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                <div class="image-caption">A woman pushes a child on a snow sled during the 18th Wing Tinsel Town event at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Dec. 14, 2019. Other events and games included a rock climbing wall, food trucks, and more.</div>
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    <div><b>By Senior Airman Matthew Seefeldt</b> <span class="date">/ Published Dec. 27, 2019</span></div>
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    <p>KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- It doesn’t normally snow in Okinawa, but once a year Tinsel Town brings the magic of the holiday season to Kadena Air Base.<br />
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Tinsel Town, held this year, is an annual event in which the local community and service members get together and share the holiday spirit with music, food, theme park-style rides, and even snow.<br />
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“We select food vendors, book artists, [close the roads], [provide] the layout, kiddy land, [and coordinate] production for the event,” said Schuiler Crowder, 18th Force Support Squadron special events coordinator. “We do all of this because we have a great team.”<br />
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Hanako Okuma, a Tinsel Town visitor, has enjoyed multiple visits to the base.<br />
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“I saw snow with my children, cheered for my son when he went rock climbing, and my younger son enjoyed jumping on the trampoline,” she said.<br />
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Okuma’s son, Seijuro, participated in many of the Tinsel Town festivities.<br />
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“I liked rock climbing,” he said. “I can’t usually climb mountains, but I enjoyed doing it and I had fun.”<br />
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Nikoleta Day, 18th Force Support Squadron director of the Schilling community center, oversees base-wide events like Tinsel Town.<br />
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“It’s so important to have a sense of community when you are away from your family. We try to bring the folks that are stationed here a sense of home,” she said. “Being able to see everyone de-stress and have a good time, it really makes it all worth it.”</p>
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