8 p.m. People had always gathered in Mount Vernon Place socially, but former Baltimore City Mayor William Donald Schaefer had the idea …

  The Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Festival of Trees returns this holiday season at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. Visitors can drop by from Nov. 26 through 28 to donate items for the toy drive. The traditional sale of more than 500 trees, wreaths and gingerbread houses decorated by local …

Pumpkins and squashes in shades of misty blue and gray, like those shown here, are delightfully eerie sitting on a porch on Halloween night. Carved pumpkins are as much as part of Halloween as ghosts and goblins; no haunted house is complete without their glow. To create a unique look …

Although Amy Pollokoff’s grandmother, Bess Fedder, had Alzheimer’s disease, she was able to remember enough to pass down a family tradition. For more than 30 years, Fedder, who died in the early 1990s, would hold an open house on the first day of Rosh Hashanah with as many as 21 …

Green Spring Station’s boutiques offer plenty of inspiring Mother’s Day gift ideas. Explore some of the items Baltimore Style discovered during a recent visit that make thoughtful presents for the special mom in your life. Andre Assous Flip Flops Andre Assous offers fresh dimensions to his classic, eclectic footwear designs. These …

Celebrated at home, Passover, perhaps more than any other Jewish holiday, provides space for families to create their own customs and rituals. Polina Mirskiy’s early Passover memories are of smuggling matzah. In communist Moldova, a country that had been part of the Soviet Union when Mirskiy was a child, Jewish …

With the arrival of the holiday season, we asked several Baltimore-area personalities to share memories of their favorite holiday traditions, from holiday lights and music to Christmas cookie baking. Christina Napp Co-founder and Company Manager of Charm City Players “When I was 5 on Christmas in 1990, my uncle, who …