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A Weed Grows In Toledo, And Residents Hang Their Christmas Hopes Upon It

An attempt to bring a little Christmas cheer has grown to capture the imagination of the city.
Toledo's Christmas Weed (upper left corner), which is now so heavily decorated that you can barely see it, provided a little holiday cheer at a busy intersection Wednesday.

A quick glance at the place where West Alexis and Secor roads meet in Toledo, Ohio, reveals just another intersection of concrete and capitalism: a Western Union, a gym and a chicken joint frame the flow of traffic. But out of a crack in the curb,

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