Conaway: Christmas time, together at table and memory
“Four generations of two families over five decades have spent Christmas Eve with us around this table.”
Topic: Christmas
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December 2022
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Germantown finds a new Santa — right in its IT department
Germantown didn’t have to go all the way to the North Pole when the city’s official Santa Claus retired.
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Echols: ‘Nothing but a breath between us and the telephone poles’
“It wasn’t until I reached adulthood that I realized nothing that can be wrapped will fully satisfy. And if the stuff in the boxes — the stuff I flew up and down Poplar looking so frantically for — won’t satisfy, what will?”
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Morris: ‘Merry Christmas’ should not be political
“My saying ‘Merry Christmas’ makes some people see me as a conservative, Republican, older, evangelical Southerner. Most of those judgments don’t actually describe who I am.”
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November 2022
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Youth Villages ‘heroes’ bring holiday cheer to kids in need
Gift-givers can fulfill a child’s Christmas wish list through Youth Villages’ Holiday Heroes program.
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December 2021
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Conaway: A lot to ask of a cake
“It tastes like the year we got married. Like our first apartment. Our first house. It tastes like becoming parents. Like promotions. Like graduations. It tastes like celebration, and like eating half of it on the way home from the bakery with your fingers.”
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Conaway: Christmas time, different and the same every time
“Whatever your faith, whether you believe this is a time of anticipation and arrival, or of reflection or celebration, or of renewal or recognition — or all of those — I believe it’s a time to look inside to places only you can visit, to look at the paths traveled and at those who’ve shared the journey then and now, and to know, truly know, you are not alone.”
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Opinion: Holiday ornaments bring about memories of Christmases Past
The unwrapping of Christmas ornaments can send a person on a trail of holiday memories celebrating good times, family, friends and places we have visited.
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A ‘light’ touch: Where you can see impressive area holiday decorations
Where are some of the best holiday displays in Shelby County? We’ve got a map.
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Santa Rick helps keep Christmas magic alive
Santa has a very serious job, and Rick Jamison understands that.
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November 2021
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Christmas in Collierville schedule revealed
Christmas in Collierville is returning after last year’s pause on large gatherings due to COVID-19 precautions.
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December 2020
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Madonna’s Christmas play still a gift to community
Madonna Learning Center is offering its Christmas gift to the community online. After 50 years of the annual show, it has been canceled for the first time.
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Giving food, clothes ‘is what I love to do’ on Christmas Day
Many of the Lunches ‘n Love volunteers don’t have to imagine what it was like for those walking into the parking lot, hoping to leave with more than they came. They were once homeless themselves.
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Calkins: A girl, an egg and the meaning of Christmas
An old-time Christmas story, read aloud by Scott Morris, Kirk Whalum and Geoff Calkins.
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‘Christmas Cove’ aims to spread joy in Collierville
Christmas Cove is a treasured tradition for holiday families. This year, the display has a deeper meaning and honors Dave Brown, the man who started it all.
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Even in 2020, the Bartlett Christmas parade is still a go
The parade is taking place at W.J. Freeman Park at 2629 Bartlett Blvd. from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday. That’s not Stage Road, where the city hosted parade onlookers for years.
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November 2020
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Two Broke Bartenders providing free gift wrap, delivery at Shops of Saddle Creek
Two Broke Bartenders is taking its services to Saddle Creek for the holidays.
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September 2020
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Christmas in Collierville adapting to COVID-19
Christmas in Collierville is one of the most cherished events by the suburb’s residents. While this is the town’s sesquicentennial, it also is 2020 and that means — like many planned celebrations — even the holiday season must deal with a pandemic.
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January 2020
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Conaway: Christmas was a piece of cake
This is about respect for time-honored process in a short-cut world, about pride in completion, about creating something for others. As chef Hallie said, “Baking is hard.”
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December 2019
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‘Twas a Bluff Downtown Christmas
'Out on the roof there arose such a clatter, more Downtown construction, the clang of a ladder....'
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Sheriff’s Office brings Christmas early to Vollentine students
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office and the Order of the Boll Weevils delivered Christmas gifts to students at Vollentine Optional Elementary School Thursday.
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Conaway: Christmas time
In a small town outside of London, in a pub known only to locals, I found myself standing next to someone I was in the third grade with at Memphis State Training School.
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Madonna celebrates Christmas and history in 50th play
Madonna Learning Center is performing its 50th Christmas play. Those attending the sold-out shows will see Madonna's journey as well as the celebration of Christ's birth.
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Frayser Christmas Parade scheduled for Saturday
The 12th annual Christmas parade includes separate band, float and car competitions.
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Germantown family brings holiday joy with ‘that house with all the lights’
A love of technology started Germantown family’s annual light display.
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