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Tips for returning gifts

Only eight days of madness till your true loves give to you — gifts that need returning and Tums for hearts ‘a burning.

To all of you who will shop yourselves into a frenzy during the next eight days — then on the holiday receive gifts that you cannot wait to return — these tips are for you: 

Nothing subdued about this light display

Eighteen-thousand lights. A half mile of cables. Eleven months of work. The James family in Mooresville took Christmas spirit to the next level this year.

Wayne and Tresha James have decorated their home with more than the traditional twinkling lights. Instead, their colorful Christmas display keeps time and beat with modern, high-energy holiday music.

Concord woman ensures 60 Marines have best Christmas possible

In a converted gym at her Mount Pleasant home called the “workshop,” Tracy Ginder is struggling to create the best Christmas for all of her 60 “kids.”

Boxes stacked in the floor are overflowing with coffee and food items, wrapped gifts and cards, all waiting to be sent to the family members she’s never met.

She’s nearly completed her goal: supplying Christmas halfway around the world. 

Newton Tour of Homes slated for this weekend

It’s one of those rare opportunities for a person to do something festive for the holidays while having a positive effect on the community, as well.

The Newton-Conover Educational Foundation Holiday Tour of Homes will be held from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday. All proceeds from the tour will go to Newton-Conover Schools, providing money for grants for teachers.