An old Christmas star, three wise men and a lasting effect on the community

  • Jim Leggitt mentions how the three principal characters in his Christmas Star story, his dad, Bura Handley and Griff Finley, really became the wise men. He described how none of them had a college degree, and in his dad’s case, never even finished high school, but each gained a knowledge of the real direction life should take and each served as an excellent community example of what a husband and father should be. Photo Courtesy of Jim Leggitt Collection
    Jim Leggitt mentions how the three principal characters in his Christmas Star story, his dad, Bura Handley and Griff Finley, really became the wise men. He described how none of them had a college degree, and in his dad’s case, never even finished high school, but each gained a knowledge of the real direction life should take and each served as an excellent community example of what a husband and father should be. Photo Courtesy of Jim Leggitt Collection
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    JIM
    Nov.29,1998It was the fall of 1938. I was there, but I can’t honestly say I remember much. You know how little kids don’t always pay attention. The store owners of Wellington had labored for years with a depression that just would not go away… but they were resolved to have a Christmas that was s ome h ow special and somehow more upbeat than those of the past few y...

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