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Wayne Holliday wraps up in his Polar Bear Plunge quilt, made out of T-shirts from past plunges. [JERONIMO NISA]
Wayne Holliday at the very first Polar Bear Plunge in Decatur 36 years ago. [COURTESY PHOTO]
Polar Bear Plunge veteran Wayne Holliday participated in the 2019 event. "It’s like taking a cold shower in the wintertime outside," Holliday said. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY FILE]
Wayne Holliday participated in the 2011 Polar Bear Plunge in the Tennessee River. [DECATUR DAILY FILE]
Linda Miller started decorating for Christmas when she moved into her Sherman Street home in Decatur in the 1990s. [JERONIMO NISA]
Linda Miller won first place in 2020 in Albany's Christmas With a Twist category for her Reindeer Games. [COURTESY PHOTO]
To create her tape people, Linda Miller wrapped individuals in clear packing tape, cut them out and arranged the models like they were decorating the home. [COURTESY PHOTO]
Linda Miller's Reindeer Games decorations featured reindeer skiing, sumo wrestling, playing beach volleyball, weight lifting and doing synchronized swimming. [COURTESY PHOTO]
Pat Price of Decatur provides her family with holiday memories through her baking. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY]
Pat Price. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY]
Pat Price's Caramel butter pecan Bundt cake. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY]
Two Bundt cakes made by Pat Price: chocolate chip mint ice cream cake, top, and caramel butter pecan cake, bottom. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY]
Cheese and sausage balls made with Tabasco sauce. [JERONIMO NISA]
The Festive Cheese Ball includes raisins, dates and pecans. [JERONIMO NISA]
The lines in Tiger Butter, by Christy Jordan, can be drawn with a toothpick or knife. [COURTESY PHOTO]
Mint hot chocolate truffles, by Ashley Smith, can be used for holiday gifts. [CATHERINE GODBEY/DECATUR DAILY]
Filling for the cherry blintzes, by Paula Laurita, includes sour cream and cherry pie filling. [DECATUR DAILY FILE]

With the profiles of four U.S. presidents, Mount Rushmore has become a symbol of patriotism. [CAMERON REEDER PHOTO]
The Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, has a Moorish Revival facade with corncob veneer and murals formed from corn colors. [CAMERON REEDER PHOTO]

Edith Garner helps sisters Lenyx, left, and Seara Smith with their math homework at the Maxine Ellison Decatur Youth Enrichment Learning Center. [JERONIMO NISA]
Edith Garner teaches a child to read at the Maxine Ellison Decatur Youth Enrichment Learning Center. [JOHN GODBEY]
Maxine Ellison uses flash cards to help Sweyne Womack, 5, with his reading skills at the Decatur Youth Enrichment Learning Center. [JOHN GODBEY]
Maxine Ellison works with Sweyne Womack, 5, at the Maxine Ellison Youth Enrichment Learning Center. [JERONIMO NISA]
Stella Marshall helps Chloe Bumpus at the Maxine Ellison Youth Enrichment Learning Center. [JERONIMO NISA]
Stella Marshall works with Chloe Bumpus, 7, at the Maxine Ellison Youth Enrichment Learning Center. [JERONIMO NISA]

Conley Brannon. Cover photo for issue #2 of Living 50+ Magazine. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY]

Philda Starks works in the greenhouse at her home's garden in Decatur. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY]
Philda Starks pots some of the first flowers of the season at her home's garden in Decatur.[JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY]
Philda Starks plants a bulb in her home's garden in Decatur.[JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY]
Philda Starks plants a bulb in her home's garden in Decatur.[JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY]
Philda Starks plants a bulb in her home's garden in Decatur.[JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY]