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Dec
01

Magically decorated trees along highways make us smile (Local traditions of Christmas – Part 1)

Buddy: “It looks like a Christmas tree” – from the 2003 movie ‘Elf’ On more than one occasion, I wrote in this column about the Christmas decorations that magically appear about this time of year on forlorn little cedar trees along Interstate 70 in eastern Jackson County. It is a tradition. Shiny garland and simple …

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Dec
02

Hoping for decorations to reappear on I-70 cedar trees

“I never thought it was such a bad little tree. It’s not bad at all, really. Maybe it just needs a little love.”–Linus Van Pelt from “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, 1965 It is the week after Thanksgiving and that is when I begin to watch for the magically decorated cedar trees to appear along I-70 …

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