• Article Photo. City sidewalks,
    City sidewalks,
  • Article Photo. busy sidewalks,
    busy sidewalks,
  • Article Photo. Dressed in holiday style
    Dressed in holiday style
  • Article Photo. In the air there's a feeling of Christmas
    In the air there's a feeling of Christmas
  • Article Photo. Children laughing,
    Children laughing,
  • Article Photo. people passing
    people passing
  • Article Photo. Meeting smile after smile,
    Meeting smile after smile,
  • Article Photo. and on every street corner, You’ll hear
    and on every street corner, You’ll hear
  • Article Photo. Silver Bells, Silver Bells, It's Christmas time in the City... (Jay Cherry, who was NOT singing Silver Bells)
    Silver Bells, Silver Bells, It's Christmas time in the City... (Jay Cherry, who was NOT singing Silver Bells)
  • Article Photo. Strings of street lights, even stop lights, blink a bright red and green
    Strings of street lights, even stop lights, blink a bright red and green
  • Article Photo. As the shoppers
    As the shoppers
  • Article Photo. rush home with their treasures,
    rush home with their treasures,
  • Article Photo. Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch,
    Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch,
  • Article Photo. This is Santa’s big scene
    This is Santa’s big scene
  • Article Photo. and above all this bustle, you’ll hear..
    and above all this bustle, you’ll hear..
  • Article Photo. Inside Nature's Corner During Sunday's Open House
    Inside Nature's Corner During Sunday's Open House
  • Article Photo.

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.