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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
December 9, 2004
Christmas has been celebrated in Oregon Territory for only 199 years. First, by the party of Lewis and Clark. Next, presumably, by the Astor Expedition and later by the Hudson's Bay Company, near what is now Vancouver, Wash. But the tradition of holiday gift giving in these parts goes back....
