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Christmas Collectables

Brenda Ahearn | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 3 months AGO
by Brenda Ahearn
| December 24, 2013 10:07 AM

Several of the pieces in Donna Gilbertson's collection are animated including this piece which features Santa and his reindeer circling around the light house on Monday, December 23, west of Kalispell. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

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