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Lenore Lundberg started decorating her Cornish Road home with lights more than 50 years ago - when it became her family's go-to meeting spot for Christmas celebrations, gift exchanges and dinners.
"Once the whole family started coming here for Christmas, we wanted it to be the Christmas House," Lundberg told Daily Voice. "Ed does all the outside lights, and our son-in-law and grandsons do the lights on the roof."
Now the light display has grown, Lenore's prized Santa collection has all but taken over the family's living room, and the growing list of dinner guests fills overflowing tables in three rooms.
Lenore makes sure the inside of the house is decked out from head to toe, with her Santa collection - which includes Santas from as far away as Russia - taking center stage.
"We put in the double mantle in 2007, so the display looks nicer," Lundberg said. "But I've been collecting them for 50 years plus. At this point they have to be pretty special, because I'm out of room. But the family really likes them, and Ed and I really enjoy them."
The Lundberg's favorite time? The quiet moments, of course.
When all the chaos has settled, the couple - 79 and 78 - like to sit in their living room with only the tree lights and the Santas lit, and enjoy the quiet, magical atmosphere of a old-fashioned, country Christmas.
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