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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Georgia Family Wins Patch's Deck the House Contest

The Felix family from Dallas, GA, received thousands of votes to win Patch's Deck the House contest and $100,000 for their local school district.

For this year's Deck the House contest winners, the second time was the charm. Joseph Felix's home in Dallas, GA outshined the other 24 finalists to win the 2012 Deck the House contest and $100,000 for the Paulding County, GA, school district. After placing second in the nationwide voting in the 2011 contest, the Felix home received nearly 11,000 votes this year to finally win Deck the House. The home, with 100,000 computer animated holiday lights choreographed to Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You," received about 300 more votes than a home in Coventry, R.I., which finished in second place. No entries came from Richfield. Judging by the 80 comments on the Felixes' Deck the House submission, visiting the home has become a …

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