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• Lake Elmo plans to enforce rule that bans most sales of trees and pumpkins

  LAKE ELMO - Hey man, looking to score something? I got what you're looking for over here - fresh stuff, nice odor, real cheap. Grade-A... Christmas trees.

  Stillwater Gazette

• Shipping packages to the palace

  CANTON — With two Marine sons, our family has experienced three deployments to Iraq and one to the Pacific during the last five years. The family photo albums I persist in maintaining track birthdays and holidays wholly or partially missed: gift exchanges months late, "We miss you'' signs alongside Christmas stockings hung with care, family members gathered around the laptop ... Christmas ...

  Boston Globe

• Gifts from above: The Lake Elmo Inn's tradition of exchanging a drink for an ornament

  The Lake Elmo Inn's Christmas trees begin every year naked. The lonely twinkle lights that adorn their bare branches do little to help them stand out against the holiday decorations that will embellish the remainder of the restaurant once the season begins.

  Stillwater Gazette