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"Born in Monroe in 1888, a home-grown department store became, for generations of North Carolinians, the gold standard of Christmas shopping." W.H. Belk and his brother John expanded the business by partnering with investors in other towns,. One example being Hudson Belk in Raleigh. In the 1960s, Belk began the shift from a value orientation to a fashion orientation. Belk Inc. was sold in 2015 to Sycamore Partners.
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"What goes around comes around. A mid-century collectable moves from the attic to the antique stores." Highly popular from the 1960s - 1980s, ceramic Christ trees are enjoying a recent resurgence.
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The Fearrington House Restaurant is a fine dinning restaurant located in Pittsboro. Previously the center of a dairy farm, the property was purchased by Jenny Fitch and husband R.B., a Chapel Hill developer forty years ago. A noted culinary expert, Edna Lewis was brought in as the establishment's first chef. "The Fearrington House Cookbook" has been a staple Christmas gift choice for the past thirty five years.
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The snowstorm that occurred in eastern North Carolina in December 1989, marked the are's first white Christmas on record with the National Weather Service.
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