The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, December 24, 1995              TAG: 9512240016
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   18 lines

AT CHRISTMAS, 1995

ILLUSTRATION: Color photo

BILL TIERNAN/The Virginian-Pilot

At Christmas play and make good cheer,

For Christmas comes but once a year. - Thomas Tusser, 1557

A wreath hangs on the door of a small Baptist church along Route 3

in Lignum, Va. by CNB