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Gallery: Snow comes early to ACU with Christmas tree lighting

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Student Government Association held its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony on Sunday night, featuring a number of festive activities and live music. The event gathered students and community members from Abilene. SGA set up a sugar cookie decorating station where attendees could get creative and add their own personal touch to their treats. In ... [Read More…]

Christmas parade brings holiday joy to Abilene

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The 27th annual City Sidewalks downtown parade got the Abilene community in the holiday spirit on Tuesday. Thousands filled the streets of downtown to watch the parade and listen to the Abilene Community Band preform season favorites. The JMC Network bundled up and joined in on the holiday fun. Video/editing by Forrest Lorenzen ... [Read More…]

Some students stay on campus for the holidays

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For many students, going home for Thanksgiving and Christmas break is a God-given right. But for many students, staying in Abilene for break is an immediate reality. Some students don't have enough money to return home, others live too far away and others are tied down by prior commitments in Abilene. Chris Cornell, a senior religious studies ... [Read More…]

Christmas books bind memories

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December is finally upon us. Now that it's socially acceptable to listen to Christmas music and decorate an Evergreen tree, it's time to remember why we celebrate this time of year. One of my favorite ways of doing this is to re-read Christmas stories my parents and grandparents read to me when I was a kid. We read numerous Christmas stories, ... [Read More…]

Kiss or diss: The mistletoe woes

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Come December, couples will be found lingering under laden doorways. Couples not yet coupled will avoid it like the plague, for under it demands the "Define The Relationship" discussion. The culprit is in the mind of every preteen boy, or rather, over it. But whether you are the kisser or disser, harmony can be found in dealing with this ... [Read More…]

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