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They ‘brought the holiday season back’ excited,” Kathleen Caputo, 34, said. “People were like, ‘I used to come here when I was youngSiblings Kathleen and Ricky er, and I came here as a kid, and Caputo restored a Baldwin tra- now I am bringing my own dition by once again decorating kids.’” She, her brother Ricky, 38, their Eastern Boulevard home with a dazzling display of holi- and sister Elizabeth, 37, donate day lights, in loving money every month memory of their to St. Jude’s Chilmom. dren’s Hospital. A From 1998 to collection box was 2014, the communiplaced in front of ty had become the garage of their accustomed to the home this year for Caputos’ breathneighbors to also taking decorations, donate, and about which lit up the $1,600 was raised neighborhood durfrom the communiing Christmastime. ty. According to Kath“We put up all leen, the putting up the lights this year the decorations and for our mom,” creating them each Ricky Caputo said. year became too dif- KAThlEEN CApUTo “She always used to ficult, which is why Baldwin resident donate money to St. the Caputos Jude, and we constopped decorating tinued that for this their home in 2014. year.” However, in honor of their Putting up the decorations, m o m , A n n e, wh o d i e d i n including the lights, a Santa November of 2021 after suffer- and nutcracker displays, snowi n g c a r d i a c a r r e s t , t h e y men and more, was a huge brought back the popular deco- undertaking for the Caputos. rations this holiday season. Kathleen said that a total of 10 “This is the first year that people worked throughout the we’ve decorated the home since day to help get these decora2014, and a lot of people were so Continued on page 7
By BEN FIEBERT
bfiebert@liherald.com
Photos courtesy Jason Thomas
Neighbors celebrate First lap’s return to Baldwin Cancer survivors, caregivers, and relatives of survivors wrote on signs why they participated at the Relay For Life’s First Lap last Saturday, which they held while walking around the Baldwin Middle School track. Story, more photos, page 3.
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his is the first year that we’ve decorated the home since 2014, and a lot of people were so excited.