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Christmas shop in Biltmore Village needs community’s help after Helene [Video]

A North Carolina business owner is asking for help five weeks after Hurricane Helene caused her family physical, financial, and emotional devastation.”I understand there have been so many lives lost, and there are more important things that people lost,” Terri Cox said as she got teary-eyed speaking with WYFF News 4’s Destiny Chance.Cox and her family own The Olde World Christmas Shoppe in the Biltmore Village, one of the areas of Asheville hardest hit by the storm.”There are some people who are local homeless people, and we worried about them,” Cox said. “We worried about just everybody, everywhere in the Asheville area, number one. And then when we realized that the store was just decimated, it was heartbreaking.” The store on the corner of Boston Way, near The Corner Kitchen and Estate Jewelry, and across the street from Well Bred Bakery, sells novelty holiday and decor items.”We looked at pictures …

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