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Goodbye Christmas

January 18, 2024 4:53 pm • Last Updated: January 18, 2024 7:19 pm

By Sarah Gordon
Staff Photographer

s.gordon@theday.com

Christopher Brown Jr. and coworker Martin Ginsburg, not pictured, with Connecticut Christmas Lights, take down holiday decorations from light poles on West Main Street in downtown Mystic Thursday, January 18, 2024. Brown said putting them up is usually more fun than taking them down due to the weather. “I think we were wearing t-shirts when we put this up in November,” he laughed. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Mystic ― Coworkers Christopher Brown Jr. Martin Ginsburg of Connecticut Christmas Lights, take down holiday decorations from light poles on West Main Street in downtown Mystic Thursday.

Brown said putting them up is usually more fun than taking them down due to the weather. “I think we were wearing t-shirts when we put this up in November,” he laughed.

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