Rich and Dawn Castronuovo got a little more Christmas money to spend as they are the winners of the Barnegat Township Recreation Department’s holiday decorating contest.
For their decorative efforts, the Deck Street homeowners won a $200 Visa gift certificate. The winners were determined through online voting, which ran from Dec. 16 to Dec. 22.
Dawn Castronuovo said the front yard sports a 20-foot-tall Grinch, a 14-foot Santa and a 14-foot reindeer among many other features.
“We’ve been here for four years and we really love celebrating the holidays with decorations,” she said.
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