Win $100,000 in Patch's "Deck the House" Holiday Contest

Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!

LOOK: What's Missing From City Hall Holiday Decorations?

This year's holiday lights were just set up at Stow City Hall. However, they did break tradition by making a change.

This year, you'll see thousands of Christmas lights at Stow City Hall, but they won't be accompanied by cutout Santa, reindeer, elves and the like. What do you think of the new lighting scheme? Tell us in the Comments! 

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How To Not Burn Your House Down This Holiday Season

Stow Fire Capt. Mark Stone offers some safety tips for decorating this season.

Everything is beautiful this time of year because, frankly, you make it that way. But we Stow Patch editors and the Stow Fire Department want to make sure your decorations aren't going to burn your house down.  We checked in with fire Capt. Mark Stone for some decorating safety tips this holiday season. Here's what he had to say: • Choose decorations that are flame resistant or flame retardant and keep them away from candles or any other heat source. • Not all holiday lights are made equal so be sure that you know whether yours are for indoor or outdoor use and be sure to replace any string of lights with worn or broken cords or loose bulb connections. Use clips, not nails, to hang lights so the cords do not get damaged. • Lighting candles…

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Enter Patch's 'Deck the House' Contest For a Chance to Win $100,000!

Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!

We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s.  If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. So, what are you waiting for? Now’s the time to get your holiday …

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