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Season’s greetings!
  We continued our family holiday tradition of decorating on Thanksgiving again this year. Thankfully, much of it had already been completed and we did the finishing touches. As much as I groan about having to work on Thanksgiving, I do love it because I get to see all of the pretties. So much [...]

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Secret behind the scenes stuff–

I’ve decided to highlight some of the behind the scenes Kar-Fre “magic” that many of you never get to see, or even realize.
Today I’m highlighting our grave blankets.
Our grave blankets are all made here by hand by our great staff. We have three different size grave blankets available. Our pillow size is about 2 1/2′ x [...]

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Better be good…

Greetings!
It’s hard to have grown up in Sycamore and not have wonderful memories, but I think some the very best memories I have of growing up in Sycamore are during the holidays.
The first true freedom Kris and I ever had was when we were allowed to go Christmas shopping in downtown Sycamore on a Saturday [...]

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Brr! Greens from the North

When I pulled in this morning the semi of wreaths, greens, and trees from Wisconsin was just backing in, and Fred, Dan, and Dane were ready and waiting.
Yum! The pine fragrance was simply heaven! Come take a sniff!!

The chilly, but happy crew!

Wreaths, wreaths, and more wreaths!

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Al Roker and Me!

In November of 2006 I was lucky enough to visit Iceland with a group of women from Sycamore. It was an incredible trip. Folks will tell you November is not high tourist season for Iceland. It was cold, snowy, and dark much of time we were there, but we saw an incredible part of the [...]

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