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Here is a list of plays, concerts
and other festive activities to get
even the biggest scrooge into the
holiday spirit
Alumni House ? The Black
Alumni Council at USC will hold
a holiday party from 5-7 p.m.
Wednesday at the USC Alumni
House. All black alumni and
friends, as well as students and faculty,
are encouraged to attend the
free event. There will be refreshments
and music.
Carolina Cares Day ? In
front of the USC Russell House on
Saturday, Carolina Cares will collect
clothing and canned goods for
the Salvation Army and the
Harvest Hope Food Bank from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Carolina Coliseum ? Assembly
St. USC will present its annual
Christmas Music Festival of
song and dance at 8 p.m. on Dec.
7. The program will feature performances
by the USC Band, Percussion
Ensemble, Carolina Alive and
WIS-TV personality Joe Pinner.
Admission and parking are free,
and seating is on a first-come Fust
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Gibbes Planetarium ? 1112
Bull St. Star of Wonder explores
various cosmic events that might
explain the star that led the legen- <
dary Wise Men to the birthplace of '
Jesus of Nazareth. The show will 1
run from Nov. 24 through Jan. 6.
Shows will be at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. *
on Saturdays and Sundays. Admis- '
sion is $2 for adults and $1 for senior
citizens, students and military ]
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Longstreet Theatre ?
Greene St. USC theater students ]
will ring in the holiday with the l
Christmas'comedy, "Season's !
Greetings" from Dec. 6-8. The !
play is set in present-day England ]
and centers around the Christmas '
celebration of a young couple.
Performances begin at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $9 for the public, $8
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The Christmas season is here
again, which means it's time for
giving and sharing, peace on earth
and good will toward men.
But because of all the commercialism,
we sometimes forget the
true meaning of the holiday. When
nost of us think about Christmas,
ive think about buying extravagant
gifts and going to Christmas
wties.
But Christmas is more than expensive
gifts, fancy labels and
parties.
Even if you are not a religious
person and do not believe in
Christmas as the celebration of the
Savior Jesus Christ, you should
{till think of the holiday as an op
jortunity to neip less tortunate
individuals.
It's about giving of yourself,
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of the most traumatic and difficult
times of the year when you are
alone, homeless or separated from
your family.
This year, with the threat of war
looming in the air, we should think
of the service men and women in
the Middle East. When you go out
to buv eifts for familv and friends.
buy care packages for soldiers or
take the time to write a few of
them to let them know the American
people have not forgotten and
support them.
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we should all take the time to volunteer
to an agency like the Salva- 1
tion Army. These agencies always
need money, and many people do 1
give money to them during the holiday,
but a person's time is just as 1
important. '
Christmas can be a lonely time
for a person who is all alone dur- ?
ing the holiday. This year when
you celebrate with family or ,
friends, invite someone that might (
not have anyone to share the holiday
with to come share the holiday (
with your family.
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Soldiers receive
gifts from home
during holidays
By TODD VENEZIA
Staff Writer
There will be no snow in the
Middle East this Christmas, but the
loneliness and anxiety soldiers and
their families are feeling still might
make the holiday a very cold
season.
Brightening up the season for
those participating in Operation
Desert Shield could be as easy as
sending a package of a letters,
food or gifts to help combat the
holiday boredom.
"They're basically sitting over
there with not a lot to do," said
Kelly Thomas, organizer of a
program to send packages over to
the soliders.
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low ribbons this year," she said.
"But it was too late to do that so
we put up a tree in the Russell
House lobby. We were able to get
the names and addresses of the
men in one unit, so we hung them
on the tree with yellow ribbons around
them and asked people to
take one and write to that person."
Thomas said the program was a
huge success. "Soon, we couldn't
put anymore names on the tree because
we ran out of them. Right
now were looking for more
(names)."
Thomas said the soldiers greatly
appreciated letters and packages
from anyone, even total strangers.
"One man got 13 things, and he
was really excited about it," she
said.
She also encourages anyone
who has the names and addresses
3f any soliders in the Middle East
[o submit them so they can be put
an the tree in order for people to
send them packages.
If you are sending letters and
packages to Saudi Arabia, be advised
it is past the deadline that the
post office guarantees arrival by
Christmas Day. But as Thomas
said, even if it is a few days late,
my contact with home will do a
lot of good.
Letters, according to the South
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