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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Deck the House Contest: St. Louis Area Home Makes Final Round

This Affton house is the only St. Louis area finalist in Patch’s national Deck the House contest! Vote now to help them win $100,000 for schools.

Could this be the best “decked” house in the country?  Possibly. Congrats to Patrick and Denise Dolan for being chosen as one of the 24 finalists in our Deck the House contest! The Dolan’s Christmas decorations are so elaborate that Patrick Dolan finally bought a second electric service so they could run the washing machine and microwave at the same time as the nativity scene and the singing Santa. Patrick added 5,000 lights this year, drawing a total of more than 100 amps of power. Denise posts on Facebook constantly and has reached out to all her social networks, asking friends to vote for what Affton has come to call “the house with all the lights.” We had tons of national entries in this year’s Deck the House contest, including a Creve…

Monday, December 3, 2012

Ask the Patch Pro: Seeking Holiday Decorating Experts

Patch is looking for experts who can share their expertise on lights, sales, party planning and more.

Christmas lights, Santa and snowmen are popping up throughout most of our neighborhoods now that it's December.  Patch wants to help find the answers to all your questions about decorating for your work holiday party, putting lights on your house and local deals to help you decorate your home, but we need a little help.  In the latest edition of "Ask the Patch Pro" we need local experts who can answer readers' questions and offer advice. If you are consider yourself a local expert and can answer these questions and more, let us know two ways. One: You can leave a comment on this post along with your emal address. Two: You can send an email to jordan.lanham@patch.com. We need experts to answer questions on Thursday, Dec. 6.  Curious as to …

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Jordan Lanham

2:11 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Hi Brian! Thanks for the question! I'm no expert, but O'Fallon Patch is doing a "12 Days of Christmas" in O'Fallon shopping guide. Here's a link: http://patch.com/A-0cvc   more ›

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