THE MAN WHO PUT UP POPULAR CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS IS DEAD. NORMAN BUGG DIED SUNDAY. NO WORD ON HIS CAUSE OF DEATH BUT BUGG’S FUNERAL IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 20TH AT THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS AT 5709 HAINES NORTHEAST. IT’S SET FOR 9:30 IN THE MORNING AND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED.
BUGG’S CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS ENDED IN ALBUQUERQUE IN 2002 AFTER PEOPLE COMPLAINED AND A LAWSUIT WAS FILED. IT THEN MOVED TO BUDAGHER’S ON I-25 … THEN TO THE MENAUL SCHOOL. MR. BUGG’S CHRISTMAS DISPLAY IS NOW SHOWN AT THE HARVEY HOUSE MUSEUM IN BELEN.
