Katharine Wall loves to decorate her house for the holidays.

Strings of Christmas lights act as the reins for the skeleton reindeer who are pulling the coffin sleigh, the killer wreath has been hung in the alcove, and Mr. Oogie Boogie is ready to deal with Santa Claus.

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Katharine and her husband Johnathan recently moved here and this year was the first time they香蕉视频直播檝e decorated for Christmas and Halloween in Chilliwack. Each year they pick a theme (usually Disney related) and piggyback their Halloween decorated house with their Christmas decorated house for that year.

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The Walls make about 90 per cent of the decorations themselves.

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Leftover PVC piping was used for the wrought-iron fence, pieces of plywood make up the skeleton reindeer, and free scraps of wood were used to build the Christmas presents.

Katharine does the planning and designing while Johnathan cuts out the designs and builds the larger decorations.

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And the interior of their house is decorated, too. Hand-made ornaments are hung from the tree across from a Jack Skellington mannequin. A handmade recipe book turned to the 香蕉视频直播渨orm香蕉视频直播檚 wart soup香蕉视频直播� page, sits atop a hand-built desk.

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Their plan is to have a handful of different themes that they can rotate through every four or five years. Next year they香蕉视频直播檒l be doing Harry Potter, and Alice in Wonderland is on the list for future.

The Wall香蕉视频直播檚 Nightmare Before Christmas themed house, complete with songs from the movie playing on outdoor speakers, can be viewed at 9703 Hazel St., at the corner of Portage Avenue.

The display will be up until the first weekend in January, and the lights will be on from sunset until about 9:30 p.m. nightly.

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jenna.hauck@theprogress.com
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