Unlucky Jim Christmas tale teaches shared joy
Don Taylor recounts the Uncle Arthur story Unlucky Jim about a poor boy who wants a red fire engine. After choosing a doll for his sick sister at a mission Christmas party, the other children mock him but learn of his sister’s need, and they later gift him the red fire engine. Jim’s unselfishness becomes a year round example of giving.
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Jim
Arthur S. Maxwell
Arthur
Mission Lady
Jesus Christ
Christ
Amarillo
Nativity Story From Luke Chapter Two Read Aloud
A compact paraphrase of Luke's second chapter detailing Caesar Augustus tax decree Joseph and Mary journeying to Bethlehem, Jesus born in a manger, shepherds visit, angelic proclamation, Simeon's blessing, and Jesus presented at the temple with Mary's purification ritual.
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Caesar Augustus
Cyrenius
Syria
Joseph
Galilee
Nazareth
Judaea
David
Bethlehem
Mary
Christ the Lord
God
Jesus
Jerusalem
Simeon
Israel
Temple
Reflection of Christmas Light Across Our Neighborhoods
A seasonal reflection about letting God reflect through our lives. The speaker urges readers to shine with Christlike love, showing in homes, work, and streets. Emphasizes Christmas meaning beyond gifts, and the need to welcome the Christ Child in hearts and communities this season.
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Christ Child
Jesus
Texas Senate Dean Carlos Truan to retire in 2003
The Texas Senate dean Carlos Truan of Corpus Christi will not seek re election ending his long tenure since 1977. His departure before the January 2003 session opens at least five new seats and signals further retirements as redistricting reshapes districts in Dallas County and Southeast Texas. Juan Hinojosa and others weigh seeking the now open seats as incumbents consider future moves.
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Senate
Carlos Truan
Corpus Christi
Dean Truan
South Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Truan
McAllen
Juan Hinojosa
Jimmy Carter
Dallas County
David Cain
Dallas
David Bernson
Beaumont
Texas Senate Dean Quits Amid Crowded 2002 Filing Scene
Several Texas Senate seats face turnover as redistricting shapes races. Incumbents Mike Moncrief Buster Brown David Sibley Craig Estes weigh or confirm runs while one Democrat plans to try. Filing deadline is January 2 with party sites listing candidates.
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Tarrant County
Mike Moncrief
Brazoria
Fort Bend
Harris Counties
Buster Brown
Lake Jackson
Texas
David Sibley
Waco
Senate
Craig Estes
Tom Haywood
Wichita Falls
Txdemocrats
Holiday Stain Removal Tips from Texas Extension
The Texas A M University Extension offers quick actions for common holiday stains on fabrics. Beverages wax chocolate mud and other stains require prewash treatments, careful soaking, blotting, and laundering with fabric safe bleaches as appropriate.
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