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Texas Christmas
Day Trips
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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
German
Christmas Past by Michael Barr 12-20-22
Fredericksburg, Texas
" If... you want to spend the holidays in a charming town with
a rich history of old-world Christmas traditions and more Christmas
spirits than a Dickens novel, you've come to the right place."
Rudolph
the red-nosed pumping unit by Bob Bowman
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
(Gulf Coast)
Jefferson
(East Texas)
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Higher Calling by Maggie Van Ostrand
Once upon a time just a few years ago, a little pine tree stood
in the deep forest, isolated and naked. He wondered aloud why he
was so small and skinny while a big pine tree standing just several
feet away had so many full and lusty branches.
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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
"[T]he most spectacular crime in the history of the Southwest ...
surpassing any in which Billy the Kid or the James boys had ever
figured."
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German
Christmas Past by Michael Barr 12-20-22
" If... you want to spend the holidays in a charming town with
a rich history of old-world Christmas traditions and more Christmas
spirits than a Dickens novel, you've come to the right place."
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Opinion / Humor
Haunted
by the kids of Christmas past by Jase Graves 12-18-23
Neighbors,
start your Christmas lights! by Jase Graves 11-28-23
Christmas
lights: a judgmental guide by Jase Graves 12-13-22
Prepping
for Holiday Spending by Taylor Kovar 11-8-22
Are
you too old for Santa Claus? by Jase Graves
12-13-21
O
Christmas Tree shortage by Jase Graves 11-29-21
When
Thanksgiving and Christmas Collide by Jase Graves 11-15-21
'Twas
the Night Before Christmas by Maggie Van Ostrand 12-23-20
A
Christmas (Cell Phone) Miracle by Jase Graves 12-2-20
Beating
the after-Christmas blues by Jase Graves 12-30-19
Another
Christmas card letter by Jase Graves 12-16-19
Deck
the Halls and Hit the Deck by Jase Graves 12-3-19
Tips
to Manage Your Holiday Spending by Taylor Kovar
Have
Yourself a Merry Little . . . Hedgehog by Jase Graves
"What
I Want For Christmas" by Maggie Van Ostrand
Christmas
Crackers by Jase Graves
The
Songs of Christmas by Maggie Van Ostrand
Lame
Christmas Gifts: It Is Harder to Receive Than to Give by Maggie
Van Ostrand
Christmas
Time in 1944 by Lois Zook Wauson
Is
Santa Legal In Arizona? by Maggie Van Ostrand
Santa, a cheerful, chubby, bespectacled fellow in red, appears each
year to distribute toys once created in his North Pole workshop,
and recently outsourced to Mexico...
Country
Living in the Mid-1900’s by Bruce Martin
For one Christmas trip, I was bundled in blankets in the back of
Dad’s ’52 Chevy pick-up truck...
Christmas
is what we choose to make it by Britt Towery
As you read this it is Christmas Eve. Some are glad the whole exciting
season is almost over, when, in truth, it has actually just begun.
Christmas
Shopping by Maggie Van Ostrand
Christmas shopping for me will always be the once-upon-a-time of
memory: walking on Fifth Avenue — it's probably snowing, windows
decorated like the fairy tales of childhood...
The
Art of Re-Gifting by Maggie Van Ostrand
Every time my kids ask what I want for Christmas, I now tell them
"nothing." Last year, I told them "Nothing I have to dust," but
that didn't work and I got a bunch of nice presents I have to dust...
Good
Books Are Great Christmas Gifts by Britt Towery
There is no writer more linked to Christmas (not counting the New
Testament writers), than the prolific 19th century author, Charles
Dickens...
The
Crookedest Christmas Tree by Maggie Van Ostrand
There's something obscene about spending so much money at Christmastime.
It’s not like we’re the Three Wise Men hiking across the desert
to gift the baby Jesus. I don’t even know what frankincense is,
let alone myrrh. So let’s get down to the most important symbol
of all: the Christmas tree itself...
Burl
Ives and Santa by Peary Perry
Last week a friend of mine had to opt out of playing Santa at a
local church so he conned me into going in his place.
Christmas
Trees in the Oil Patch by N. Ray Maxie
"Growing older, I learned that there was a “forever” Christmas
tree a short distance from our house. Everyday looking out my bedroom
window I could see the tree and it sure did not look like the holiday
tree I had become accustomed to.."
How
was your Christmas by Peary Perry
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...
A
Blue Christmas by Maggie Van Ostrand
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.
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...
Sadie’s
Christmas Angel by Kathleene S. Baker
Sadie of Corpus Christi: sometimes it takes a dog to bring out the
best in humans.
CARTOONS by Roger Todd Moore
December
1777
Christmas
Ornament
Christmas
Lights
Poems by David Knape
Cedar
Tree Christmas
Santa's
Acrobatic Act
Christmas
Ornaments
Christmas
Wish
The Meaning Of Christmas
The
Gift of Good Will
The
Spirit Of Christmas
A
Walk before Christmas
When
Christmas Came
The
Saddest Day Of The Year
Thoughts
On Christmas Eve
Long
Night Moon
Christmas
in the Woods
Christmas
Wish
Talking To
Mom
Christmas
Tree
Christmas
Gift
Snow
Dome
Christmas
Lights
Christmas
Moon
For
Christmas We Gather
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