When I lived in PA, that was a beautiful tradition, that my town and the neighboring ones shared, we would pay our little neighborhood co-ordinator (or buy our own) candles, and bags, while the week before Christmas or even days before, a truck would deliver sand at the end of our road where the woods use to be (now Toll bros. developement) it use to look so beautiful to drive through the area and see this, and when my child was a "child" and he was finally asleep (and hubby too, ha!ha!) I'd stair out into the nite (wee hours of the AM) and see the candle were still aglow, man, how I miss those days.
Last minute "decorator" again this year, as time goes on I seem to do less and less, hope the "inner child" comes back next Christmas season.
One good thing, you can get a lot of nursery greens and stuff at discount prices, ha!ha!
Happy Holidays to you all

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