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As most of Edmonton remained sound asleep after ringing in the start of a new decade, one Edmonton couple was busy in the wee hours of Jan. 1 setting up a big display of paper flags to deliver a happy new year message for the city.

Sanjeev and Sangeeta Chawla arrived in the field outside of Oliver School at 6 a.m. Wednesday to plant approximately 400 miniature Canada flags into a display reading “Canada 2020 Happy New Year!”

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“We always used to wish Happy New Year to our friends and relatives and we thought why not draw a bigger picture and wish all our friends, relatives and all our fellow Canadians a very Happy New Year for peace and prosperity from coast to coast,” said Sanjeev Chawla.

The Chawlas moved to Canada 15 years ago and have since made multiple grand gestures to recognize their home. In 2014, they unraveled a 12-metre-wide Canada flag and in 2017 they created a large tribute to Canada’s 150th anniversary of Confederation. They always celebrate at the Oliver School playground as it’s public and it’s the school their son attended.