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8/20/2005 Santa Monica, California

Micah,

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- Tom & Jay tmilford@alumni.metacomptech.com jay_gartland@hotmail.com

Contents 1 Christmas City, USA 2 History Cleanup 2.1 James Dean 2.2 People

[edit] Christmas City, USA

I remember, when I was growing up in Marion, it was known as "Christmas City, USA." I don't know when it started, maybe someone else does, or can find out. For me, I knew as early as 1964. Al Lowe 23:59, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

The Christmas City thing is still going. I think it was revived in the 90s, with the creation of the International Walkway of Lights. It's a regional attraction, and probably belongs in the article. Info here: [1]--Rmlucas 05:02, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Also was rumored in city lore about certain connections with the movie, A Christmas Story can this be verified?. DeathscytheH64 02:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

I think it's not. I lived in Marion from about 1960 to 1978, and I can't say that the story for the movie had any connections with Marion. But I could be wrong. Al Lowe 08:57, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

I grew up there from '87 to '99 and never heard anything like this. --Rmlucas 05:02, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History Cleanup

I think the History section should be expanded and does not fully reflect certain major highlights of the history of the area. DeathscytheH64 02:39, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] James Dean

James Dean is NOT from Marion, Indiana.

James Dean is, in fact, from Fairmount, Indiana. Fairmount is a town in the southern part of Grant County, Indiana.

I think he was born in Marion and grew up in Fairmount. --Rmlucas 04:56, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] People

Who on earth is Johnas Keppler? The only search results I find for him are on this page? Also, when did Dick van Dyke live in Marion? If there's no corroboration for this, I'm going to delete. --Rmlucas 01:41, 23 March 2007 (UTC)