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Once Daniel had arrived home and unloaded a few things from the truck he went looking for his holiday decorations. He found a two-foot tall imitation Christmas tree that stood in a decorative burlap sack. It was pre-strung with colored lights and he decided that it would probably have to be good enough considering he was still running on the severance pay rather than full time work. If there were to be a live tree this year, perhaps he would pull a tag from the county and go cut one down with Rachel in the designated areas next week.
Lights were placed in the eves. He’d bought a mix of discounted LED white and red lights on sale following the holidays last year and he tried to wrap the porch posts with red and the eves done in white. The only thing he didn’t like about them was that the ‘white’ LED’s generally shown blue-ish. But with the old wreath he’d found in his storage hung on the front door, he felt he did a pretty good job making the home seem welcoming. He retired to a recliner in his bedroom and waited.
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