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Living Connecticut - Winter 2006 |
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Decked Out
Some people collect Christmas stories the way
other people collect ornaments. Designer Paul
Cooper, who decks out every last foot of his 1904
Queen Anne Revival in Hartford’s historic
West End every year for the holidays, does both.
Here’s one for starters: Several years back,
in the weeks before Christmas, Cooper found an
Italian limited-edition nativity scene, carved
by hand, in a New York showroom. It was the last
set available, and he was excited to have it.
But when he arrived home, he saw that the baby
Jesus figurine was missing.
He called the company, which promised to have
it delivered immediately. He waited and waited.
Christmas Eve arrived. That night, with the sun
moving beyond the horizon and Cooper’s hopes
for his hand-carved baby Jesus statue fading with
the light, the Federal Express truck pulled up.
A box was delivered into Cooper’s hands.
It was the baby Jesus, just in time for the birth.
Such stories still elicit a look of amazement
from Cooper. Just as he is a connoisseur of all
things Christmas, from fabric and figurines to
ornaments and the occasional miracle, he is childlike
too, filling Christmas with tradition and memory
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