Hundreds of Christmas trees are being planted this week in the sand dunes at Ludington State Park.

(AP) - Wally Bronner, whose Christmas retail empire made Frankenmuth one of Michigan's most popular tourist destinations but who strove to keep the focus on the Nativity and Christian tradition, has died. He was 81.

Wally Bronner, whose Christmas retail empire made Frankenmuth one of Michigan's most popular tourist destinations but who strove to keep the focus on the Nativity and Christian tradition, has died.

ROANOKE RAPIDS - This year's Roanoke Rapids Christmas parade is expected to be different from any other, and members of its organizing committee have nothing but positive expectations for the event.

Wally Bronner was the personification of Christmas in Michigan.

Wally Bronner will no longer be spied riding a bicycle through the mammoth Christmas store bearing his name, looking like a rolling poinsettia in his bright red jacket. But his Christmas-fused spirit will continue to flow through this Bavarian-themed resort town north of Flint, residents said.