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November 30, 2008 / Lifestyles

The Traditional Meaning of Greenery

Great holiday arrangements begin with greenery. In ancient cultures, people believed that bringing foliage into the home during the season was lucky and guaranteed the return of vegetation in the spring. More...

8 Secrets to Sending Holiday Cards

(MS) - The December holiday season is one of the busiest for post offices around the world. That's because millions of holiday greeting cards will pass through them this month en route to recipients looking for some cheer. More...

HISTORIC HOME TOUR NEXT WEEKEND

(photos, top left clockwise) The Kilgore Public Library is located at 301 N. Henderson St., the Stroope-Thrower home is located at 1000 S. More...

Thanksgiving goat?

CHITCHAT CORNER

LINDA K. BALLARD

There are many who associate the best of stories or gossip with the beauty and barbershops. The next good source is usually the corner café, but this week the best of stories could be found at Brookshire's pharmacy. More...

50 years for Rex and Glendale Whitten

Rex and Glendale Whitten of Kilgore recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and an open house at Rancho el Starvo. Rex Whitten of Henderson married the former Glendale Hankins on Nov. 15, 1958, in Overton. More...

A turkey as big as me? What's at Tiny Tim's table?

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press Writer

LONDON (AP) — What's on Tiny Tim's table? Despite the Cratchits' blistering poverty, a feast not dissimilar to those that will grace many tables this holiday season. More...

A holiday icon you've never made _ sugarplums

By J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor

Sugarplums may dance in your dreams, but chances are you couldn't identify one if it hit you on the head. As holiday sweets go, sugarplums simply haven't been fashionable for an awful long time. More...

Keeping Healthy for the Holidays and Always

Throughout a lifetime, your skin will undergo many changes. Both internal and external factors such as season, age, nutrition, stress and even certain medications, can affect the appearance of this living, growing organ. More...

A Word Please

by June Casagrande

From time to time, while thumbing through one of my usage guides, my eye will stop on the phrase "so inflected." This phrase always comes after a list of forms of the same verb, such as "drink, drank, drunk." And it always reminds me of the famous More...