The Little Christmas Tree That Decorated Itself
By Roy F. Chalker Sr.
      (Editor's note: The following Christmas story was written many years ago by the late Roy F. Chalker Sr.) Once upon a time, just before Christmas, there was a little tree, one of many, in a group being sold to eager families for their very own Christmas trees.
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By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
      Can you believe Christmas is next Tuesday? Where has the year gone? I have not put up a Christmas tree as of yet. I purchased a phylodendrom at Kathleen's in Sardis. It is a beautiful mature luscious green plant that would probably make a good Christmas tree if you live in the tropics.
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YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A WAR ON CHRISTMAS
Steven Rice
      I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say that stores and governments are trying to do away with Christmas. Papa says, "If you see it in the True Citizen, it's so." Please tell me the truth, is there really a war on Christmas?
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AN END OF CLASS?
Bill Shipp
      As the second most important date on the Christian calendar approaches - as the holiday we celebrate with gusto jingles our way - both political parties show the world that America's bestof class politicians are little more than blackhearted barbarians.
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Dixie Divas
THE MEMORIES THAT MATTER
      Christmas never comes to me without a childhood memory that, in turn, throws its arms around another memory and brings it tagging along. Neither is about anything I ever received - not the red bike, the Barbie doll house, my first little sewing machine nor even the little Kodak Instamatic came...
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QUIET CHRISTMAS MORNINGS
Don Lively
      Growing up in the country there were always certain sounds that we came to expect. Even late in the year it was not unusual to hear tractors harrowing under the stalks from the recently harvested cotton or peanuts,
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Looking Back
      10 years ago: Dec. 17, 1997 The Burke County Bears were scheduled to play Thomas County Central for the state AAA football championship. Buses were being chartered for fans and local schools were being dismissed at noon the day of the game.
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