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The Cycling Santas head south on 69th Street lead by a Christmas Carol playing tandem bike after a stop at Cranky Al's in Wauwatosa on Dec. 17.
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The Cycling Santas, including Paige Brown of Wauwatosa, gather for a group photograph after a stop at Cranky Al's Restaurant in Wauwatosa on Dec. 17.
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Toni Carter (left) and Paige Brown, both of Wauwatosa, laugh as they ready themselves to continue their bike ride after a stop by the Cycling Santas at Cranky Al's Restaurant Dec. 17 in Wauwatosa.
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Visitors to the Menomonee Falls High School Gingerbread Open House were amazed at the creativity of the student-designed gingerbread houses on display Dec. 19.
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Megan Schneider and her mom Amy were amazed at the creativity of the student-designed gingerbread houses on display Dec. 19 at the Menomonee Falls High School Gingerbread Open House .
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Mackenzie Magnus adjusts the classes of her father and Santa's helper Dr. Bob Magnus of Oconomowoc at in Horace Mann School on Dec. 20 where 96 Oconomowoc High School students distributed presents to students, 96 percent of which receive subsidized lunches.
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Oak Creek High School Social Worker David Timmer (left) looks on as Special Education teacher, and Santa's helper, John Klein adjusts his beard in Timmer's office on Dec. 20 as Klein readied to deliver presents collected in the school's home rooms for 32 needy families.
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Santa's helper and personal trainer Rob Martin preforms Jumping Jacks while leading an "Exercise with Santa" class in the Elite Sports Club in Brookfield on Dec. 20 to encourage exercise during the holiday season.
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Santa Claus waves to the crowd as he heads to his chair to visit with children in the New Berlin Library’s community room on Dec. 15.
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Santa, portrayed by Tom Howe, holds 8-month-old Max, owned by Debbie Newbauer, at PetSmart during a "Photos With Santa" fundraiser for the Elmbrook Humane Society.
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Kids and parents alike got a chance to shop for gifts at the Santa Secret Workshop at Madison School on Dec. 15.
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Santa Claus waited for children in the historic Isham Day house at the Jingle Bell Fest in Mequon on Dec. 15.
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Luke Karll gets his face painted at the Mequon Jingle Bell Fest on Dec. 15.
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The historic Isham Day house glows during the Mequon Jingle Bell Fest on Dec. 15. Visitors to the house found a certain S. Claus inside.
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Fourteen-month-old Davis Fryjoff is not pleased to pose with that jolly bearded fellow in a red suit at the Santa Breakfast hosted by the Elm Grove Junior Guild at the Elm Grove Women's Club on Dec. 16.
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Jack Marks, six months, explores the Christmas tree with his Aunt Kelly Catlett at the Santa Breakfast hosted by the Elm Grove Junior Guild at the Elm Grove Women's Club on Dec. 16.
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Mrs. Claus tells a tale or two with children at the Santa Breakfast hosted by the Elm Grove Junior Guild at the Elm Grove Women's Club on Dec. 16.
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Cooper Rognsvog, 5, counts to ten while waiting for a glue dot to adhere to the gingerbread man he created in Crafty Town at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church and School's Bethlehem Express on Dec. 17. The Bethlehem Express made stops at Crafty Town, Carol Town and the Dining Car along the event's way.
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A.J. Hoelke sets more track to the Hoelke's Railway at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church and School's Bethlehem Express on Dec. 17. The Bethlehem Express made stops at Crafty Town, Carol Town and the Dining Car along the event's way.
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While her siblings sang in the St. Mary Visitation School Christmas Concert on Dec. 15, two-year-old Grace Scott explored the secret to how to keep the water running in a water fountain so she could get a drink.
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Second and third graders sing "Frosty the Snow Man" with a bit of theatrics for the "thumpity, thump, thump" during the St. Mary Visitation School Christmas Concert on Dec. 15.
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The Saint John Evangelical Lutheran Church Junior Handbell Choir preform during a mass held after school Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, in Wauwatosa, Wis
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Amy Belle's second grade elves line up to recite their lines during a Holiday Play and Concert at the Germantown School on Dec. 14.
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Kevin and Aiden, 3, Ganiere wave to Aiden's brother Ryan as he performs in the Amy Belle's School's second grade Holiday Play and Concert on Dec. 14.
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Pedestrians pause as they look at Christmas decorations in the 3600 block of South 96th Street in Candy Cane Lane in West Allis.
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Professor Jan Heinitz takes a look at some plants during the Milwaukee Area Technical College Horticulture Club's Holiday Plant Sale on December 13.
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Charlene Ulichny plays the flute with the Civic Music Association at the 31st annual Holiday Flute-In at Bayshore Mall on Dec. 11. The Waukesha school district music teacher brought eight of her students to perform at the event. Her daughter, Abigail, 6, (right) wanted to be near her during the performance.
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Brian Villanueva (left) and Alex LoCicero join Bay View High School singers at The Inter-Organizational Council's annual Bay View Christmas tree lighting on Dec. 5.
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Ethan Gomez, 7 (right) gets his sister, Naiara Corchado, 5 months, in a cheery state before meeting Santa at Bay View Post 180 on Dec. 9. The Inter-Organizational Council of Bay View sponsored the event which included the annual tree lighting and hot dogs provided by the Bay View Area Redcats and the Garabaldi Society.
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Ryann Henderson, 4, gets some reassuring words from her father, Eric, before visiting Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Town of Brookfield's tree lighting at the Fire Department on Dec. 7. Hillcrest Elementary School students sang Christmas carols before Santa's arrival.
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St Nicholas emerges from the log cabin at Lions Legend Park for the Franklin Historical Society's Old-Fashioned Christmas Celebration on Dec. 10.
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Vern Tretow plays concertina in the Old Village Hall at Lions Legend Park for the Franklin Historical Society's Old-Fashioned Christmas Celebration on Dec. 10.
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Brittany McClellan and Cassidy Somogji, 3, team up on a jigsaw puzzle during the Childcare and Santa event hosted by the New Berlin West cheerleaders at the school on Dec. 10. More than 20 children were cared for by 18 cheerleaders with activities, crafts, snacks and a visit by Santa.
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Rodrick, 3, and Williiam Cainion, 13, work on paper stars that will be turned into refridgerator magnets during Christmas for Kids at St. Mark's Lutheran Church that drew 16 children for an afternoon of crafts, snacks, movies and other activities on Dec. 10.
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Trevor Kosanke of Oconomowoc holds his horses as they are readied to pull a wagon on Portland Avenue on Dec. 10 for the Glenview Heights Neighborhood Association's holiday party at Wilson Elementary School.
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Four year-old Antwon Watson makes a Christmas ornament with the help of MATC's Nichole Snyder at the MATC Mequon campus holiday celebration and open house on December 9. The ornaments that the kids made were put on a tree that was then auctioned off to benefit Advocates of Ozaukee.
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Three year-old Mihailo Diklic needed no persuasion to go see Santa at the MATC Mequon campus holiday celebration and open house on December 9.
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Riana Hoeck, 2 1/2, works on some Christmas decorations while her mom Lisa looks on. Kids got to make decorations, eat cookies, and got a visit from Mrs. Claus on Dec. 8 at the Elm Grove Library.
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Brookfield East Choir Director Kari Doepke gets help bagging Poinsettia flowers from her husband Jason Warens in the school's Choir room on Dec. 9 during pick-up day for the choir's annual poinsettia sale. The Choir sold 225 of the flowers.
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Abby Ruehle, 3, of New Berlin looks up from her Ginger Bread House she placed onto a display table in the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel on Dec. 8. Abby is a student in the Wisconsin Virtual Academy and was attending a "Winterland of Gingerbread" social event for students in the school.
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The Bel Canto Chorus Boy Choir during rehearsal at The Basilica of St. Josaphat on December 7. The boys and adults of Bel Canto will be performing a Christmas Concert at the historic Milwaukee church on December 10 and 11.
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Sophia, 2, and her mom Karen Kubacki of Bay View work diligently on their ginger bread house Wednesday night at The St. Francis Library on Dec. 7.
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Rick Hynson directs the Bel Canto Chorus during rehearsal on December 7 at The Basilica of St. Josaphat in Milwaukee. The Choir will be performing Christmas concerts at the historic church on December 10 and 11.
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The South Shore Drill team from Chicago thrilled the crowd at the New Berlin Christmas parade.
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The Three Wise Men and their camels greet the crowd at the New Berlin Christmas parade.
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The ever-popular Mr. Claus takes a minute with some kids at the end of the New parade Dec. 3.
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While his mother Billie feeds him, Miles Worzella, 9 months, waits for his first Christmas parade in New Berlin.
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A supersized elf hands out candy along the parade route during the New Berlin Christmas parade.
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A Christmas train makes its way along the parade route for the New Berlin Christmas parade.
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Tailgating English bulldogs from left, Shaba Lee, Shana, and Sharlie watch the New Berlin Christmas Parade go by on December 3. They are joined by their human friends from left to right Charish Hamburg and Deb Capol from Milwaukee.
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Kay Jashinsky waves from her sleigh aboard the New Berlin Historical Society's float.
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Bronte, a retired racing greyhound, waits for the start of the New Berlin Christmas parade. Bronte is owned by Steve and Tiffany Guskey of New Berlin.
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The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies charm the crowd at the New Berlin Christmas parade.
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Hailey Johnson, 9, shares an impromptu street dance with a stilt-walking elf at the Christmas parade in New Berlin.
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The Canadian Pacific Railroad's Holiday Train passed by the Little Red Store, near the Harmonee Bridge in Wauwatosa, on December 3.
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The Canadian Pacific Railroad Holiday Train passed through the Harmonee Bridge in Wauwatosa on December 3.
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Noela Beqirat, 1, makes it known that she prefers the arms of her mother, Elona, over a visit with Santa Claus during the annual Christmas tree lighting program at the Oak Creek Community Center Sunday, December 4, 2011.
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Jack Arnold places a tray of iced cookies into a drying rack as a group worked on finishing a batch of cookies for Boxes of Love.
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Noah Katz (left), Jack Arnold, Sean Garwood and Joey Borris (right) ice cookies at the Katz home that will go into Boxes of Love.
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Ebenizer Scrooge (Mike Matusin, center) has some sharp words with his nephew Fred (Jason Meier, left) as Bob Cratchit (Michael Hennes, right) listens in during the Menomonee Falls Patio Player production of "A Christmas Carol" at North Middle School on Dec. 3.
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The street scene set of the Menomonee Falls Patio Player production of "A Christmas Carol" at North Middle School on Dec. 3.
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After seasonal songs by the McKinley Chorus, Santa arrived for his rounds in a Wauwatosa fire engine to a waiting crowd at the Root Common on Dec. 2.
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Ani Noorlander and other McKinley Chorus members donned festive headware to sign in the lighting of the Wauwatosa Christmas Tree on Dec. 2 at the Root Common in the village.
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A restored Allis Chalmers Farmall pulls a float along Greenfield Avenue during the West Allis Christmas Parade on Dec. 3.
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Mike Marshall was the perfect perch for daughter Madilyn (cq), 5, to watch the West Allis Christmas Parade along Greenfield Avenue on Dec. 3.
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Katy Adler stockpiles six-packs of homemade cookies awaiting to be packed for troops around the world.
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A group of 6, 7, and 8th graders sing carols after decorating a Christmas Tree in the Gathering Place at the Milwaukee County Zoo during the zoo's annual Trim-A-Tree event Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, in Wauwatosa, Wis. The group is from Temleton Elementary School in Sussex. 62 donated trees were decorated by 62 different school groups over two days. The decorated trees will be on display through the first of the year.
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Rylee(cq) Kieckbusch(cq), 5, gets a lift on the shoulders of Elizabeth Zingale while hanging an ornament on a Christmas Tree in the Gathering Place at the Milwaukee County Zoo during the zoo's annual Trim-A-Tree event Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, in Wauwatosa, Wis. The two are part of a group from Kosciuszko School in Cudahy decorating a tree. 62 donated trees were decorated by 62 different school groups over two days. The decorated trees will be on display through the first of the year.
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Rylee Kieckbusch, 5, gets a lift from Elizabeth Zingale while taking part in the Milwaukee County Zoo's Trim-a-Tree event. The two are part of a group from Kosciuszko School in Cudahy, one of 62 groups who helped decorate trees.
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A band plays from the back of a horse-drawn wagon during the Holiday Stroll Parade in Whitefish Bay.
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Brownie Troop 4473 from Hillside Elementary sings Christmas carols during the Brookfield tree-lighting ceremony.
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Having a talk with Mr. and Mrs. Claus are (from left) Jenna Poulton, 3, Ciaran Poulton, 6 months, and Mollie Poulton, 2. The Clauses paid a special visit to the Brookfield tree lighting ceremony.
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Anthony Spears of the Cudahy Department of Public Works hangs a decoration on a Packard Avenue light pole.
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Bill Heitl unwraps Christmas trees fresh from Michigan's upper peninsula for display at Grandpa Frank's Flower Market in Greenfield.
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Ellen Persik (right) poses with her daughter, Patricia Sankey (center) and her "German granddaughter," Stefanie Kube, an AFS student at Hamilton High School. The trio was at the Menomonee Falls Christmas parade.
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Menomonee Falls police offer Scott Bellows puts barriers in place at the corner of Main Street and Appleton Avenue before the start of the Christmas parade.
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Santa encouraged the crowd to count down "louder" while members of "Accompany of Kids" waited for the lighting of the Christmas tree in Menomonee Falls' Centennial Park.
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The South Milwaukee High School Rocket band marches along 15th Avenue to City Hall during the Old Fashioned Christmas celebration.
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Parade-goers march in the South Milwaukee Old Fashioned Christmas parade.The day's celebration included a visit from Santa and hot chocolate.
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Santa waves to young and old as he arrives at the Village of Greendale Christmas tree lighting on the back of a fire department ladder truck.
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Brooklyn Fisher, 3, looks on during the Village of Greendale Christmas tree ceremony.
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The front lawn of Greendale's Village Hall was a popular spot during the tree lighting ceremony.
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Charlie Krauss of Fox Point keeps an eye west along Silver Spring Drive for the start of the Holiday Stroll Parade in Whitefish Bay.
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Cara Hisgen collects parade candy with her Grandfather Don Lown at the Holiday Stroll Parade in Whitefish Bay.
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A horse-drawn wagon from from Erin Meadows Farm rolls along Silver Spring Drive in Whitefish Bay.
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Kyla Nettles, 10, sleeps as her sisters Kali, 13 (left) and and Kiera (right) rest on a bench in Mayfair Mall in the early hours of Black Friday.
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The parking lot fills up with shoppers before sunrise at Mayfair Mall Friday, Nov. 25.
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Maria Elena of Milwaukee looks on as Her Vang uses his phone in Brookfield Square Mall in the wee hours of Friday, Nov. 25. Many stores in the mall opened at midnight for the annual Black Friday shopping.
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A shopper laden with bags walks through Brookfield Square Mall in the wee hours of Nov. 25 where many stores in the mall opened at midnight for the annual Black Friday shopping.
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Boston Store Cosmetics Department Manager Jennifer Marx uses a loud speaker to help direct customers at Brookfield Square Mall in the wee hours of Nov. 25 where many stores opened at midnight for the annual Black Friday shopping.
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Dan Krimmer, of Birnwood, Wis., sets out a Christmas tree in a lot he operates at the intersection of Appleton Avenue and Lilly Road in Menomonee Falls. Krimmer has sold trees and handmade wreaths at the Henry's Farm Market lot for the last 23 years and operates a second tree lot in Mequon.
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People ride a tractor before the start of Muskego's Country Christmas parade, part of the the annual holiday program at the Muskego Settlement.
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Jenny Eickhorst, 17, Franklin, looks on as a tractor ride passes during the Muskego Country Christmas parade.
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Nancy Showers of Oconomowoc decorates a Christmas tree in the lobby of the Brookfield Suites Hotel. The activity was part of the Trees of Hope event to raise awareness of blood cancers.
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Barb Boehler of Lisbon decorates a Christmas tree in the lobby of the Brookfield Suites Hotel during Trees of Hope.
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A parade of Elm Grove Village vehicles and horse-drawn wagons marks the grand re-opening of Watertown Plank Road following its $1.3 million reconstruction project that began in June. The parade was part of the Elm Grove Business District's Fun Zone Holiday Party.
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Elm Grove Village President Neil Palmer and two special guests reopen Watertown Plank Road.
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Emerson Kinney, 3, could not wait to sample the Christmas cookie she decorated at the Elm Grove Village Hall.
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While his mother was shopping at the Elm Grove Women's Guild Christmas in the Grove Art Show, Tyler Thompson, 8, found the hand-crafted wooden toys created by Jonathan Kranitz of Mequon.
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A parade of Elm Grove Village vehicles and horse-drawn wagons mark the grand re-opening of Watertown Plank Road.
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Judi Eichinger (left) and Jennifer Cera, both of Milwaukee, work at one of the stations to wrap bowling sets during the Salvation Army's Prison Toy Project Gift Wrapping Day at the Army's local headquarters in Wauwatosa. One hundred volunteers in two shifts wrapped more than 4,500 gifts destined for children of incarcerated parents.
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Winnie Lu of Wauwatosa (left) and Bonnie Fong of Oak Creek work at one of the stations to wrap guitars during the Salvation Army's Prison Toy Project Gift Wrapping Day in Wauwatosa.
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Laura Verage of Cookiesfromscratch.com sets ornaments on a tree in the Christmas Fantasy House kitchen in Brookfield.
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A place setting, chair and centerpiece adorn the Christmas Fantasy House dining room in Brookfield.
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