Keeping, sharing Christmas cheer

Christmas is a season brimming with tradition. And oh, what fun it is to make a new tradition every now and then — or to adopt one from someone, or somewhere, else.    For the past several years, Atlanta has hosted a traditional, German-style Christmas market.

What ‘grand’ memories will our eight have?

“Grandpa!” “Oh, look, Grandpa!” “Grandpa, Christmas lights!”    With a 4-year-old buckled in the backseat, we didn’t need a GPS to find the festive Yule lights scattered around town.

Reducing precinct numbers smart

It used to make sense to have multiple polling precincts scattered around the community — it helped make sure voters all over the county had as equal as possible access to voting on Election Day.

Letters to the Editor

Mystery graffiti needs musical To the editor: They should do Tim Loves Tink: The Musical. David Solesbee Jacksonville, Fla.

Kindness is still here; just look in your own neighborhood

If you, like me, sometimes think that members of the human race have been vaccinated against kindness, we’re both wrong. It’s still here. We just need to turn away from all the hate and discord around us—and in our nation’s capital—and look for the goodness in people.

Yes, Virginia

(Editor’s note: Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897.

Letters to the Editor

See better in four years To the editor:    I think all the diehards have finally seen what they really have in these stupid Democrats.  Hillary called every one that voted for Trump deplorables and Biden (the dummy) called us garbage.

A car tire for your thoughts

On Dec. 18, 2023, I received an early Christmas present – or maybe it was a lump of coal. I drove down a dark Highway 441 toward Athens with no streetlights or other cars around to illuminate the road – just me and my mighty low beam headlights.

Thumbs up/Thumbs down

• Thumbs up to Cornelia Main Street Manager Noah Hamil for the work he did on a wonderful Christmas parade in Cornelia. The county’s parade alternates each year between cities, so it can’t be an easy undertaking on whoever’s turn it is that year.

Eligibility for Promise tied to zone

There are many good reasons to provide educational options to all children, not just some. The best reason, of course, is that all children deserve access to the education that best fits their needs. No child should be stuck in a substandard school just because of her ZIP code.