FRANKENMUTH, MI (AP) -- As the holiday season approaches, Wally Bronner's presence is still being felt at the huge Christmas lighting and decorations store that he founded in Frankenmuth. Bronner was 81 when he died of cancer in April, but the red blazer that he always wore when greeting customers at Bronner's Christmas Wonderland still hangs on a coat rack in the store's administrative offices. Coming up is the first Christmas season since Bronner's death more than seven months ago. Company President and Chief Executive Wayne Bronner says he believes that his father is in charge of the decorations in heaven.

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