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The other night Julia and I walked down 37th street. Every town has one random street where all the houses have a lot of holiday lights. In Austin it’s 37th Street, although it looks like that block is approaching its Christmas display nadir. A lot of the houses weren’t participating, and the ones that were, were only marginally interesting.<\/p>\n

But there were a few highlights and a few Austin touches. And by "Austin Touch", I mean that people put some lights on some total junk and called it a holiday display. Like this lawnmower for instance:
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\nOr this:
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I also liked the twenty-foot aluminum foil shark thing.
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Behind a house at the end of the block was the stuffed animal petting zoo, an event organized by the Stuffed Animal Rescue Foundation.<\/a> It was hard to maintain my cold, bitter countenance as these animals looked up at me with their limpid eyes.
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\nEach stuffed animal had a tag telling its backstory. Never have I wept openly in public. Until now. My heart, which had been like a stone, has split asunder under the weight of their sorrow.
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