When State Senator Arthur Orr made a Facebook post about food stamp/EBT card abuse, Alabama Political Reporter’s Josh Moon took to his page to rant about how cruel it is to keep welfare users from buying $55 boxes of chocolate. Moon’s followers took to Sen. Orr’s page to attack him for suggesting we spend too The post SNAP abuse is going to be addressed nationwide; the people who support every terrible thing are mad appeared first on Yellowhammer News.

As families across Alabama gather for Christmas, U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville) delivered his annual holiday message with a reminder that, as Christians, the season is ultimately about the birth of Jesus Christ, and the life-changing hope we still share from it today. “We’ve come to that special time of year again, when we celebrate The post Aderholt shares Christmas message with Alabama families: ‘We celebrate the birth of Christ’ appeared first on Yellowhammer News.

From large-scale drive-thru extravaganzas to underground holiday displays, Alabama offers a wide variety of Christmas light experiences each season. Here are some of the best Christmas light shows in Alabama: Best drive-thru Christmas light shows Lights of Noel — Birmingham Racecourse Lights of Noel is billed as Alabama’s largest drive-through animated Christmas light show, featuring millions The post Alabama’s best Christmas light shows appeared first on Yellowhammer News.

Many folks think that Christmas trees cannot be grown in Alabama, that it takes the mountains of Tennessee, North Carolina and Northern Georgia. Well, here is my story of growing one of Alabama’s early Christmas tree farms — the Zeigler Christmas Tree Farm outside of Sylacauga. My father, Bloise Zeigler, was raised on an 80-acre The post Jim Zeigler: Alabama family Christmas tree farm appeared first on Yellowhammer News.