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December 2008 Table of Contents
This Month
Features — Symbols of Christmas
Within our diverse celebrations of the holiday, shared symbols connect us, stirring the emotions the season inspires — joy, peace, and love.
A Song in Their Hearts By Diane Silcox-Jarrett
Thomas Sibley and the Raleigh Boychoir
Here We Come By Katherine Kopp
Edenton’s Wassail Bowl celebration
Let There Be Light By Britta Waller
A Greensboro neighborhood’s light display
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Supremely Delicious By Janet C. Pittard
Bear Creek’s famous fruitcakes
O, Chrismon Tree By Diane Silcox-Jarrett
Handcrafted decorations of faith
Sweet Spots By Lori K. Tate
Fir Season By Janet C. Pittard
Project Santa By Jimmy Tomlin
Community gift-giving in the Piedmont
Season’s Greetings By David A. Norris
A century of Christmas cards
More features
Beyond Beauty By Kathryn Smith
Early decorative arts help tell the South’s story at Old Salem’s Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts.
On Solid Ground By Katherine Kopp
After two unlikely moves, the Roanoke River Lighthouse awaits restoration at what many hope is its last stop.
Yules of Yore — A Photo Essay
Go back in time as we journey through some of our state’s favorite historic sites for a unique North Carolina-style Christmas.
Departments
Welcome to Our State
By Vicky Jarrett
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Tar Heel Treasures
Silver Communion service By Maggie Blackwell
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Tar Heel Literature
Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue; The Days Between the Years; New Stories from the South 2008
75th Anniversary
Too Many Santas
Tar Heel Towns
Canton By Katie Baer
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Tar Heel History
Breaking up Christmas By Alli Marshall
Tar Heel People
Wingate’s Jerry McGee By Chris Gigley
Carolina Artists
Realist painter Jack Saylor By Carole Moore
Tar Heel Gardening
Christmas amaryllis By L.A. Jackson
Tar Heel Tastes
Restaurant Five Fifty Three By Marla Hardee Milling
Carolina Kitchen
Festive Tarts By Charlotte Fekete
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Agenda
Enchanted Airlie; Lanes of Lights; Paschals’ Light Display; Core Sound Decoy Festival; Dead Sea Scrolls; North Carolina Boys Choir
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