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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 2000
Page
1
A festive exchange from Odessa features Trinity Homsey and David Homsey asking Santa about his sack, magic, favorite movie, and cookies. They name Annabelle's Wish, My MeMe's sugar cookies, and their wish for Power Rangers, reflecting holiday joy and playful inquiry.
Second grade students at Ireland Elementary School describe in detail the gifts they hope to find under the tree on Monday morning. The playful list highlights a festive local moment as the holiday season approaches.
A Christmas star with trailing streamers casts a glow over a farmer's barn beneath the snow-capped San Francisco Peaks Thursday north of Flagstaff Arizona.
The article notes the millennium starts Jan 1, 2001 under the Gregorian calendar and cites Steven Dick of the US Naval Observatory. It explains the one thousand year counting quirk and that most of the world will observe routine celebrations while the Observatory experiments with a first come open event.
In Crawford a 700 resident town sees tourists buying shirts about governors and presidents. As George W Bush becomes president elect the community notes limousines and motorcades and memories of his Florida votes and Cabinet posts.
Odessa residents share Christmas traditions noting the emphasis on gathering relatives for a Christmas Eve church service followed by a Christmas Day feast of turkey ham and sides. Gifts are opened after meals to ensure all nieces and nephews attend, though some traditions are challenged by busy schedules and modern life.
Odessa American author Rick Lopez highlights Roy and Susie Dearley new to the block as they showcase a vintage color changing aluminum Christmas tree and multiple trees inside their home. The feature notes other city displays and invites readers to see more on Page 2A.
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