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Tuesday, November 20, 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’re launching 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 (Check back here next Monday for a direct link to our contest page so you can enter). 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 …

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

City Workers Take Down Holiday Decorations

A new year means it's time to pack away the holiday decorations for another year.

The start of 2011 means the 2010 holiday season is over. Many people use the start of the New Year as a time to take down the holiday decorations. The City of St. Peters is the same way. On Monday, a large Christmas tree was still perched in front of City Hall. By early Tuesday morning, workers had begun stripping the tree down to a wire frame. Along Mexico Road in front of City Hall, two other workers were in a cherry picker taking down garland and other paraphernalia that had been placed among the posts dividing the roadway. 

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