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Radio Extra: Marie's Pizza Decks the Halls and Pretty Much Everything Else

December 19, 2014 1:17pm | Updated December 19, 2014 1:17pm
For more than 40 years, Marie's Pizza has been dazzling customers with its annual Christmas fantasia.
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DNAinfo/Patty Wetli

MAYFAIR — Deck the halls? That's for amateurs.

For more than 40 years, Marie's Pizza has been dazzling customers with its annual Christmas fantasia. To enter the doors at 4127 W. Lawrence Ave. is to fall down a rabbit hole that leads to a singular display of holiday sparkle and glitter notable for its sheer exuberance and unabashed embrace of the season's message of joy and wonder.

On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Patty Wetli explains how the tradition began and why Marie's owner continues it today:

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