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Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Video: Stan's Christchurch Christmas lights

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    It all started with a 5-year-old boy's joy at a string of lights; then Stan Callaghan in Christchurch thought he would add a few more each year, build a helicopter, and not charge to view as it isn't a cost to 'give pleasure'.

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