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Professional organizer helps bring holiday order
Never too old for an African safari
Artist brings history to life
Holidays Norwegian style
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Norwegian style
A little lutefisk history
MT Best Times photo by Stacey Bowlds
Photo by Bill Miller
If it’s done right, it’s good. We value our lutefisk cookers.– Rev. Avis Anderson, pastor of Glendive’s Zion Lutheran Church
Holidays
Star of the show
Keeping tradition alive
MT Best Times photo by Stacey Bowlds
You CAN enjoy the holidays, professional
organizer says
Keeping expectations realistic
Photo courtesy of Katherine Atteberry
KATHERINE ATTEBERRY
If you’re so exhausted you don’t
get to enjoy it, it goes back to
planning. Give yourself more
time. When you think about
it, you’re working eight hours
a day every day, just like you
normally do, then you throw
in three holidays — it’s just
like an extra job.– Katherine Atteberry
Scaling back
The gift of time
Wish list worries
Shopping savvy
MT Best Times photos by Shawn Raecke
Food for thought
Season’s greetings (cards)
MT Best Times photos by Shawn Raecke
All hands on deck
Storage simplified
Remember to give back
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People
Never too old: 80-year-old goes on a South African safari
Earning respect
Photo courtesy of Dave Robertson
Our professional hunter,
Jeremy, likes Montana
guys like me. We can shoot.– Dave Robertson
Runaway sable
Father/daughter time
No complaints
Photo courtesy of Dave Robertson
MT Best Times photo by Charlie Denison
National Park Service-commissioned artist finds the humanity of historical icons
MT Best Times photo by Andrew Turck
Studying each one of these
people has affected my life;
it’s changed my life.– Sandra Harris
history to lifeBringing
History of a historical painter
Photo courtesy of Sandra Harris
Painting style
Keeping up with the times
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Wednesday, December 4• Christmas at the Moss Mansion, through Jan. 4, Billings• Holter Museum’s Ho Ho Holter Holiday Gift Sale, through Dec. 24, Helena
• Country Christmas, second Annual Bright Country Nights holi-day light show, Festival of Trees, through Dec. 7, Fergus County Fairgrounds and Trade Center, Lewistown
• Holiday Market Room, Tuesdays-Saturdays through Dec. 24, Lewistown Art Center, Lewistown
• Federation of Fly Fishers Museum, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Livingston
• Yellowstone Gateway Museum, Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Livingston
Friday, December 6• Dillon Christmas Stroll, downtown Dillon• Christmas Stroll, Miles City• Festival of the Trees and Live Music, Town and Country Club, Miles City
Saturday, December 7• Billings Symphony Orchestra and Chorale Sixties Revolution Concert, 7:30-9 p.m., Alberta Bair Theatre, Billings
• Charlie Russell Chew Choo, Northpole Adventure 5 and 7:30 p.m., Lewistown
Thursday, December 12• Wild West Snowflake Fest, entire town, Absarokee• Last Chance Christmas Craft Show, through Dec. 14, Al Bedoo
Shrine Auditorium, 1125 Broadwater Avenue, Billings• Rodeo Run Sled Dog Races, through Dec. 14, West Yellowstone
Friday, December 13• Charlie Russell Chew Choo, Northpole Adventure 5 and 7:30 p.m., Lewistown
Saturday, December 14• Ice Sculpting Contest, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in front of Uptown busi-nesses, Butte
• Charlie Russell Chew Choo, Northpole Adventure 5 and 7:30 p.m., Lewistown
Saturday, December 21• Charlie Russell Chew Choo, Northpole Adventure 5:and 7:30 p.m., Lewistown
• Livingston Dance Club, country western dancing, 7-11 p.m., American Legion, 112 N. B St., Livingston
• Firefighters Toy Dance, Park Place, Miles City• Ski and Photos with Santa, Showdown Ski Hill, Neihart
Tuesday, December 24• Christmas Eve Festivities, Huntley Lodge and Yellowstone Con-ference Center, Big Sky
Saturday, December 28• Torchlight Parade and Fireworks, Showdown Ski Hill, Neihart
Tuesday, December 31• New Year’s Eve Fireworks Display and Celebration, through Jan. 1, Big Sky Resort
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