FRANKENLUST TWP, MI — It’s that time of year when the green is replaced by the blaze of blue and red and yellow lights at Begick Nursery & Garden Center.

For neighbors and motorists driving by, the multicolored redecoration process at the Bay County business is a surefire sign the holidays are here. That’s when staff at the nursery and landscaping business transform the property into a wall-to-wall-to-ceiling display of Christmas decorations, its interior a maze full of tens of thousands of items for sale.

Raymond Schwall, general manager at the Frankenlust Township-based business, is no stranger to this metamorphosis. For years, he’s helped lead the store’s 15 staff members as they remove the trappings of warm-weather commerce and replace it all with the lure of Christmas.

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