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...Paso, Texas, there was stiff competition between households and neighborhoods for the most striking luminario display (a Mexican custom in which lighted candles are set in sand-weighted paper bags), and in San Antonio rehearsals were on for the traditional Los Pastores miracle play. The Dallas Civic Opera, Chorus, and Symphony Orchestra got ready for their massive performance of the entire Messiah. And everywhere, newspapers were taking advantage of their readers' spirit of the season, whether springing from generosity or guilt, to help their pet charities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Customs: But Once a Year | 12/21/1962 | See Source »

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