All is calm, all is bright

By Phil Cobb | December 24, 2014 |

Away in a manger

On Christmas week in Maryville, homes all over town glowed with thousands of lights and other illuminated decorations.

Many homes appeared to be decked out with increasingly popular strings of LEDs, and a lot of front yards also sported whimsical inflatables that included a giant polar bear, an elf hat-wearing dachshund and a merry Santa Claus waving from the cockpit of a red, white and blue airplane stuffed with presents.

Dozens of residences gave pride of place to softly glowing Nativity scenes along with winding ropes of evergreen boughs — both real and artificial — and animated displays of grazing reindeer and waving snowmen.

PHOTOS BY TONY BROWN/DAILY FORUM STAFF