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Candy Cane Lane

For over twenty years, Candy Cane Lane has drawn thousands of visitors each Christmas season to the small town of West Frankfort. With the help of neighbors and students, the neighborhood boasts five blocks of extraordinary scenes of glowing Christmas lights. The tradition was started by Tim Murphy, an art teacher at West Frankfort High School. With a passion for Christmas rituals, Murphy carries on the family tradition each year of decorating the house and yard with lights and ornaments in a spectacular way. Host Deb Whitlatch takes us behind the scenes of Candy Cane Lane on this InFocus.

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