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Wayland holds title of Christmas Town of Iowa

December 6, 2000 By admin

The southeastern Iowa community that’s known as “The Christmas Town of Iowa” is holding its 14th annual Festival of Lights this weekend — and next weekend. Wayland is in Henry County, about half way between Mount Pleasant and Washington.Robert Diers is co-founder of the annual holiday festival, which features horse-drawn buggy rides, a soup supper, caroling and a visit from that red-suited, white-bearded elf. Diers says Wayland became known years ago as “The Christmas Town of Iowa” through a newspaper column that gave them the title because about 90-percent of Wayland’s residents go out of their way to decorate their homes and properties with holiday lights.For more information, surf to “www.henrycountytourism.org” or call 800-421-4282.

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