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Tucked between a bar and a Dollarama, Montrealers will be able to find a little escape to the North Pole this year. Verdun's "Enchanted Alley" is all decked out and ready to welcome visitors eager to take some cheerful holiday photos amid the doom and gloom of this year's holiday season.

The alley consists of a row of evergreens leading up to a façade decorated to look like a snowy countryside cabin.

It's specially designed to host winter photoshoots.

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Every year, Montreal finds new and creative ways to decorate during the winter holidays. They aren't always a hit, but there is one place that has been doing it right for the past few years.

What once used to serve as an alley for collecting garbage has been transformed into one of Montreal's best-kept holiday gems.

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