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Snap: Rudolph's ready

Tuesday, December 21 at 2:02pm. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER The 9th reindeer made a stop on the Downtown Mall a few days before Christmas in the form of Jeffrey Norford

Record early? Christmas lights began November 2

About 15 feet above Ridge-McIntire Road, Randall Bowling eyes his

Snap: Home for the holidays

How can you tell when the holidays are approaching? When Jeffrey Norford starts buying inflatables, that's when.

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