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Yard Decorating Contest

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Win $250 in Norcross Holiday Yard Decorating Contest

Other prizes will be awarded in the annual contest hosted by the city.

Do you believe your Christmas decorations outbeat everyone else's? Prove it in Norcross' annual Holiday Yard Decorating Contest for a chance to win prizes in a number of categories. Sponsored by Gas South, the contest covers the following categories: Best Overall, Most Creative, Most Whimsical and Best Traditional. A cash prize of $250 will be given to the Best Overall winner, and $50 will be deducated off the winners' electric bills for the other three categories. Additionally, a $20 gift card to Norcross' Malibu Grand Prix will be given to every home that wins in the Best Decorated Street category. Holiday block party, anyone? Judges will be out and about at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, so be sure get those lights, cheery Santas and …

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Monday, December 12, 2011

Local Kids Find the Meaning of the Season

A group of City of Norcross kids decided to do something unique for the yard decoration contest: put on a live nativity scene all by themselves.

Local student Madeline Heaner was leafing through the city newsletter last week when she came across a very interesting announcement: Holiday Yard Decorating Contest! Help make Norcross shine for the holidays! She had recently been to a “walk-through Bethlehem” with her family so she struck on an idea that was sure to get the neighbors’ attention: She could get together her neighborhood friends and they could put on their own live nativity scene on Saturday to make a yard truly unique. Madeline sent her dad, Stroman Heaner, an email at work telling him about her idea—then got down to work asking friends to join in and creatively repurposing stuff around their houses to create the classic manger scene. Some old sheets here, a work light …

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