‘We do it for the love of Christmas, seeing families coming out and keeping the tradition alive.’
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Posted inMaine, News
Mainers prefer fake Christmas trees? For real
An online poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire’s Survey Center also tested public opinion about Christmas movies, holiday expressions and whether people were expecting snow next week.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Light duty
“The trick is getting them all to work,” Lorraine Fontaine said as she puts Christmas lights up in her Lewiston front yard on Tuesday. “There is nothing worse than doing all this and having them not light up.” Fontaine said she has put up lights for the holidays every year since moving to her home […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Holiday lights go up
After taking down his Halloween decorations, Ken Mansur begins the task of hanging holiday lights around the exterior of his house on Sixth Street in Auburn on Sunday afternoon. Before hanging them, he checked each strand to make sure they worked so he didn’t discover a burned-out bulb after hanging them. “I really like decorating […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Too many Christmas lights? No such thing for Sabattus home
SABATTUS — When you’ve been building your Christmas lights display for 30 years, it’s not always easy to know when it’s time to slow down. For Frank and Linda Curtis, the answer came from above — the transformer outside their Keay Road home blew and it didn’t take the power company man long at all […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Paris board OKs Christmas lights for park
PARIS — Even though it’s more than two months away, selectmen want people to know that the town wishes them a Merry Christmas. At their Monday night meeting, selectmen voted 3-2 to spend $2,000 to light up Moore Park on Route 26 during the Christmas season. The money will cover running electricity to each of the […]
Posted inLetters
B. Berube: Making Lewiston festive for holidays
I found a memo to myself, dated December 2014. It merely states, “Remember Christmas in July.” Aha! I now recall a wish to contact any Lewiston city official with this question — why does the city still decorate upper Lisbon Street with Christmas lights? Isn’t it a remnant of days long gone, perhaps since the […]