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Monday, December 23, 2013

When a gift of oranges was a Christmas treat in Westminster [Eagle Archives]

When a gift of oranges was a Christmas treat in Westminster [Eagle Archives]




When a gift of oranges was a Christmas treat in Westminster [Eagle ... Baltimore Sun by Kevin Dayhoff, December 23, 2013. The Christmas season has always been a special time in...

@SunWestminster: Columnist @kevindayhoff addresses Westminster #Christmas traditions in this week's Eagle Archives http://bsun.md/18HM1X2

The Christmas season has always been a special time in Westminster. For generations; long before our current tradition of an electric light parade right after Thanksgiving, the city came together for a community celebration and a parade called the Christmas Treat…

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Times have changed. The center of town is now considered to be the park at Locust Lane. Government does not dare use the words "Christmas" or "Hanukkah." And technology, not fruit, is at the top of the Christmas list for most folks. In my childhood years in Westminster in the 1950s, our favorite fruit was not an "Apple" computer. A gift of oranges was considered to be particularly special…




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