2018 Christmas Cheer - Real Wreath at Breeding evokes memories 2017-12-11 - Breeding Country Mart, 14332 Burkesville Road, Breeding, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. There's something special about natural Christmas wreaths. This one created from fresh cut pine boughs, created by Sheri Norris at Breeding Country Mart gave a refreshingly rustic look to to Breeding's modern everything general store on Saturday evening, December 9, 2017, a reminder of the days when selecting and cutting the family Christmas tree was one of the highest coming of age honors and duties a child could have and when DIY Christmas decorations and confection making was not only more meaningful, but necessary, too. Luckily, it was a opportunity to stock up on BBQ for Saturday supper and Sunday breakfast. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

2017 Christmas Lights: Downtown Columbia, KY 2017-12-11 - Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. On any quadrant, Downtown Columbia's Christmas lights fill the eye, and seem brighter this year than ever. - EW Photo Thu 7 Dec 2017. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

JIM - Christmas Wish List, 11 Dec 1918 2017-12-11 - Columbia, KY - Photo From the collection of JIM. December 1918 likely found Adair County -- and the nation -- in a subdued joy frame of mind. The war had ended a month earlier and around the 10th of the December, restrictions on sugar were lifted. "at a time that insures the free movement of sugar to our people for the Christmas holidays." Still, most of the young men who had gone Over There weren't home yet, and the fact that some would never return certainly lay heavy on many minds. And too, the great influenza pandemic raged on, so much so that many public meetings, even churchgoing, were forbidden (or soon would be) by government edict, as a measure against spreading the deadly contagions. - JIM Only a tiny handful of Christmas ads appeared in the December 11, 1918 News, including the one above for jeweler L.E. Young. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Egypt Christian Church holds dress rehearsal for Christmas play 2017-12-10 - Egypt Christian Church, 4855 Knifley Road, Columbia, KY - Photo from Robert Bell. Jacob Doss, Adam Doss, Jennifer Blair, Kasey Bardin, Alice Curry, Kendra Corbin, Kara Iqbal, Rhonda Loy, Carolyn Doss, Brody Blair, Delphus Lee, and Cindy Lee take time out from rehearsal to pose for this rehearsal photo. The entertaining play "Cricket County Christmas In The City" will be presented at 6:30pmCT, Sunday, December 10, 2017 at Egypt Christian Church, 4855 Knifley Road, Columbia, KY. Pastor Paul Patton and congregation invite everyone to come enjoy an evening of entertainment and fellowship. - W. M. FEESE, Jr. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

LWC alum weds in California -- 78 years ago 2017-12-10 - Edmonton, KY and Oroville, CA . These clippings of the wedding announcements in Edmonton, KY and in Oroville, CA newspapers will be included in the Christmas card to my cousin Patti Wangelin Reed this season because they are about the wedding of her mother and father, Dasye Magdaline Leftwich and Henry Wangelin. I'm sure she has them already, but they will be sent to her just in case. The clippings had been carefully kept by my Mom, Geniece Marcum, who always said Dasye was the sister who helped her develop a love of the printed word through her bedtime poetry readings in the girls bedroom of the old farmhouse in Edmonton. Patti and I have kept up correspondence between Kentucky and California through our lifetimes, carrying on the tradition started by our mothers after Aunt Dasye married and moved to California. I was reminded reading these documents that both Aunt Dasye and Aunt Isabelle Leftwich Sandidge attended Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, another good tradition. In a later note from Patti, the "modish frock" in the news was a gold crepe suit and she provided the date which was February 11, 1939. (I'll have to admit to my husband Ed that he's right, a date with the year is needed on every item, every time.) -- Linda Waggener Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

2018 Edmonton Christmas Parade: Achilles, Bill, & Miss KY 2017-12-10 - Edmonton, KY - Photo by Chris Lagermann. Above Bill Lagermann, Miss Kentucky Molly Matney and Achilles. The theme of this year's parade was "Dreams Do Come True" and Miss Kentucky, Edmonton native Molly Matney was the Grand Marshall. Our Great Pyrenees, Achilles rode in the parade for the first time and his dream was to meet Molly. His dream came true! - CHRIS LAGERMANN. Paired Photo Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

2018 Edmonton Christmas Parade: Achilles' dream came true 2017-12-10 - Edmonton, KY - Photo by Chris Lagermann. The theme of this year's parade was "Dreams Do Come True" and Miss Kentucky, Edmonton native Molly Matney was the Grand Marshall. Our Great Pyrenees, Achilles rode in the parade for the first time and his dream was to meet Molly. His dream came true! (The sign on the Mule says "My dream is to meet Miss Kentucky. Hope my dream comes true!" Our Mule came in Second in its division. Achilles was a huge hit with the kids. My favorite comment from the kids at the parade was "Look, its a polar bear!" - CHRIS LAGERMANN. Paired Photo Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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