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Go back to old-fashioned decorations
Published Thursday, November 5, 2009
It was just a few years ago that we could walk around downtown Suffolk, after the lighting of the multicolored streetlights that crisscrossed our downtown streets and just marvel at these beautiful decorations.
I can still recall clearly the beauty of these lights when I was a kid. They seemed to leave us with a wonderful cheery feeling, as Christmas decorations usually do. Even as a kid I used to think of the beautiful welcome that these lights would offer to each and every citizen and visitor.
Now, our downtown looks like a tree with no decorations. Now, I ask you, how long does anyone look at or spend time around a Christmas tree with no decorations?
I realize someone selected and approved of the decorative banners hanging from the occasional light post. Would you hang these things from your tree? We really need to go back to the multicolored crisscrossing lights of yesteryear.
Business is coming back, and now we need a toy store with a glass showcase, as well as a downtown movie theater. And if it were up to me, I would leave the decorative lights up year-round. This is an idea worth traveling from our sister cities to see.
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Posted by OD (anonymous) on November 6, 2009 at 8:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I dont know if having the lights up (less decorations) would do anything to help viatlize downtown or not. I will say that downtown could pass for a downtown found at many colleges and universities. It has its own charm.
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