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ERIKA SCHULTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES

John Burk, ride foreman, installs the Holiday Carousel in Seattle's Westlake Park Sunday, Nov. 18, 2012. Earnings from carousel, which will run Friday Nov. 23, 2012 to Saturday Jan. 1, 2013, will benefit the Downtown Seattle Association and Treehouse, a local non-profit benefiting foster kids. The carousel takes around six hours to set up from start to finish, and comprises of 30 horses and two benches. Each horse weighs about 40 to 50 pounds.

ERIKA SCHULTZ/ THE SEATTLE TIMES

Driver Andy Reddecliff helps bring out the horses for the Holiday Carousel at Westlake Park. The carousel comprises of 10 small, 10 medium and 10 large horses, as well as two benches.

ERIKA SCHULTZ THE SEATTLE TIMES

Driver Andy Reddecliff helps install the Holiday Carousel at Westlake Park in Seattle. The carousel travels across North America, but is stationed out of Vancouver, B.C.

ERIKA SCHULTZ THE SEATTLE TIMES

Crews with RF Hauser Shows install the Holiday Carousel at Westlake Park. Earnings from carousel, which will run Friday Nov. 23, 2012 to Saturday Jan. 1, 2013, will benefit the Downtown Seattle Association and Treehouse, a local non-profit benefiting foster kids.