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Mall of America decorates for the holidays

It takes about a month to decorate the Mall of America for the holiday season.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Hang the stockings, trees and ornaments, it's time for the holidays at the Mall of America.

The so-called 'Megamall' is in the middle of a holiday transformation for the next couple of weeks. Here's a rundown of some of the decorations you'll see:

  • Two 44-foot trees stand in the Rotunda
  • Each tree in the Rotunda has 385 branches and 32,000 LED bulbs
  • In each court space of the Mall, oversized ornaments weighing 200-300 pounds each take a full hour to hang
  • Nearly 400 decorative trees and 3,500 poinsettias are used to make the shopping avenues sparkle
  • Seven 11-foot nutcrackers stand in the Mall's new grand entrance

All the decorations will be up around Nov. 20. After the holidays, it takes crews about 2 weeks to take everything down.

Want to meet Santa? An arrival ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 8 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Rotunda. Click here for more information.

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