Christmas Ornaments

The box in my basement marked “X-mas stuff” is feeling a bit empty. We should have filled it back up this weekend with all the knickknacks, ornaments and strings of lights strewn on the tree perched by our living room window.

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ROUND ROCK – Round Rock residents lined up Saturday to drop off their Christmas trees at no charge. Volunteers helped residents unload the trees at the Round Rock Brush Recycling Center located at 310 Deep Wood Drive. People can drop off Christmas trees anytime Monday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. The center is closed on Sundays. Residents must remove all ornaments, decorations and …

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The new year is here and for many, that means it’s time to start taking down Christmas decorations. As you box up the lights and ornaments, one Charlotte-area facility is hoping that instead of throwing your tree to the curb, you’ll donate it to tigers.

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Stephanie Bullock and some of her neighbors spent Thursday morning collecting and repairing their Christmas lawn decorations, wondering what could have motivated the vandals who went through the neighborhood taking ornaments from lawns and dumping them in a pile down the street.

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An 8-foot-tall artificial evergreen — decorated with ornaments from places all over the world — greets visitors when entering Rob Marshall’s centennial farmhouse in Pittsford. It’s one of 22 trees Marshall decorates his home with for the holidays. Trees, with every theme imaginable, vary in height from 8- to 1-foot-tall. “I like Christmas and decorating,” said Marshall, 61, who inherited his …

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