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NEW for 12/22: NYC holiday visit, Christmas music, more

NEW for 12/22: NYC holiday visit, Christmas music, more

Click here to read the latest edition of GwinnettForum. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: What a great pre-Christmas holiday: visit New York City!
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Our Christmas season is brightened by its music
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College 
ANOTHER VIEW: Is December 25th really the date of the birth of Christ?
FEEDBACK: Our nation has always had opposing factions
UPCOMING: GC&B seeks your live Christmas tree for chipping
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Place has $16 billion economic impact
CRITIC’S CORNER: Y’allmark CHRISTMAS at Horizon Theatre
RECOMMENDED: Addiction to Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride by Marion Woodman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Iconic Bob’s Candies of candy cane fame is no more
MYSTERY PHOTO: Where is this stained glass art located?
LAGNIAPPE: Lawrenceville DAR chapter marks national Wreaths Day

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by · December 22, 2023 · Full issues
ANOTHER VIEW: Is Dec. 25 really the date of the birth of Christ?

ANOTHER VIEW: Is Dec. 25 really the date of the birth of Christ?

By Raleigh Perry  |  Is December 25th really the birthday of Jesus Christ? Probably not.  There is nothing in the Scriptures concerning the actual birthday of Jesus Christ. 

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by · December 22, 2023 · Another View
1/7, full issue: Immigration reform; Great Christmas puzzler

1/7, full issue: Immigration reform; Great Christmas puzzler

Click here to read our latest edition. Inside this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Immigration Reform, First Amendment Incident Are Saddening
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Christmas Gift of Jigsaw Puzzle Teaches about Georgia 
SPOTLIGHT: Agrisel USA Inc.
FEEDBACK: Maintains that Leaders “Should Hurt to Serve” Fellow Mankind
UPCOMING: Nature Photography Exhibit Coming to Hudgens Center in February
NOTABLE: Now’s the Time To Start Working in Your Garden; Plant Sale Coming
RECOMMENDED: The Last Republicans by Mark A. Updegrove
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Charles Pinckney Served as Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain 
MYSTERY PHOTO: Simple Downtown Scene Is Today’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Gwinnett House Delegation to Georgia Assembly Will Meet January 8

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by · January 7, 2020 · Full issues
BRACK: Two aloof artists create one of the finest Christmas carols

BRACK: Two aloof artists create one of the finest Christmas carols

By Elliott Brack  | One of the beauties of the holiday season is to hear Christmas carols (and sing-along occasionally). They can lift your heart (Joy! To the World and Hark! the Herald Angels Sing), or cause you to pause (Silent Night or O Little Town of Bethlehem).

Then there’s a song usually sung during the season that is unlike most, in that it has a non-traditional cadence, and is one of our favorites for that reason.

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by · December 20, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
12/21: On new governor, Christmas music, outside perspective

12/21: On new governor, Christmas music, outside perspective

Click here to read the latest issue.Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Wonders What Kind of Governor Brian Kemp Will Be
EEB PERSPECTIVE: How the Music of the Christmas Season Can Bring Joy to Us
ANOTHER VIEW: Here’s a Detailed Look at Gwinnett County from an Outsider
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Notes Work of Gwinnett Archaeology Society and Ft. Daniel Foundation
UPCOMING: Gwinnett Historical Society Honors Several; Gilbert To Be New President
NOTABLE: Ordner Gift Allows Family Promise To Move Toward Fund Goal
RECOMMENDED: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush by Jon Meacham
GEORGIA TIDBIT: CARE Seeks Lasting Solutions Worldwide Out of Atlanta
MYSTERY PHOTO: See If You Can Determine Where This Early Building Is Located
CALENDAR:  The latest events around the county

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by · December 21, 2018 · Full issues
“Christmas in Dacula” starts with a 5K and Fun Run, as these four participants show from the 2015 Run. The City of Dacula is planning this third annual Christmas activity for December 3.

11/18: From Christmas in Dacula to smoke across Georgia

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Third Annual ‘Christmas in Dacula’ Scheduled for December 3
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Mountain Fires in Georgia Impacting State as Far South as Macon
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
FEEDBACK: Look at smoke in Macon from wildfires
UPCOMING: 29th Annual Lighting of Tree at Historic Courthouse Is on Thanksgiving
NOTABLE: County To Purchase Historic Promised Land Maguire-Livsey House
RECOMMENDED: A Lowcountry Heart: by Pat Conroy
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Little Known Today, Mary E. Hutchinson Was Acclaimed Artist
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Will Rogers Thought of Individual Greatness
MYSTERY PHOTO: Massive Overlapping Steel Provides This Issue’s Quandary

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by · November 18, 2016 · Full issues
Tony and Laura Webb play the Clauses.

FOCUS: Third annual ‘Christmas in Dacula’ scheduled for Dec. 3

By Heather Loveridge, Dacula, Ga. | The third annual Christmas in Dacula, to be held on December 3 from 12-8 p.m., will be hosted by Hebron Church, located on the corner of Fence and Dacula Roads. The 2016 Christmas promises to provide even more family fun than last year’s event. Presented by the Dacula Business Association and the City of Dacula, the 2015 Christmas in Dacula drew close to 10,000 attendees.

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by · November 18, 2016 · Today's Focus
12/22: Woodall and accountability; Christmas music; letters

12/22: Woodall and accountability; Christmas music; letters

Click here to see the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Woodall Is Misrepresenting Keeping Partners of U.S. Accountable
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Several Ways To Enjoy Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
FEEDBACK: Readers Question If U.S. Senate Needs a Makeover; Idea on Merit Pay
UPCOMING: Duluth Sketching Group Produces Coloring Book for the City
NOTABLE: Graduates of Georgia Gwinnett College Now Total over 3,000
RECOMMENDED READ: Slade House by David Mitchell
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Native Don West Foremost Regional Poet, and Labor Leader
TODAY’S QUOTE: Recognizing That This Nation Has Two Types of Heroes
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Recognize Last Week’s Mystery Cemetery
LAGNIAPPE: Mary Jane Gresham Is Snellville Senior Center Volunteer of the Year

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by · December 22, 2015 · Full issues
BRACK: “Joyful, Joyful” and Beethoven’s Ninth, plus Bernstein in Berlin

BRACK: “Joyful, Joyful” and Beethoven’s Ninth, plus Bernstein in Berlin

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | During the holiday season, we hope you (and I) get to hear and sing one of our favorite hymns, Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee. Somehow it reminds me of Christmas.

The stirring hymn was written in 1907 by Henry Van Dyke, a Princeton University professor of English, who was also a Presbyterian minister. His inspiration was two-fold: the beautiful Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts, and the fourth stanza of Ludwig Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

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by · December 22, 2015 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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