It's a collection of more than 400 one-of-a-kind Christmas ornaments in the hands of an unlikely saviour. "I just can't chip them. It just doesn't seem right to trash somebody's memory like that ...

Proctor created over a hundred Christmas ornaments and coasters from a fallen branch of the tree. (Dave Laughlin/CBC) It stood alone in a large field next to Highway 102.

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