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Christmas
Destinations in TexasHoliday
Trail of Lights by Bob Bowman
Visit Kilgore, Marshall and Jefferson
in East Texas
and Natchitoches and Shreveport in LouisianaHoliday
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
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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Christmas Tales/Legends/Traditions/Opinion/TravelogueThe
Crookedest Christmas Tree by Maggie Van Ostrand
11-21-09
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 12-22-08
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. Belle
Christmas by Mike Cox 12-22-08
No
matter how she came to be called Belle Christmas, she had a reputation as a local
character long before someone dreamed up the “Keep Austin Weird” bumper sticker...
Old
But Odd Gift Ideas by Mike Cox 12-18-08
The
December 1911 issue of a long-forgotten but fun-to-read iconoclastic monthly called
K. Lamity’s Harpoon offered a full-page ad from a Uvalde taxidermist with some
unusual gift items for sale that some modern readers will probably wish were still
available today...
Christmas Trees
in the Oil Patch by N. Ray Maxie 12-13-08
"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... Slick
the Shoeshine Man, Sam Maceo and Christmas Eve 1949 by Bill Cherry
A Galveston
Christmas story.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. 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 AlpineThe
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 MontgomeryChrist
at Christmas Time by Peary PerryChristmas
Gifts I Can't Use by Peary Perry. A
Wonderful Time of the Year by Peary PerryMerry
PC Christmas by Peary PerrySurrendering
to the Holidays by Peary PerryThe
Spirit of Christmas by Jeanne MoseleyThe
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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