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No more Christmas lights
Accident ends 11-year-run of popular holiday attraction
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The Christmas season will be a little bit less bright this year as the Brock family is unable to decorate their home due to an accident. - photo by Bulletin file photo
There will be no Christmas lights at the Brock home on Mercedes Avenue this year, ending an 11-year tradition for the family.There were tears in Renee Brock’s voice when she called the Manteca Bulletin to make the announcement. It was a decision she and her husband, Dale, made with a heavy heart this past week, she said.Two months ago, when Dale would have started on the decorations’ skeleton framework, he was in an accident which resulted in five broken ribs and a tear in one of his lungs.“The doctors have not released him,” and his pain level “comes and goes,” said Renee who was the reason her husband finally started the Christmas lights tradition 11 years ago after his wife begged him year after year to please put up a Christmas tree.“So now, the decision has been made for us. We’re kind of forced into this.