Urbana family decorates home with multiple Christmas trees

URBANA – At this time of year, deliverymen for a certain sandwich shop flip a coin for the chance to go to the Meister home in Urbana.

They want a glimpse of the "big tree" that the Meisters put up in the foyer of their home on West Washington Street each Christmas. This year the pine tree is more than 12 feet tall. The tallest ever stretched to 14 feet.

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