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Cutting Back On Christmas?

By: Amy Montalvo
Updated: December 2, 2008
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 It's the season for Christmas decorations, but with a hurting economy, are South Plains residents cutting back this year?

James Tuttle of Christmas Decor, says he certainly has fewer sites to light and decorate this year. Last year, he and his crew decorated about 100 homes and businesses, but they expect to work on only 60 to 70 this Christmas season.

But he says, he thinks Lubbock's decorating businesses are suffering a lot less than the rest of the country, "Oh, I think some cities, they're having a rather dramatic downturn, sure. I can read the statistics, and I know we're in a recession, but I just don't think it's affected Lubbock as much."

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