‘The owl and the Christmas tree’, a tale for 2020
19 November 2020 |
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A tiny owl was saved after getting stuck in the Rockefeller Center tree: 'It's the Christmas miracle of 2020' ... Then, the caller told her where exactly this tiny owl was hiding out. “She said, 'At the Christmas tree in the Rockefeller Center,' ” Kalish, the founder and director of the center, told The Washington Post.
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