Downtown Laurinburg gets into Christmas spirit with trees, lights, festive spirit

Downtown Laurinburg is transformed into a Winter Wonderland each year. Scott Mason, our Tar Heel Traveler, shows us all the wonderful sights in his report.
Posted 12/4/2019, 11:20:00 PM

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YOUR STUFF ON NIGHTLY NEWS.

CARL.

>> THANK YOU, LESTER.

>>> THREE WEEKS TO GO.

ARE YOU IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

YET?

>> THE TAR HILL TRAVELER IS.

DOZENS OF DECORATING CHRISTMAS

TREES.

>> DOWNTOWN LAURENBURG.

85 CHRISTMAS TREES WHICH LOCAL

MERCHANTS AND SENATE GROUPS

HAVE DECORATED AND WHICH TEND

TO TRANSFORM LAURENBURG

ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SUN GOES

DOWN AND THE LIGHTS COME ON.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE A WINTER

WONDERLAND.

IT'S JUST SO PRETTY.

IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.

>>> IS IT ALL GREATER THAN YOU

HAD INVISIONED?

>> YEAH, IT IS.

IT'S BEEN VERY HUMBLING.

>> VERY EXCITING.

>> WE JUST NEEDED TO HELP BUILD

A GREATER SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

>> THE TREES, THE LIGHTS, THE

MUSIC.

IT ALL BEGAN WITH A SMALL GROUP

OF DEDICATED WOMEN.

>> WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.

THE TIME WAS RIGHT.

WHAT WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO,

WE DO.

WE DECIDED WE MAKE DOWNTOWN

LOOK PRETTY.

>> WITH CHRISTMAS TREES.

>> A VOLUNTEER WENT UP THE

MOUNTAIN AND BROUGHT THE TREES

BACK.

>> 85 TREES.

>> 85 TREES WITH DECORATIONS

AND LIGHTS.

>> WE JUST STOPPED PEOPLE IN

THE MIDDLE OF THE STREETS AND

SAID CAN YOU HELP US WITH THIS

AND THEY GET OUT OF THE CAR AND

HELP US.

>> SCOTTLAND MOTORS DECORATED

ITS TREES WITH HUB CAPS.

AN INSURANCE COMPANY.

AUTO INSURANCE.

THE LOCAL COUNTRY CLUB CHIPPED

IN.

>> DID YOU HAVE YOUR DOUBTERS

ACTH THE BEGINNING?

>> OH YEAH, WE NEVER DOUBTED

ANYTHING.

WE KNEW WE COULD DO IT.

>> EVERYBODY HAS BEEN REAL GOOD

ONCE THEY FOUND OUT WE WERE

GOING TO DO IT WITH OR WITHOUT

THEM.

>> THE WOMEN ALSO OPENED A

STORE.

>> WE HAD TO RENOVATE THE WHOLE

BUILDING WHERE WE KNOCKED DOWN

WALLS AND TOOK DOWN WALLPAPER.

>> AND BROUGHT IN MERCHANDISE.

>> AND THE PROFIT GOES RIGHT

BACK INTO DOWNTOWN.

>> DEAR SANTA, I WANT IT ALL.

>> EVERYTHING IN THE BUILDING

EXCEPT FOR THE FURNITURE AND

THE RUG.

IT'S BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC.

OH MY GOSH, THIS IS A

WONDERLAND.

>> WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING

LIKE THAT.

WE STARTED OUT AS FOUR WOMEN

WHO WANTED THEIR CHILDREN TO

COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS AND

HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.

WE'RE ALL SO PROUD OF EACH

OTHER.

ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS AND

EVERYTHING, WE COULDN'T DO IT

WITHOUT THEM.

IT KIND OF AMPHETAMINES --

>> SO BEAUTIFUL.

THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OF

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