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Icicle Christmas lights debate
Toys, leftover fruitcake, department store Santas, toy store mobs, last minute shoppers, enormous light displays and faith restored — it's all part of the rich tradition of Christmas. Over the years, CBC Radio and Television have documented the spiritual and material aspects of the ever-evolving Christmas holiday. 'Tis the joyous, and sometimes maddening, season of giving.
Program: Metro Morning
Broadcast Date: Dec. 15, 1999
Guest(s): Linda Barnard
Host: Andy Barrie
Duration: 5:11
Last updated: December 6, 2012
Page consulted on April 2, 2013
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