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6 Hot for t TRAVIS WEBSTER Staff Writer "Merry Christmas to y'all, and to /all a good r Hey, what's wrong with this picture? Maybe less than you think, says Walter Edgar, d of the university's Institute for Southern Studies. For many, the very thought of Christmas evokes ideas of snowy New Engj^nd towns adorned with decoi Christmas was not celebrated in New England col< Many things associated with Christmas- the hospil the lavish decorations, the hunting- all that began i southern colonies." One of the main reasons for the South's celebrat Christmas was the tremendous influence of the CI of England, said Edgar. "Christmas was a time for celebration, for familj only church services (celebrating Christmas) were i Anglican churches; many other Protestant churches i celebrate Christmas," Edgar said. "The Anglicans Spring E the Gamecock N< The Editor position requires that; senior standing, have a minimun or minimum GPR required to rer in the major college (whichever have worked for The Gamecock f equivalent experience). Applicatic submitted samples of work ri application form, two letters of re interview before the Board of Stu Communicatio IBatoi Applications can be picked up in Ri '"no Student Mi The Game he bolide very big on (celebration); decorating, hosp light!" even hunting; this comes from English fc As a result, Southerners led the way in [rector of the most well-known Christmas traditi One such tradition was the use of greene strong houses, Edgar said. Another tradition of . ^ : i-u j 1 _ i rations puiuseuias, wincii was maue popular in la The Gamecock ? Hllfes. C ;ality, waiting for Christ to appear, Edgar said, in the "Each community may have a watch fir up through the night singing and prayir ion of So, this Christmas, try to think less oi lurch New England Christmas with its snowy chestnuts roasting on an open fire, and tur r. The to the warm, humid Christmases that w n the down here in the South... didn't Well, maybe that New England stuff ii were all. w I iditor ewspaper applicants be junior or 1GPR of 2.50 overall [lain in good standing is greater), and must or at least one year (or >ns are judged on their ssponses on their ference, and a formal dent Publications and issell House Room 331. 5 sdia IS SM. 11/30 cock Thursday, December 7,1995 iys Have an ettiii Associated Press who ha CHARLOTTE ? North Carolinians work M itahty, probably who aren't dreaming of a white a bl " Christmas are beginning to find parents instituting some alternatives of many colors. Claus ti ons, Edgar said. Ornaments and figurines For. uy in decorating increasingly come in a rainbow of flesh that he decorating with tones. And at malls here and across themsel rgepart b?^ause ^g nati0n, ethnic Santas are in cherubs >f General Wade demand. year, th iampton, Edgar ?j a j^y ggj] week wanting with h Iai ' a? a reference on a black Santa. I didn't Christ] , amP onx have any, and I told her she couldn't collecte< ^(pomsettos) have mine>-said Patricia Cheek, "I fig r \ , ?.**f ? manager of Freedom Mall in Charlotte, you are, hat he had right Cheek is thrilled to have found a The J" black Santa this year. When she and it a Cdearsaid. Thev oou^'t fi11^ one last season, parents San Kor-L- were upset. percent vere a ranty back BT? i . . i i f7 , ken ? I ve been out there when some black, v T h e have said, Wo you can't go up there, those wh Southern African- that's a white Santa>'" says Cheek, Tagalog American eaponsiblefor FidO jlMlCS & tllC C resting the ' A /atch fire. This Associated Press raomon, started murrey INLET _ Sebastian didn't have a entury and for Santa Claus, but then, Santa probably didn't arrying over into mw t-bone steak Sebastian would have asked for he early 20th Pet owners brought their dogs, cats and ever entury,was get Christmas pictures of their animals in Sank riginated by Inlet Square Mall on Tuesday. Before the ever laves, who would over, Santa (portrayed for the first time by Jim S( it around posed with several hundred pets, o n f i r e s on One of Santa's visitors was 170 pounds of mu -hristmas Eve drool in the form of a 4-year-old Rottweiler named S , , "He (Santa) kind of said,'No,'at first," said Hoder, the dog's owner. But Ms. Hoder reassure PAetraditionai her holiday picture, landscapes and Some of the pets came to decked out in their C n your thoughts finest, from patterned coats, kerchiefs and hat e always enjoy ribbon collars. Others came bare, like Angel the p pig. She has been a regular the past few years, m't so bad after "Three or four store owners wanted to know bringing her back," Teresa Herron of Socastee sj * lie little Chri s scheduled a white Santa to the deaf, [ondays through Thursdays But the lack Santa for weekends. "The bringing ethr i want to see an ethnic Santa doesn't bothi liere for their children." she has more Robin Jones, it was important she started h ir two young daughters see "If it was ves reflected in the angels and it was even a that mark the holiday. So this it, you know' ie family's home is decorated Then the i undreds of dark-skinned andherhusbi mas ornaments Jones has figurines in h i the past four years. as specialty c ure you should represent who "Everybod; " she says. their culture idea has caught on recently, our kids do tl m be profitable. executive wi ta photo sales went up 23 "It's nic< at a California mall that hired believing thei rhite and Asian Santas, and important tha 10 could speak Spanish, Filipino, in a way tha , Hawaiian, and even sign to them cultura :hance to sit on Sa Tony Constantino, operations n wish list said the mall hires two or three e: have the for crowd control, and for, well, cl anyway. During the first 45 minutes, I a TYICT olvMif fiA nofo o?/1 4-Ua nlAAMtim /? ? ? ? UUVUV \J\J CU1U Ulit ViCCUlup UC i's lap at mop up twice, ting was In years past, pets were permi ;rra) had once before Christmas. But the popular, a second pet night is set 1 iscle and manager Jeff Purisch. ebastian. "If s like a dog show and a circus Krisann in one," said Jim Bedsole, who bro id Santa terriers. Assistant Georgetown County hristmas had mixed emotions about his fir! s to red- spent most of it thwarting his pit 1 otbellied socialize. "I don't know if it's worth it ... ' if I was said, holding out his hand. It was ud. Gator in line. r V p 4 # ^ Hramaau stmas commercial aspect of lie diversity to Christmas rv?* Ti CI UU11C3 a UIt. It IliCdllS ! choices now than when ler collection. black, if it was brown, if i little tan, I was buying >? market opened up. Jones and, Tom, started finding lainstream stores as well atalogues. y is really into preserving and identity; this helps lat," says Tom Jones, an ith Paramount Parks. 3 for kids to grow up e are ethnic Santas. Ifs it they be able to identify t means something to lly," he said. .nta's lap lanager at Inlet Square, nxa peopie on pet mgnt eanup patrol. Santa had posed with w had been called on to tted to visit Santa only event has becomed so br next week, said mall and everything wrapped ught two black Scottish Sheriff Mark Schwartz 3t visit to pet night. He rail Gator's attempts to Look at my hand," he red from trying to keep $ v v H KS 1 [im I