At the Central Maine Wreath company in Skowhegan, employee Kalee Salisbury breaks fir boughs into bunches on Nov. 28 for wreaths, stars, crosses and grave blankets.
Central Maine Wreath company owner Tom McCarthy, background center, speaks with employees as Gary Meader and wife Bobbie, foreground, work together Nov. 28 to make Christmas wreaths in Skowhegan. Bobbie clipped fir branches into bunches as Gary used a machine to bind the boughs on wire rings into wreaths of many different sizes.
Central Maine Wreath company decorator Barbara King works on Nov. 28 in the middle of a colorful room full of ribbons and Christmas decorations for wreaths at the Skowhegan company.
Workers at Central Maine Wreath company in Skowhegan, shown Nov. 28, are expected to make 22,000 feet of garland and avout 20,000 wreaths this year. People clipped fir branches into bunches as others made wreaths of many different sizes, plain or decorated in colorful bows.
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