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Merry and Bright

Candy Cane Lane is a picture of community coming together

Photos and text by REUBEN HEMMER

For over a decade, St. Louis Hills residents have turned Murdoch Avenue into Candy Cane Lane, a Christmas wonderland display. As word has spread about the delightful display, the traffic backs up for hours down Chippewa during the holiday season as visitors pour into the area to take a look.

With the spectacle now a popular annual tradition, each and every house on Murdoch Avenue promotes Christmas spirit with thousands of lights, inflatable characters and everything in between. Some are even synced up to a radio station, and visitors can listen to music in their cars as the lights dance. The display begins at the intersection of Donovan and Murdoch avenues, but many impressive decorations can be seen in and around the neighborhood. n

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