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O Christmas Tree, O Canada

It's a yearly ritual: Christmas tree vendors arrive from Canada to set up shop on the sidewalks of New York City. They're a bit dazzled by some aspects of the big city -- like the sky-high rent -- but they're also warmed by unusual acts of kindness from the locals. Jon Kalish reports.

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