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Now that the holidays are upon us and social gatherings are on

“I was just walking through Miller Park. It is a little gem. It has mature Christmas-like trees like cypress and redwood. So do many of our bigger parks like Christmas Hill. I notice we keep putting that artificial tree that is getting pretty raggedy up downtown. Wouldn’t it be nice if we use one of our living beautiful trees in our neighborhood parks? I know downtown needs all the help it can get. But what an opportunity we have with some of these little gems of a park.”

Take a walk with me up a narrow cobbled street hemmed in by centuries-old masonry walls with massive carved wooden doors and sculpted trim around the windows. At the top of the hill, we reach the town square bustling with locals chatting on benches. Just across the plaza is a 450-year-old church with gothic arches reaching up toward heaven. Inside the church, we walk beneath an awesome succession of altars trimmed in gold leaf and decorated with a gaudy array of carvings and paintings.

For enterprising Gilroy High freshman class vice president, Juan Davalos, working out is not a solitary activity meant to benefit only oneself. It's a high-energy party intended to benefit hundreds of your friends. And this Saturday he says you're all invited to the party.

The holiday season is all about the arts. Concerts, caroling,

Martin Luther is one of the towering figures in Christian