Annick DeGooyer wasn’t going to decorate for Christmas this year.
In August, the home where she and her firefighter husband Rob Baker had lived more than 20 years was reduced to ashes when a huge wildfire tore through their community of Traders Cove on the west side of Okanagan Lake.
The couple now rent in Kelowna and no longer have a treasure trove of decorations to pull out at this time of year.
That is, until last week, when DeGooyer and Baker received a thoughtful package that put them in the festive spirit.
The couple were nominated as recipients in the “Christmas Love for the Okanagan” project, a volunteer-led effort to make and
