What To Do (Local edition): Lights and Santa in W. Chester

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times  Editor’s Note: Due to the larger number of holiday events, we’ve broken our listings into two entries: this one for the local Chester County, Delaware County and Delaware and a second for events around the greater Philadelphia region. Christmas Day is a little more than one week away – and you know what that means. It means that there is a plethora...

What To Do: Christmas parades spark holiday events

By Denny Dyroff,  Entertainment Editor, The Times  Coatesville Christmas Parade The Christmas holiday season has many annual traditions – holiday lights and decorations, mistletoe, manger scenes, caroling, elaborate Christmas tree, visits by Santa Claus, gift exchanges, holiday train excursions…and Christmas parades. Two of the best parades in the area are scheduled for this weekend – the Coatesville...