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Mingle with Kringle

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Lighting of the City

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All I Want for Christmas Is .

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Christmas Wreaths

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Service of Nine Lessons and

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Callaway Auditorium). The

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Celebrating Christmas with

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Treat your date to a

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Its beginning to look like the

holidays throughout LaGrange

as the community readies for

the thirty-seventh annual

Christmas parade, December 5,2013, sponsored by the

LaGrange-Troup County

Chamber of Commerce.

All I Want for Christmas Is . .

., this years parade theme, is

causing everyone to get

creative with their decorating

ideas according to LeTisha

Smith, parade coordinator.

Since Gail and Pat Hunnicutt

were selected as grand mar-shals, we thought the theme

was a perfect tribute to Dr.

Hunnicutts dental practice and

also appealed to every child

making their Santa wish list.

In addition to the entry fee, all

participants are contributing

toys this year. We are partner-

ing with Toys for Tots to dis-

tribute the toys to children

throughout Troup County,noted Smith. The Chamber

wanted to remind everyone that

the best gift this year is one that

is given to someone in need.

This year parade spectators will

have an opportunity to

participate in the gift

exchange. Volunteers for Toys

for Toys will follow Santa

Claus at the end of the parade

and collect toys. Spectators areasked to hold the unwrapped

toys until the volunteers walk

by their area along the parade

route. The volunteer will take

the toy to the vehicles where

the toys are being collected.

Bernard Bledsoe of the Marine

Corps League Detachment

1040 indicates this is a great

opportunity for parents. He

believes if you are a parent or

grandparent and want to teach a

child about the true meaning of

Christmas, let the child pick outa toy to give to someone else.

The best kind of giving is a gift

to someone in need.

The parade committee also

announced that the parade will

begin at Granger Park and head

south on North Greenwood

Street. Marching groups will

be merged into the parade from

St. Marks with the procession

going down North Greenwoodto Haralson Street. The parade

will then turn right onto Church

Street to the Square and Bull

Street. New this year, the

parade will turn left onto

Broome Street before turning

back onto Main. The proces-

sion will then follow Main

Street, past the Square to

Ridley Avenue.

The change to the parade

routeturning onto BroomeStreetwas made to allow for

an east-west corridor through

the city.

Some of our larger floats will

continue down Bull until it

intersects with Main and rejoins

the main parade route,

explained Smith. However, she

stressed that spectators should

not line that part of Bull Street

since they will be able to view

only a few entries.

Were so happy that the

Downtown Development

Authority of LaGrange asked

Santa to arrive early to the

Lafayette Plaza. From 3 to 5

pm children can take pictures

with Santa, Frosty the

Snowman and Rudolph the

Red-Nosed Reindeer, so arrive

early!

Mayor Jeff Lukken will host

the annual LaGrange tree light-

ing ceremony beginning at 5:15

pm on the Plaza. Parade Grand

Marshals Pat and Gail

Hunnicutt and their family will

flip the switch to illuminate

the downtown tree.

Watch the weatheryou may

need a raincoat or umbrella,

commented Smith. However,

we hope the forecasted rainmoves out of the area before 6

pm. The parade will proceed

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I remember when we

went to the bank and had

go inside to do your

banking. There was no

drive-thru. The firstdrive-thru incident

proved to be a very

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one that usually went to

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the teller while putting

the deposit in the box. Idont know if I was

slower that day removing

my hand but she pulled

the box in and it snapped

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release my hand. It took

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Someone from inside

called and told them at

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why. I wish they had not

told them why. People in

the bank line were all

ready laughing as they

went through the other

line. My hand had a

small mark across the topand not hurt but boy, was

I embarrassed. I went

through several days of

teasing.

It seems I have trou-

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thoughts are if we have

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Continued From Pg. 6

just opened a new

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ly because we are in a

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thing? I slide out of my

truck and got in a good

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line is backing up,

which by the way it

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der so intent on finding

out why it is not work-

ing I dont notice the

people around me

laughing. I looked at

the teller at the same

time she keyed her

microphone and said

Push the Button,Please. I pushed the

little tiny red button, a

door opens and the

cylinder falls through

on its way to the teller.

I slid back in my truck

with a very red face. I

looked at Ann and she

is in the floor board

laughing. I said youcould have told me. She

said it was too funny.

I ask her why she was

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she said she didnt want

anyone to see her. I told

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is on that check. I

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Shhhhhhhh, You must be

quiet while the other chil-

dren are practicing! We

often heard those words as

Mrs. Miller shushed us yet

another time. She was really

quite lenient with us

because it was Christmas

time and she knew how

excited we were. She didnt

really care if we whispered

quietly but we knew better

than to be loud or rowdy.

After all, it was nearly

Christmas and those prover-

bial visions of sugarplums

were dancing in our heads.

It was time for the annual

Christmas program at

Baring School and our par-

ents and the whole commu-

nity would come to hear us.

The procedure was the same

every year. We sat in our

class groups on the gym

floor of Baring school while

we waited for our turn to

practice our part of the

Christmas program on the

stage. We looked forward to

it because we got out of our

regular classes so we obedi-

ently marched in single file

from our classroom to our

spot on the gym floor to sit

and wait.

The stage had been readied

for the program. The tempo-

rary walls had been taken

down to expose the full

stage where we would per-

form. This meant that we

couldnt hoist ourselves up

to sit on the ledge during

noon hour and lean against

that temporary wall and

dangle our feet over the

edge like we usually did.

The stage would remain

open until after Christmas.

While the grade school

practiced, the high school

seniors worked on decorat-

ing the Christmas tree.

What a beautiful tree it was!

There was a very tall

stepladder being used

because the tree was a huge

cedar tree that one of the

local farmers cut and

brought to the school. I had

never seen a tree so big!

The fragrance itself was

enough to make us think

Christmas had surely cometo Baring School. A couple

of the boys put strings of

lights on the tree and then

other decorations were

Continued On Pg. 14


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Continued From Pg. 10

added until it looked beautiful

right down to the final laying on

of the icicles.

The night of the school program

finally arrived and the gym floor

was covered with folding chairs

as families packed the gymnasi-um. Back stage we huddled in

corners waiting for our turn on

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removed so the foot lights were

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children and end with the oldest.

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was caught I was supposed to

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I knew at the time that Mama

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Psychiatry enables us to

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- Laurence J. Peter

Even the best psychia-

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Were #1 finger.

- Dennis Miller

I told my psychiatristthat everyone hates me.

He said I was being

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- Henny Youngman


18/20

I saw a truck of Christmas trees

And each one had a tale,

The driver stood them in a row

And put them up for sale.

He strung some twinkly lightsAnd hung a sign up with a nail;

"FRESH CHRISTMAS TREES"

It said in red

"FRESH CHRISTMAS TREES

FOR SALE."

He poured himself hot cocoa In a

steaming thermos cup,

And snowflakes started falling As

a family car pulled up.

A mom, a dad, and one small

boy Who looked no more than

three

Jumped out and started searching

For the perfect Christmas tree.

The boy marched up and downthe rows, His nose high in the air;

"It smells like Christmas, mom! It

smells like Christmas every-

where!"

"Let's get the biggest tree we can!

A tree that's ten miles high!

A tree to go right through our

roof! A tree to touch the sky!"

"A tree SO big "That Santa Claus

Will stop and stare and say,

'Now, THAT'S the finest

Christmas tree I've seen this

Christmas Day!'"

It seemed they looked at every

tree At least three million times;

Dad shook them, pinched them,

turned them 'round To find theperfect pine.

"I've found it, mom! The

Christmas tree I like the best of

all!

It's got a little bare spot, But we'll

turn that to the wall!"

"We'll put great-grandma's angel

On top the highest bough!

Oh, can we buy it? Please, mom,

PLEASE?! Oh, can we buy it

NOW?"

"How 'bout some nice hot

cocoa?"Asked the man who

owned the lot.

He twisted off the thermos top,

"Now, THIS will hit the spot!"

He poured the steaming chocolate

In three tiny paper cups.They toasted, "Here's to

Christmas!" And they drank the

cocoa up.

"Is this your choice?" The tree

man asked, "This pine's the best

one here!"

The boy seemed sad--- "My

daddy says "The price is just too

dear."

"Then, Merry Christmas!" Said

the man, who wrapped the tree in

twine,"It's yours for just one promise.

You must keep at Christmas

time!"

"On Christmas Eve at bedtime As

you fold your hands to pray,

Promise in your heart To keep the

joy of Christmas Day!"

"Now hurry home! This freezy

wind Is turning your cheeks pink!

And ask your dad To trim that

trunk and give that tree a drink!"

And so it went on All that blus-

tery eve

As the tree man gave Tree upon

tree upon tree

To every last person Who came to

the lot-

Who toasted with cocoa In small

paper cups,

Who promised the promise Of

joy in their hearts---

And singing out carols, Drove off

in the dark.

And when it was over One tree

stood alone;

But no one was left there To give

it a home.

The tree man put on his Red

parka and hood

And dragged the last Christmas

tree Out to the woods.

He left the pine right by a stream

In the cold,So the wood's homeless creatures

Could make it their home.

He smiled as he brushed off

Some snow from his beard,

When out of the thicket A rein-

deer appeared.

He scratched that huge reindeer

On top his huge head---

"It looks like we've Started up

Christmas again!"

"There are miles more to travel,And much more to do!

Let's go home, my friend, And

get started anew

He looked to the sky And heard a

jingle bells sound---

And then, In a twinkling, That

tree man wasn't around!


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