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Show K mart is a Savings Store ... and Nothing More t loosest sense of the word, and unless you get your clothes from Salt Lake tent and awning this would not beconsidered fashion at all. There was, however, a table with an by Sean Felton , Forum staff writer On television recently there have been ads by K mart on how they are changing assortment of pastel colorecHadiesbrushed booties"in packages offour that when worn would probably bring back those memories of being six months old, since that was the last time most women ever wore anything similar to these. Ive also figured out where bank robbers the get panty hose they wear over their heads during robberies ...you guessed it... K mart. I think that maybe the stores get a cut of each heist the robbers pull since you know that no women wouldbuy any brand of panty hose named Run Away," made by Deweaver Inc. In the mens department there is a line of active wear that is designed by the golf club manufacturer MacGregor that looks more like a line of club covers than it does athletic wear. MacGregor may make good clubs, but I dont think its good marketing strategy at this point for them to diversify into active wear." One way for men to experience being young again is to try on one of the - snowmobile suits that makes you feel like added mother dressed and about your you six layers too many in the process. You t remember how afraid you were that if you fell down nobody would be around and you theirimage and upgrading the merchandise and helpful ness of the employees to further " . meet the needs of its customers. At first this really didntseemlikeabig deal, but now that the Christmas shopping season is in full swing it obviously was something that needed to be checked out. We all know that everybody makes jokes about IC mart, but we also know that at some point in everybodys life they make the trip to that big K. It was with trepidation that I made the trip to the local Kmart with a faint heart and a new notebook. On the outside, the store did not look any different than it had on my last visit fourorfiveyearsago(itreallywasthatlong ago) and while I expected the inside to feel like a budget Nordstrom it still felt like a K mart heart and soul. The first thing to catch your eye is the Jaclyn Smith fashion wear sign where the clothes look as if they were designed in some time capsule that either should have been opened 15 years ago or shouldnt be opened for another 50 years when they might be ini style again (God forbid). Next to this is another sign that says Fashion Apparel" which they use in the ' . - have the consistency and feel of sandpaper and stinging nettle combined. As I wandered through the book section there seemed to be an inordinate number of Donald Trumps book, Surviving at the Top, which should probably be changed to How to Avoid Chapter 1 1 on 57 Million a Month or I haul, but please let me keep the The one interesting childrens toy was the Nintendo watch that not only tells time but doubles as a miniature video game. If you get this for your child he might not be able to read from always wearing it to school, but he will have great hand eye coordination and the top score on Super Mario Brothers. While everything in K mart-inot necessarily the most sought after in the world, they do have some things which allow them a certain amount of redemption, if not respect, in the eyes of the consumer. I dont know howmuch Christmas shopping will be done there by bargain-seekinshoppers but there is plenty to be had, and I personally plan to keep K mart in mind when its two days before Christmas, Im down to $20 and I still have three obnoxious nephews to buy for. K mart here I come. would eventually freeze to death because you couldnt get up with all those damn clothes on. Well, you can experience that feeling again in these snow suits with the difference being that this timeyou will be warm enough to slowly freeze to death over a two to three day period. In the bath center" they have what could you easily say is every shade of pink known to man or beast. I mean they even have that lovely Pepto Bismol shade that brings back so many wonderful memories that you want to buy a set of towels just to keep those memories alive and well. (The B.C.(Bath Center for you novices) also has some very interesting shower curtains that have numerous floral and fauna patterns imprinted on them for that take me back to nature any way you can feel or Im gonna puke sensation. They also have one with a pattern similar to that of a swamp or marsh, although I dont think it comes with either mosquitoes or that stagnant water smell we all love so much in the morning (just like the soap that brings you back to U-Ha- Taj-Maha- ul, l. . s g life). The towels are somethingyou wouldnt even steal out of a Motel 6 if you were naked in the middle of the winter because they i " i Roots of the Christmas Tree Run Far and Wide by Melissa Fletcher evergreen tree came to denote His bringing new life to the world after the long dark days of winter. The custom of Christmas trees spread Forum staff writer In about ( of the homes in the UnitedStates,wecenterourholidaygaiety around lighted Christmas trees, according to statistics. As a holiday tradition, Christmas trees are symbolic of the ever- living spirit of the Yuletide. Today, trees are used in great numbers in churches clubs businesses, schools and for street two-thir- ds . throughout many other countries. Afterit had spread through Germany, it reached Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway by the nineteenth century, Here, in the United States, the first decorated Christmas trees are said to have been the ones set up during the American decoration. Revolution by the homesick Hessian Although the German people have often soldiers. They had been hired by King been given credit for using the first lighted George III and came over from Germany to and decorated trees, the idea really started fight the rebellious colonist, but the custom centuries earlier. of having holiday trees did not come into Primitive tribes revered nature, and general use here until years later, believed that everything hadlife; therefore. Tufts of cotton, strings of popcorn and to tried for account various cranberries, gold, silver, or colored paper by legend they natural phenomena. They revered trees, ornaments and chains, stars candy canes, and used them, not so much with the idea dolls, gilded nut shells and angels, were the of adorning their homes but rather for first simple decorations for the Christmas tree. bringing the world of nature indoors. Later, Romans trimmed trees with Now, the simple, homemade ornaments trinkets and small masks of Bacchus, for Christmas trees are a thing of the past Sometimes they placed twelve candles on a in most homes and factory-mad- e ornaments tree with an image of the sun god at the top. have become an important industry in the In Northern Europe, the Druids, by tying United States. The Christmas tree has become an gilded apples to tree branches, showed their to their Odin chief appreciation god, (or important part of holiday decorations in Woden), for giving them different kinds of the United States since its introduction, fruits. They also put lighted candles on The age-olcustom of celebrating eternal boughs as a tribute to their sun god, Balder, life around a Christmas tree is a cherished When these pagans accepted Christianity, tradition, and the evergreen branches, they continued their winter rites but symbolic of immortality, inspire many each changed them to honor Christ, and the time the Yule season returns. , . d WDg3 y ftCue El) All you need Register for COMM 302-0- 1 is - ISCie ft vjiH!x sftcoftft? a pen and a bad attitude! Forum. 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