Aside from traditional holiday festivities, the holiday season can also bring or heighten feelings of loss and grief.

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These individuals are the same ones who are checking email, sending messages, signing vital contracts, and more, all without missing holiday festivities.

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Amid a world elsewhere of holiday festivities but with one community in Connecticut lost in shock and mourning, officers from towns with names such as Monroe, Brookfield, Danbury, Bethel and Milford have given Newtown the gift of their time and their work.

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Last year the holiday fell on April 11, while Easter festivities will take place on March 27 this year--the earliest since 1989.

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Whereas now, with all the new restaurants and street fairs and festivities, people will go down there for a holiday and feel like they can be entertained.

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The holiday season should be a joyous time filled with family, friends and festivities.

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With festivities lasting well into the morning, Lerwick always recognizes the following day as a public holiday, giving residents time to recover and start preparing for next year.

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