Bears show their Packers pride

Published Dec. 18, 2007 at 2:46 p.m.

Everybody's favorite symphonic bears -- The Leonard Bearstein Symphony Orchestra -- who have visited The Shops of Grand Avenue every holiday season for the the past five years have put on their Packers gear.

Pro Image Fan Fair, a 25-year tenant at the mall, donated 18 sets of Packers clothing so that Maestro Bearstein and his pack of fuzzy, mechanized musicians can take sides in Sunday's contest between Green Bay and the Chicago Bears.

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Shopper | Dec. 18, 2007 at 3:28 p.m. (report)

Cute idea, but those Bears scare me. Someone tell Grand Avenue to get those old-school talking reindeer who used to be at Mayfair (way back in the day). They were cool.

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TosaJimBob | Dec. 18, 2007 at 3:12 p.m. (report)

Cute idea...but that game on Sunday worries me....the Bears would LOVE to beat the Packers again this year....

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