Christmas Activities Highlight FHA and NHS Events
The Melon area news notes December 7 FHA meeting at Comanche High School with Christmas bell wrapping demo by Mrs. Ailene Moore and a community charity focus. An NHS chapter party December 14 featured gift exchanges and refreshments, led by Kent Wiles and Karen O'Brien.
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Christmas Florida Town Named For Fort Founding
Christmas Florida a town of 250 near Orlando grew around a fort completed on Christmas 1835. The post office handles over 300000 pieces of mail yearly and a permanent weatherproof Christmas tree with ornaments was recently erected.
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Christmas Mood Brightens Everyday Streets
Strangers greet with smiles and small acts of kindness as the season nears. Helpers offer to assist, bus drivers pause to allow generous time, and children use polite forms. The world seems warmer and lighter through rose tinted glasses.
Light the Tree Decorating Formula for Lighting
The article gives a rule of thumb for tree lighting: multiply height in feet by base width in feet and by three. For a 6 foot high and 44 foot wide tree the calculation is 6 times 44 times 3, yielding 792 lights.
Dear Santa Letters From Young Readers
Short holiday notes from children in grade two and seven asking Santa for gifts. Names include Richmond Andrews Charlotte Gary Lynn Ellis and Mrs Hatchcock, with requests for toys guns and candy.
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Senior Bandsmen Receive Jackets After Long Wait
Sixteen senior bandsmen received band jacket awards from the band parents association after four years of high school service. Recipients include Larry Blackwood Janda Bloyd Marilyn Boykin Gale Carpenter Martha Fanning Janie Grayson Lynn Kibley Edith Matthews Katie Northcutt Karen O'Brien Elaine Ripley Gay Waggoner Janice Welch Kent Wiles Brenda Whitworth Lynda Williams. A student postcard to Santa urged for a gun this Christmas.
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Janda Bloyd
Marilyn Boykin
Gale Carpenter
Martha Fanning
Janie Grayson
Lynn Kibley
Edith Matthews
Katie Northcutt
Karen O’brien
Elaine Ripley
Gay Waggoner
Janice Welch
Kent Wiles
Brenda Whitworth
Lynda Williams
Christmas Wish From Mary Frances Towe
A message from Mary Frances Towe asks for a Barbie doll as a Christmas gift for a second grader. She signs the note with warm wishes and remembers everyone at Christmas.
If You Are Willing to Keep Christmas
A reflective holiday note urges selflessness and empathy. It urges readers to forget self and consider others, sow seeds of happiness, and remember children and the elderly. It asserts love as the strongest force, guiding readers to keep Christmas in spirit.
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Choosing a Christmas Tree: Spruce or Fir
For short term displays a Norway spruce offers good shape color and value but sheds needles quickly. Longer lasting options are balsam fir and Douglas fir though they may be more elusive. Pick a pyramid shaped tree with branches reaching the base and abundant foliage.
First Christmas Observance After Columbus Found Americas
The Santa Maria was beached near Columbus's discovery of America and stripped of gear. The Nina could not carry all Santa Maria crew, leaving some at a fort named Le Navidad in honor of the season Nass-
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Was the Star of Bethlehem a Supernova
Scientists debate the Star of Bethlehem mystery with theories ranging from a supernova to a comet or planetary conjunction. Some scholars cite a rare planetary alignment involving Jupiter and Saturn as a possible explanation. The article notes the vast brightness of a supernova and explains the science behind such events while presenting the enduring wonder around the biblical star. It includes letters from young readers to Santa.
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Dear Santa Kids Wish List From 1940s Letters
Readable fragments show children naming gifts for Santa including GI Joe sets, airplanes, dolls, bikes, race cars, a stea m shovel, a battlefield toy, a tank, a balloon, and candy. Names mentioned include Vernon Lee Presswood Linda Tate Rocky Bouquet Joe Balehcia and others in playful holiday requests.
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