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Hunt County Christmas, 100 Years Ago

KETR | By John Mark Dempsey
Published December 23, 2015 at 6:00 AM CST
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Carol Taylor, the chairman of the Hunt County Historical Commission, discusses Christmas traditions of 100 years ago or more in Greenville and Hunt County.  They include elaborate store windows, taking care of orphans, and donations to churches from the Ku Klux Klan.

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John Mark Dempsey
John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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