Christmas on a student budget
Kerstin Allen
Campus and Features Editor
Once again Christmas is advancing with giant steps and causing most to anxiously to hit the stores and mingle with all the other shoppers hunting down the perfect gift for - well, whomever, but with one look to the checkbook a typical student could be stopped dead in their tracks.…
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The real story of the Christmas tree
By Kerstin Allen
Campus and Features Editor
The evergreen bough has forever been regarded as a symbol of everlasting life.
In ancient times many peoples attached a special meaning to plants and trees that remained green all year long and hung evergreen boughs over doors and windows.…
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'Twas the night before Christmas ...
By Kerstin Allen
Campus & Features Editor
Long before the celebration of Christ's birth began and thus the well loved tradition to prepare one's soul and home for the holy arrival with carols, evergreens and candlelight, and the sweet aroma of cookies baking, ancient Europeans celebrated light and birth in the middle of winter during the winter solstice.…
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Santa Claus; Bent on world domination
John Craig
Guest Writer
In a yearly vile ritual that takes place in my house, we gather together and watch Christmas movies. After a lovely viewing of Elf and Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, something odd struck me. Why is it that the supposedly omnipotent Mr.…
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