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Over the mountains and through the woods; Annecy

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Our Church Week —There is just as much hustle and bustle during the Christmas Holiday season in Tarbes as in any other part of the world.  We’ve been practicing every free minute for our Christmas Program which is next week.  Most members will be out of 'town Christmas week….and we have baby on the way for one family.  On Sundays after Church there has been choir practice  culminating today with that last practice to review those ever-so-traditional Christmas songs.  So many of our beloved hymns come from our European roots: either English, German or French roots.  Some of the French originated hymns in our French hymnal include:  Hark the Herald Angels Sing; He is Born and Noel, Noel.  We have also finished the Autonomy Classes for this year.  Normally in more populated areas, the classes are held weekly; but due to distances, our Branch has been meeting every 4 th  Sunday after Church.  Our teacher was very dedicated and drove from Toulouse, 2 hours one way to spend Sun