Items that proved popular included electrical items, sheets and pillowcases, luxury towels and candles.

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These days, the candy bags may be fancier than pillowcases, and the costumes may come from the store, but the orange boxes remain the same.

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The teenager made pillowcases for Tia with the message "time to say goodbye" and put them on the railings of Grand Avenue, a few hundred yards from the crematorium.

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Get ready to fill those pillowcases with sweets.

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