One Nation, Under God
One Nation, Under God
The Zirkles continue a Christmas tradition Maynard started nearly 50 years ago
Just six miles past Sleeping Buffalo, heading east to Saco, Maynard and Linda Zirkle go above and beyond when it goes to decorating for Christmas, a process they begin in October each year.
A total of 17 soldiers stand at attention, strategically placed around an old wagon sitting on 40 acres pinched between Sleeping Buffalo and Saco at 4 p.m. The sun is setting in the east and surrounding the soldiers are two snowmen, a dozen candles which read "noel" down their sides, and, of course, Mr. and Mrs. Claus.
If you didn't know to look at them, you would fly right past on Highway 2 at this time of day. In an hour, when it is nice and dark, it is a different story.
"Maybe 100,000 lights?" Linda Zirkle asks her husband, Maynard.
"Well, I don't know if there are that many," Maynard answ...
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