TEXARKANA MAGAZINE
into the two topiaries in the front yard. The Doans enjoy the topiaries so much that, much like the den Christmas tree, they have also been named. The elephant has been appropriately dubbed Ellie while the giraffe is Billy Bob Joe Fred Henrietta, aka “Fred.” As for the assortment of Christmas trees, they are a mixture of real and faux. “After we moved into this house, we had our first fake tree ever. It was very controversial. I thought the kids were going to divorce us, they were so mad,” Jennifer said jokingly. “We’ve just always been a real tree family, but we needed something really tall. So the living room tree is fake, the tree in the den is always real, and then we have other places where we usually put a tree, and those are sometimes real and sometimes fake. Brent Stewart decorates for me each year [for Christmas], and I let him set those up however he wants.” A more recent tradition is that instead of filling stockings, Santa leaves a Christmas morning scavenger hunt. “We have four fireplaces, and they’re all decorated with
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