 As the clock winds down before Christmas, the Bemidji JCs have tallied the votes and awarded this year's top three best downtown window displays. This year's first place award in Bemidji goes to Northwoods Baptist Church on Beltrami Avenue. This is the first time the church has entered the contest. Their bold illuminated displays depict the story of Christmas and Christ's birth. For the church it was a fun way to engage in congregation and the Christmas activities downtown. Well every year we try to decorate for for Christmas and the night we light parade and everything is it goes right here next next to the church and so we wanted to do something to just amplify that and build on that and then we saw the contest was coming up and we thought this would be perfect this would be a great opportunity for us to be able to be a part of the community in a fun way and add to the festivities downtown. The second place went to Pine Country Insurance and third place was awarded to Patterson's in downtown Bemidji. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.