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Christmas comes once a year, but Chapman Place residents look forward to it all year long. Christmastime nostalgia and a slice of mayberry come together every December along Chapman Place. For more than half a century, the spirited residents living in this part of the Wood streets historic District have banded together to decorate their homes for the season and in a big way. We’re not talking about some icicle lights and a few mechanical deer. Chapman Place residents rotate themes for their elaborate decoration schemes. street light poles are wrapped in foil and adorned with red bows. there are angels, giant toy soldiers, trains and Nativity scenes arranged on front lawns, and handmade signs are illuminated with spotlights. this is riverside’s Candy Cane Lane. Jan Lewis moved to the city in 1969 to attend college. During the Christmas season that year, she drove down Chapman Place, and “just fell in love 34 | riversidethemag.com | december 2012 - january 2013 ‘This street is like living in the 1950s — a time when you knew all of your neighbors. That’s what is amazing about this block.’ with the street.” in 1984, she bought her home on Chapman Place, and she and husband Bill Lewis raised their family there. Now their grandkids come to visit and enjoy annual holiday festivities, including a block party at halloween that draws a throng of young trick-or-treaters. Lewis and her neighbors especially cherish Christmas festivities, including a party at someone’s house and the block-wide decorating. “it’s a tradition for the community, and it does bring our neighborhood together. it’s a tradition not to let go of,” Lewis said. Finding a home on Chapman Place also was a long time coming for Barbara and steve Wallace. they moved to riverside in 1984, but it took another 15 years before they could move into a home on the thoroughfare. “it was a stroke of luck that a house became available,” Barbara said. “this street is like living in the 1950s — a time when you knew all of your neighbors. that’s what is amazing about this block.” On the occasions when a family does move, it’s an accepted rule that all of the outside signs and decorations stay behind for the new homeowners. the holiday tradition, after all, must continue. “it brings people a lot of joy,” said sarah smith, a local realtor who grew up on Chapman Place and is a secondgeneration homeowner. Jim Lorbeer, another secondgeneration resident, also embraces the Christmastime link to the past. “it’s neat to pass on to my grandkids what i enjoyed as a kid,” he said. “it shows good neighbors uniting and doing something together in a positive way.”
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