The Virginian-Pilot

THE LEDGER-STAR

Commentary: Sunday, December 25, 1994

• FALLEN ANGELS CAN'T ESCAPE EARTHLY BONDS
• JEWS IN THE SOUTH: AT HOME, BUT LONELY
• BRIEFLY
• THE LITERARY PERCYS
• A MELANCHOLY DYNASTY TWO BOOKS TRACE THE LEGACY OF CREATIVITY IN ONE OF THE SOUTH'S MOST INFLUENTIAL FAMILIES.
• UPDIKE'S LATEST STORIES OFFER SOLACE FROM MIDLIFE'S SORROWS
• TIME-WORN HOLIDAY TALES NEED MODERNIZATION THE NICKSTER IS REALLY SETTING A BAD EXAMPLE. HE'S OLD, OVERWEIGHT AND A HEAVY SMOKER.
• NOVEL WEAVES A TOO-TANGLED WSEB OF FABLE, FANTASY AND FAIRY TALE
• EXEMPTIONS?
• LET PUBLIC BROADCASTING COMPETE
• MEMORIES OF `THE BULGE'
• CHRISTIANITY: A FORCE FOR 2,000 YEARS ETERNAL CHRISTMAS
• PEOPLE WHO DON'T MIND SAYING YES OUR BEST TO HELPING HANDS
• REPORT TO READERS READERS' WISHES FOR A NEWSY '95