One-finger Bible and Christmas Traditions Highlight Briefs
News in Brief covers diverse topics from Samuel Schereschewsky’s One-finger Bible translation to Queen Elizabeth I era gift dress, ash-wood Yule logs, Kilgore plant tour at Terminal Communications, TAMU Overton graduate course IDEC 633, Tyler Health Resource Information Center, and the Alabama-Coushatta Reservation’s year-round schedule with local East Texas developments.
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Kilgore
Gregg County
Kilgore College
Overton
Texas A&m University
Tamu Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Bill Ott
Don F. Seaman
Texas A&m
TAMU
Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Tyler
Texas
J. P Jones
Morris Shelton
Associated Press
East Texas
Dr. Jones
Health Resource Information Center
Public Health Region 7
Carson Watt
Tribal Enterprise
Longview
C. H. Bellatt
East Texas Council On Alcoholism
United Fund Agency
J R. King
King
Texas Commission On Alcoholism
Decking Halls Has History
The carol origins tie Christmas greens to the bay tree and laurel from ancient Greece. Holly remains popular for decoration, but bay leaves now spice holiday cooking rather than decorating, editors note.
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Christ
England
Greece
Grolier Universal Encyclopedia
Goat as Santa stand-in in unusual Jul Bok tale
The piece notes a goat named Jul-Bock serving as one of Santa's most unusual stand-ins, recounting the Dutch Danish tradition of a goat gift-giver.
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