Streetwise Streetwise (December 17, 2003)

Where are the best holiday decorations in the local area? @info: Question and interviews by Lia Steakley and Tom Nguyen. Photographs by Chihiro Koga. Asked on University Avenue in Palo Alto.

Dick Ivan
Retired from computer industry. Tennyson Avenue, Palo Alto
"I always frequent Christmas Tree Lane. My son now lives in Sweden and he wanted me to take pictures of Christmas Tree Lane this year, because he misses it so much."

Michael Williams
Public accountant Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
"The toy store on Waverly. Because it has very educational toys and its got throwbacks to the '40s and '50s and its kind of nostalgic."

Ashley Holt
Recent college grad Colorado Ave., Palo Alto
"Lewis Road right off of Oregon Expressway. There are these colored balls hanging down from one of the trees. They look like they are Asian lanterns hanging down."

Albert Chang
Finance Union St., San Francisco
"Union Square in San Francisco."

Debbie Abilock
Co-founder of NoodleTools Cereza, Palo Alto
"On Encino Grande in Barron Park there is this one man who decorates his house for every holiday. I pass by it every single season. The whole neighborhood just glows."

Rebecca Sterling
Foothill College student Woodside Road, Redwood City
"I haven't been out much because I've been in the house sick. But in Redwood City there is a place called Candy Cane Lane and its been kind of a family tradition to go there. It's on Dewey Street."

Rocio Herbert
Anthropologist Richardson, Los Altos
"Stanford mall does the best. The flowers and decorations, they really bring out the spirit of Christmas."

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