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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Enter Patch's 'Deck the House' Contest For a Chance to Win $100,000

Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!

We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16 (Check back here Monday for a direct link to our contest page so you can enter). Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school …

Thursday, November 24, 2011

PHOTOS: Burnsville Brightens Up for the Holidays

On the eve of Thanksgiving, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz and others ushered in the holidays with the annual Winter Lighting Ceremony.

Wednesday, local officials hosted the annual Holiday Lighting Ceremony in Burnsville's Nicollet Commons Park, setting 200,000 lights ablaze.

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