Tonight is "Dickens of a Christmas" in downtown Spartanburg. The entire area from Denny's tower to Morgan Square is transported back in time to the Victorian Era at Christmastime. We always have a booth in the Haymarket area and sell items from the Artisan Center there.
Also, one of our board members, Omelia Harris, will be painting in one of the store windows along the street. She did it last year for the first time and was hooked. She loves watching all the people and dressing up in period costumes, and she's a very talented painter to boot. Last year she told us all funny stories of people standing at the window talking to each other with the thought that she couldn't hear them. Sometimes she would suddenly turn to them and answer their questions or nod her head. Some folks weren't sure she was really a person, they thought she was a statue or something until she'd smile at them.
We're always happy to show off the hand-crafted ornaments and holiday gift ideas from our artists. Every year we have a pretty steady stream of people by our booth, and every year people are happily surprised to find out that everything we sell is hand-made by someone in North or South Carolina.
We also use the time as an opportunity to spread the word about our Annual Holiday Open House. This year it's on Saturday December 13, which is also the day of the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in the park here in Chesnee. We close at 5:30 and the ceremony starts at 6:30, which gives you just enough time to go have dinner at one of our great restaurants here in town.
Here's a link to the Chapman Cultural Center with details about Dickens. Hope you go have a stroll back in time this evening.
Angelique
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