’Tis the preseason
On the Monday before Thanksgiving, city workers were seen hanging Christmas lights on the large evergreen pine in downtown City Plaza—opposite Reno City Hall—that serves as the town’s official Christmas tree at the annual tree lighting ceremony, which traditionally takes place in the first week of December. The “Believe” sign, which shares the plaza with both the tree and the Space Whale sculpture, was also observed sporting a giant Santa hat on the “B” in anticipation of the Christmas season—which now apparently preempts December altogether.
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The write stuff
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Marching on
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Party animals
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Top of her class
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