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Festive décor welcomes attendees of the HealthEast Foundation Festival of Trees, an annual event benefitting programs, including heart care services, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Saint Paul, Minn. | | 
Volunteers decorate for the weeklong Festival of Trees in Everett, Wash., held by the Providence General Foundation. The event supports children's services at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. |
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A passerby browses the submissions entered in a wreath decorating contest at Kenmore Mercy Hospital in Kenmore, N.Y. 
A donor lights a bulb in honor of a deceased loved one during the Tree of Life Service sponsored by Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center, Brainerd, Minn. | | 
A staff member of Sartori Memorial Hospital's gift shop peddles raffle tickets at the "Holly Day Luncheon & Style Show" at the Festival of Trees supporting the Sartori Healthcare Foundation of Cedar Falls, Iowa. |
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Vendors from a food cooperative and a farm work at their booth as a market coordinator assists during a holiday farmers' market sponsored in part by St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio. | | 
Attendees of the annual Holiday Home Tour enjoy the décor at one of the four participating homes. The tour generates funds for St. Mary's Healthcare of Amsterdam, N.Y. 
Kids are to Christmas what gumdrops are to gingerbread houses. SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center kicked off the holidays with a gingerbread house decorating party. |
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High school culinary arts students serve refreshments before the tree lighting at Covenant Health's Hospice of Lubbock, Texas. | | 
A patient decorates a gingerbread replica of SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis. |
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Rudolph prances at Provena United Samaritans. | | 
The fruits of a community food drive at Provena United Samaritans Medical Center, Danville, Ill. |
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Admiring a holiday table setting at an event benefitting St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, Ill. 
Santa and his fans at St. Mary's Health Care System, Athens, Ga. | | 
Residents of Laurel Lake Retirement Community in Hudson Ohio, admire caps knitted for needy kids by fellow residents and staff. |
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Holiday magic at Saint Alphonsus' festival. | | 
The corps de ballet takes the stage at a holiday festival sponsored by the Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, Idaho. |
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