Caraleagh Stephens searches for the right string of lights while Ham Love patiently sits on the roof and listens to Burl Ives sing Christmas songs Saturday at their Shell Point home. Love said the original plan was to create a ziggy-zaggy Christmas tree with lights, though he wasn’t 100 percent certain of the outcome. Photo by Bob Sofaly.
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