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Dec 2024
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City Sidewalks (Encore)

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Originally Aired: December 14th, 2020 (Season 6, Episode 12)

Our story tonight is called City Sidewalks, and it’s a story about an evening looking into shop windows filled with Holiday displays. It’s also about miracles made in gingerbread, realizing when something is good, and the hushed excitement in a theater as the movie is about to begin.

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