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CHRISTMAS IN
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Christmas
Destinations in Texas
Holiday
Trail of Lights by Bob Bowman
Visit Kilgore, Marshall and Jefferson in East Texas
and Natchitoches and Shreveport in Louisiana
Holiday
Day Trips by Bob Bowman
A list of places to spend the holidays in East Texas:
Marshall - You can
light up your life at Marshall where the downtown area is ablaze
with a a lighting spectacular that includes 3,000 miles of string
lighting, 2.5 million bulbs, and 8,000 manhours of volunteer work.
It is the nation¹s largest concentrated Christmas lighting display.
Tyler
- Another Christmas lighting display is in Tyler, where the Municipal
Rose Garden comes alive each December with a Winter Lights Festival.
Visitors can stroll through a series of larger-than-life illuminated
sculptures of holiday figures and a 14-acre garden of lights.
more
Rudolph
the red-nosed pumping unit
by Bob Bowman 12-16-07
If you drive through Lufkin during the holidays, be sure to take
notice of one of East Texas’ most unusual Christmas decorations...
"The
Grand Old Lady On The Square." Lavaca County Courthouse
by Murray Montgomery
Hallettsville, Texas.
Galveston
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Texas Christmas
Tales/Legends/Opinion/Travelogue
How
was your Christmas by Peary Perry 12-27-07
Every year most of us will answer that annual question of “How was
your Christmas” with the same old refrain of…”Oh, it was the best
ever….it was wonderful.” Now, a lot of us are lying through our
teeth since Christmas isn’t always wonderful and in a lot of cases
it isn’t any fun...
Slick
the Shoeshine Man, Sam Maceo and Christmas Eve 1949 by Bill
Cherry 12-21-07
A Galveston Christmas story.
A
Blue Christmas by Maggie Van Ostrand 12-13-07
In the vast fellowship of Christendom, December 25th is a time to
celebrate the birth of Christ by attending church, singing carols,
and watching "It's A Wonderful Life." The Christmas season is an
occasion for tree-trimming and the giving of gifts to loved ones
-- gifts once symbolic, now spendaholic.
Las
Posadas by Maggie Van Ostrand
Not that the commercialization of Christmas has totally taken over
... Las Posadas begins on December 16th and continues each night
through Christmas eve. ...
The
Christmas Flower by Maggie Van Ostrand
Once upon a time in Mexico, a little boy was walking to church on
Christmas Eve. He wanted to see the Nativity scene. He thought hard
about a gift to bring the Christ child, but had no money to buy
one....
The
Poinsettia by Archie P. McDonald
Every Christmas your house and mine brightens with the seasonal
introduction of the poinsettia plant with its red and green leaves
and tiny yellow blooms. Perhaps you would like to know how such
came to be.
McDade
Hanging by Mike Cox
While not quite on the level of "A Christmas Carol," "The Miracle
on 42nd Street," or "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas," the story
of the McDade Christmas clean up has become one of Texas' more frequently
told Yuletide tales.
Bloody
Christmas by C. F. Eckhardt
The Murder Of LaSalle County Sheriff Charles B. McKinney
The
Day Eastland Texas hanged Santa Claus by John Troesser
"... And to think that it happened on Mulberry Street!"
The
Night the Posse Chased Santa by Maggie Van Ostrand
On Christmas Eve, a church in Eastland was filled and as jolly Saint
.... The notorious Christmas bank robbery ended as all criminal
acts should end ...
Holly
Isn’t Just For Christmas Anymore by N. Ray Maxie
A visit to Alpine
The
Truth About Rudolph
by Maggie Van Ostrand
Each reindeer can pull up to twice its own weight, making it an
ideal animal for pulling a sleigh loaded down with Christmas gifts
Christmas
Past
by Maggie Van Ostrand
Want to have a wonderful Christmas without fighting traffic, battling
mall moms, or spending any money whatsoever? It can be done, trust
me. The best Christmas in my family was a broke one. I had lost
everything in a fire just two weeks before Christmas...
Christmas
Shopping by Maggie Van Ostrand.
It's
a Wonderful Life
by Murray Montgomery
Christ
at Christmas Time by Peary Perry
Christmas
Gifts I Can't Use by Peary Perry.
A
Wonderful Time of the Year by Peary Perry
Merry
PC Christmas by Peary Perry
Surrendering
to the Holidays by Peary Perry
The
Spirit of Christmas by Jeanne Moseley
The
True Meaning of Auld Lang Syne by Gael Montana
In the deepest interest of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ there comes a book into
our midst that bears that ‘Required Reading’ stamp for any human
being trying to get along with other human beings in this day and
age...
Geography
Lesson by Bob Bowman
Around Christmas time, visitors are surprised that we have two Bethlehems...
Sadie’s
Christmas Angel by Kathleene S. Baker
Sadie of Corpus Christi: sometimes it takes a dog to bring out the
best in humans.
Remembering
Christmas by Louise George
Christmas in the Texas Panhandle
Christmas Ornament Cartoon by Roger T. Moore
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