Vandalism of a beloved Christmas display tradition in Canmore upsets community
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Canmore residents came together to help a local family restore its popular Christmas display back to its glory just 24 hours after it was vandalized on Boxing Day.
Canmore, Alta., residents came together to help a local family restore its popular Christmas display just 24 hours after it was vandalized on Boxing Day.
Dave Ouellette has been putting the popular Christmas display up for more than a decade, ever since his 15-year-old daughter Rhyanna was born. As Ouellette explains, the display located just off Bow Trail took on a life of its own when the town embraced it as a must-see each holiday season.
“It got bigger and bigger. It just kind of became an obsession and now it is actually part of the town,” he says of the display he estimates he has spent $100,000 on over the years.
The display features a rideable train, life-sized Darth Vader and Chewbacca statues and more inflatables than can be counted.
Oullette has spent hours and hours on the display over the years, changing it each year just out of his love for Christmas and the appreciation for the display from the community. That’s why he went on an emotional rollercoaster when he discovered that the popular display was vandalized sometime on Boxing Day.
“At first I was confused. Actually, every emotion went through my mind,” he says. “Confusion… then of course, anger, resentment — like, who would do this and why,” he says, adding 15 inflatables were impacted.
“I came to change the lightbulb on Rudolph, and I noticed that some of the inflatables have been deflated and then I noticed that they had been actually slashed, ripped and the gingerbread house was turned upside down.”
For his daughter, the display has become an integral part of her life, so she was upset to learn about the damage.
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