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PHOTOS: Reading's Festival of Trees

Hundreds of residents attended the Festival of Trees on Saturday and Sunday and placed their drawing tickets in boxes at the base of the decorated Christmas tree they would like to win.

As snow fell softly outside at the Parker Middle School about 40 donated Christmas trees were raffled off to benefit the Reading Education Founation. Face painting by Creative Arts and songs by kidSing and the Reading Middle School Chorus kept adults and children entertained. Volunteers sold pizza, peanuts, decorated cookies and candy.

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