Finding the magic of Christmas may be as simple as standing still.

By Catherine McCall

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What do yoga and yuletide have in common?

Yuletide is simply a word to describe the Christmas season. A season so run amuck in recent years with commercialism--a complaint that has been made by the way for centuries-that the meaning of the season gets trampled beneath the feet of charging shoppers. I know, I might as well just say bah humbug.

With protectionism gaining political momentum, Dennis considers the impact of such policy on economic recovery.

By Dennis Henderson

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Sometimes the unexpected moments are the most meaningful.

By John Ormond

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John Ormond is a counselor with a general practice in Wilmington.

Speaking of Christmas music,Steven shares a few notes from the field, or in this case, the pasture.

By Steven Errante

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Steven Errante conducts the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra.

Gary explains a few reasons he's proud to call Burgaw home.

By Gary Trawick

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Gary Trawick is a North Carolina Superior Court judge who is proud to reside with his family in Burgaw.

For Paul, the Holiday season is a chance to reflect on the pathway from the past to the present.

By Paul Wilkes

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Christmas -- that exquisitely bittersweet time of the year. And, amidst all the hubbub and happiness, I'll wager that many of you, in the quietness of a morning walk or a lonesome car ride, are visited by ghosts of Christmas past. I know I am.

Christmas cards arriving in the mail have Ede thinking about Ghosts of Christmas Past.

By Ede Baldridge

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Ede Baldridge writes about memorable people and places in the Southeast. The Domestic Violence Shelter's Christmas Cards are now on sale. For more information call Kitty Yerkes, 910-251-7925.

This pioneer of aviation needed a few helping hands to get back in the air.

By Andy Wood

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Andy Wood is Education Director for Audubon North Carolina.

Others besides the Wright Brothers claimed to be the first in flight.

By Wally Bock

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Wally Bock is a nationally known author, speaker, and consultant who lives in Wilmington.

Book reviewer Nicki Leone has been making her list and checking it twice.

By Nicki Leone

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Oh, it is that time of year again?the holiday season, known in America officially as the holiday SHOPPING season, when we are all seized with a kind of collective panic to find gifts for people we barely know and rarely see.