Donated hand-crafted ornaments bring Christmas cheer to Okanagan families who lost homes to wildfires [View all]

Annick DeGooyer wasn't going to decorate for Christmas this year.

In August, the home where she and her firefighter husband Rob Baker had lived more than 20 years was reduced to ashes when a huge wildfire tore through their community of Traders Cove on the west side of Okanagan Lake.

The couple now rent in Kelowna and no longer have a treasure trove of decorations to pull out at this time of year.

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"When I opened the box, I didn't think it was going to hit me quite as hard as it did," said DeGooyer. "All the ornaments had a tag of the person who made them and so, as I opened the box, it was such a personal experience."

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"These ornaments can't go back in the box," she recalls telling her husband. "They are just beautiful."

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Very heartwarming and a great backstory, imo.