ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Wednesday, December 25, 1996           TAG: 9612260074
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: HOLIDAY 

'TIS THE SEASON

LENGTH: Short :   25 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  Gene Galton. 1. Christmas decorations around the area 
          reflect a vaiety of styles and taste. Some are extensive while 
          others are quite sinmple amd imaginative. The lights of vehicles 
          (left) are traced by time exposure as they move through downtown 
          Blacksburg. 2. A stationary vehicle, a Volkswagen Beetle (above), is
          trimmed in lights on Radford Road in Christiansburg. 3. A Santa and 
          Christmas tree stand stand in the middle of a farm pond (above) in 
          the Indian Valley section of Floyd County. 4. Clyde Wade has lights,
          a wreath and a stocking on his stable. The mule faces the road and 
          is familiar with all who travel Virginia 693 through Childress. 
          According to his owner, Nancy Wade, a man with a white beard 
          recently filled his stocking with apples. color. 
KEYWORDS: TYIN