Alexandria resident appreciates the monumental and mundane all the same 8:00 am, Jan. 2, 2021 ×
Carol Meyer sports her Christmas is in the Air sweatshirt while standing on her front porch in downtown Alexandria. Every year the weekend after Thanksgiving, Meyer s family helps her adorn the house, trees and yard with Christmas decorations. (Jasmine Johnson / Echo Press)
Carol Meyer, 78, enjoys experiencing the Minnesota seasons from her back patio in Alexandria.
As she rocked back and forth on a porch bench one unusually warm November afternoon, a pumpkin with a Sharpie-drawn face sat next to one of the wooden railings.
A few weeks later, her front yard was adorned with all sorts of snowmen, bells and nativity figurines. One person stopped by and said her Christmas light display looked like the landing at the Fargo airport.