The annual Christmas Crawl started by Beth Woods five years ago was held Dec. 9. She started the event while a Community Renewal Haven House leader to bring her block of neighbors closer together. People are invited into each other’s home every year; she chooses three. They spend one hour in each, visiting and talking and meeting the new neighbors for the year. It has brought the block of houses together as a unit. Hosts this year were Karol Fontaine on Delmar, Keith and Michelle Perkins on Delmar, and Andrew and Susannah Hodges on Thornhill. – Mary Ann Van Osdell