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Join us as we welcome back Bill Groves. Bill will be sharing about Christmas Myths and Legends.\u00a0 He will go into some detail about how our current holiday of Christmas came about and how it landed on December 25.\u00a0 Bill will look at the long procession of celebrations going back before 1000 BCE which formed the concepts and various aspects that have evolved into our modern day celebration.\u00a0 You’ll find some Christmas gift to walk away with regardless what the holiday means for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lara Jackson will share a special Yule poem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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