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...many students, the Christmas tree is homey and familiar when a nativity scene or Advent wreath would not be. But for other students, particularly those from non-Christian traditions, that isn't true. I think the advocates of Christmas trees have recognized this and have wisely avoided using homeyness as their defense for putting one up. Instead, the trees have been incorrectly incorporated into a debate about religious symbols in public spaces...
...feel frustrated. My culture is represented, but my faith is not. I am willing to see a Christmas tree removed if one or two people don't particularly like it. I would not be willing to remove a hanukkiah, and I feel the same about a creche or Advent wreath. Religious expressions deserve special protection...
...race in 1928 when he was 20 and last ran the race in 1992 when he was 84. In 1935 Kelley, who was then a floral assistant, outdueled toolmaker Pat Dengis, eliciting this response from Dengis: "Would you imagine this, a florist runs 26 miles for a laurel wreath!" Though he received a police escort home to Arlington, Massachusetts, and a telegram from the Governor, Kelley was back at work the next day, preparing Easter lilies at Anderson's Florist Shop. He also won in 1945 at the advanced age of 37 and told a reporter, "Life merely begins...
...swearing in. He finally decided to have Polaroids taken to see which suit would photograph better. The winner: a $2,600 single-breasted charcoal-gray Brioni with a brown pencil stripe. Haberdasher Wilkes Bashford, a longtime Brown outfitter, provided the final, Caesarean touch at a preinauguration party: a wreath of laurel. "I take my job pretty seriously," said Bashford, "and I missed one accessory." The ebullient Brown...
With the aid of a CD-ROM-generated street map of Clearfield, Sayer guides the van to Hall's house. It's a modest but tidy red brick home with an American-flag wreath on the door. Bingo! "That looks like a Nellye Hall house," Sayer says with approval. The team doubles back into town to meet up with the car dealer who has brought the Jag in from Harrisburg. And then: Showtime. But alas, Prize Patrol history is not to be made. Hall turns out to be a great-grandmother of preternatural calm. Confronted by cameras, hysterical Patrol members...