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HAMLET — The Hamlet Police Department made one family’s Christmas a little merrier Monday morning.

HOFFMAN — Inmates and staff at Morrison Correctional Institution worked together to help make Christmas a little merrier for children in foster care.

ROCKINGHAM — Fifty children in foster care will have a happier Christmas, courtesy of the employees of Cascades Tissue Mill.

ROCKINGHAM — Hundreds came out to Place of Grace Saturday for its Community Christmas. 

PEMBROKE — Faculty, staff and students of the UNC Pembroke Music Department will perform in the 11th annual Holiday Extravaganza concert at Givens Performing Arts Center on Friday, Nov. 22. 

ROCKINGHAM — Place of Grace Campus will be filling the community with the love of Christ this Christmas as shoe boxes full of goodies will be distributed to local children. 

HAMLET — The DeWitt Performing Arts Series will kick off its final season this fall with six shows plus a bonus show in early spring starring a Cole Auditorium favorite, Phil Vassar.

Yet another perspective regarding the date of the birth of Jesus is the practical application of noted events, specifically the implementation of the Roman census and the collection of taxes.

As the actual date of the birth of Jesus has been debated throughout the centuries, there have been proposals to alter the recognized celebration away from the arguably arbitrary Dec. 25.  

When was Jesus born? 

Why, Dec. 25 of Year One, you say?