PORTLAND (AP) — The Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Growers Association says it has found a document that proves Mexican inspectors held up the delivery of trees last season for protectionist reasons.

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Sgt. Ernest Christmas, World War II veteran and Boiling Springs resident, died Wednesday in Boiling Springs. You might remember the story of Sgt. Christmas and Private Bill Hoak. It was 1944 when Private Hoak was severely injured in the war in Germany.

Carol Ann Hewson, co-owner of Two Sisters Lunchbox Café, is getting an early start planning for the music and entertainment for the Downtown Waxahachie Victorian Christmas 2008.

It may be eighty degrees today, but soon the snow will be flying and Christmas will be around the corner. Its time for Allegheny County families in need to sign up for The Salvation Armys Treasures for Children toy program.

PORTLAND – The Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Growers Association says it has found a document that proves Mexican inspectors held up the delivery of trees last season for protectionist reasons.

PORTLAND – The Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Growers Association says it has found a document that proves Mexican inspectors held up the delivery of trees last season for protectionist reasons.

Spare a thought, this warm summer day, for Oregon Christmas-tree growers, who are getting a frigid reception south of the border. Like Santa's elves, the farmers are already sweating the Yuletide season, placing them at loggerheads with Mexico's embryonic Christmas-tree industry.

Spare a thought, this warm summer day, for Oregon Christmas-tree growers, who are getting a frigid reception south of the border. Like Santa's elves, the farmers are already sweating the Yuletide season, placing them at loggerheads with Mexico's embryonic Christmas-tree industry.

Christmas tree growers in the Pacific Northwest say Mexican tree inspectors are grinches.