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Deck The House

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Enter Patch's “Deck the House” Contest For a Chance to Win $100,000

Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!

We’ve launched our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. Our contest is right around the corner, so now’s the time to get your …

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

'The Neighbors Are All Jewish, and They Put Up With Our Lights'

Annual Creve Coeur light display has raised thousands of toys for those in need.

You may have read that the annual Toys For Tots collection drive in St. Louis was facing a tough climb to meet a goal of gathering 290,000 toys this holiday season. READ NewsmagazineNetwork.com: Last minute call for help: Toys For Tots falling short on toys It certainly isn't for lack of trying on the part of a Creve Coeur man who has once again turned his neighborhood into a Winter Wonderland. The homeowners have requested anonymity out of respect to their neighbors, but if you head west on Ladue Road between Interstate 270 and Highway 141, let's just say you won't have trouble seeing it for yourself. What will you see when you get there? A 125,000 light display that will literally stop you in your tracks, as one passer-by said recently. …

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