Commentary 
<P CLASS="text">An Editorial praises the three state high school football champions from Knox and Blount Counties; in Insights, Joe Sullivan critiques Mayor Bill Haslam&rsquo;s first year in office and his plans for downtown development; Frank Cagle offers a clear remedy for TennCare in Frank Talk; and Jack Neely&rsquo;s Secret History turns the pages of Knoxville&rsquo;s Christmas 1904.

<P CLASS="text">Citybeat
<P CLASS="text">An American Indian burial ground is threatened in Sevier County, where Ellen Mallernee finds that the state missed out on its purchase, and the Corner Lounge; a North Knoxville institution, is getting set to reopen early next year, Barry Henderson reports.

<P CLASS="text">Unconventional Holidays
<P CLASS="text">MP staffers get into the holiday spirit by checking out alternative celebrations. Paige M. Travis goes back in time to a Traditional Christmas Fete. Molly Kincaid explores the observance of Kwanzaa, the African-American &ldquo;first fruit&rdquo; celebration. Mike Gibson jettisons traditional Christian Christmas in favor of an even more traditional pagan Yule. And Barry Henderson recounts his bizarre holiday getaway in Tunisia.

<P CLASS="text">news &amp; views
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<P CLASS="text">arts &amp;entertainment
<P CLASS="text">26 music-&mdash;Bain Mattox29 pulp
<P CLASS="text">30 artbeat33 movie guru&mdash;Kinsey movie blurbs.........34 movie times..........3536 calendar

<P CLASS="text">final frontiers
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