News : It's Christmas Time in the City

City sidewalks,

busy sidewalks,

Dressed in holiday style

In the air there's a feeling of Christmas

Children laughing,

people passing

Meeting smile after smile,

and on every street corner, You’ll hear

Silver Bells, Silver Bells, It's Christmas time in the City... (Jay Cherry, who was NOT singing Silver Bells)

Strings of street lights, even stop lights, blink a bright red and green

As the shoppers

rush home with their treasures,

Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch,

This is Santa’s big scene

and above all this bustle, you’ll hear..

Inside Nature's Corner During Sunday's Open House

Sunday found the downtown stores bustling with customers. At The Niche/Brickside Brew-N-Chew/3D Kitchens there was live music to entertain shoppers while they shopped for treasures or enjoyed a relaxing beverage and snack at Brickside Brew-B-Chew. Jay Cherry was among the singers joining in the fun downtown. He is from Batavia, Illinois a suburb of Chicago. Here's just a few seconds of him singing.The music could be heard floating through the store enticing you to come in and sit for a spell.

The other shops were bursting with shoppers and plenty of holiday cheer. As I arrived in town from a family Thanksgiving dinner, I noticed that even the street lights were getting in on the fun. "Even street lights blink a bright red and green" only Vinton's were showing off and doing it simultaneously, so of course, I had to get a picture of both street lights showing both red and green at the same time.

That of course made me start humming, "Silver Bells..."

which made me wonder if I had enough photos to fit the lines...

I didn't, but I had some of them...

So click through the photos and enjoy some of the beautiful arrangements that the local businesses have on display for this holiday season.