By Patric Hedlund, TME

Last week we published “How Local Heroes Rescued Holiday Faire” about the recession grinch threatening to steal Christmas several years ago.

We received a call from our good friend Rachel Unell, who was a hero herself for rescuing the Mountain Communities Chamber of Commerce during the worst of the…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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A quick trip to the Ridge Route Communities Museum taught us how much people of the mountain love Christmas. We found a 1969 issue of The Mountain Enterprise—50 years old. And the first Holiday Faire program from 1985.

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This is part of the December 20, 2019 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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