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Remembering Morgan Norval
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Journalist John Gray told his children that he didn t just love them, he liked them, too
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The Twelve Days of Christmas No. 8, 1634-40
These days, British and American Christmases are by and large the same hodgepodge of tradition, with relatively minor variations. This Christmas Eve, for example, when millions of American kids put out cookies and milk for Santa, children in Britain will lay out the more adult combination of mince pies and brandy for the old man many of them know as Father Christmas. For the last hundred years or so, Father Christmas has been indistinguishable from the American character of Santa Claus; two interchangeable names for the same white-bearded pensioner garbed in Coca-Cola red, delivering presents in the dead of night. But the two characters have very different roots. Saint Nicholas, the patron saint of children, was given his role of nocturnal gift-giver in medieval Netherlands. Father Christmas, however, was no holy man, but a personification of Dionysian fun: dancing, eating, late-night drinking and the subversio
SAND SPRINGS â Sand Springs didnât have to go far to find its next city manager.
The City Council announced Monday night following an executive session that current Sand Springs Police Chief Mike Carter has been appointed to the new position. Carter is expected to take over day-to-day operations in March from interim City Manager Daniel Bradley.
The position of city manager was last held by Elizabeth Gray, who left in May after six years of service and took a position with the city of Bethany.
âI am truly humbled by the level of support I have received; not only from the city council, but from all of the city employees,â Carter said in a news release. âI hope to carry on the good work our team has been doing and feel honored to be able to work with people I respect so much.â