Christmas

A larger turnout is expected at the third annual Maxeys Christmas Parade, which will feature floats, vendors and food trucks. (Submitted Photo)

Bigger turnout expected at parade

Mackenzie Tanner

Thursday, December 9, 2021

This year’s Maxeys Christmas Parade is expecting larger numbers of spectators after COVID-19 limited attendance in 2020. In 2019, the parade’s inaugural year, about 75 people (including participants) attended.

Gary Palmer talks with visitors at the Christmas Market in Crawford on Nov. 21. Palmer makes wooden toys and other items by hand and sells them with his wife, Naomi Palmer, who also handmakes decorations and items. (Photo/Sarah White)

A Christmas Market in Crawford

Sarah White

Thursday, November 25, 2021

Volunteers for the Community Christmas charitable group post for a photo at an event in 2020. (Submitted Photo)

Growth of Community Christmas continues Drewry's vision, goals

Alden Lisse

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Twenty-five years ago, Catherine Drewry was looking for a way to donate toys to kids who likely wouldn’t receive any for Christmas. “I thought, well surely, some neighbors and I could get together and maybe we could sponsor a family,” Drewry said. She set out to do just that.

There's space for 24 vendors and several more outside at the Eighth Annual Oglethorpe County Christmas Marketplace at the Historic Depot in Crawford this weekend. (Submitted Photo)

Christmas Marketplace aims for bigger crowds this year

Mackenzie Tanner

Thursday, November 18, 2021

After seeing a decrease in attendance last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Linda Parish is hopeful that the crowds at this year’s Oglethorpe County Christmas Marketplace will be back to normal.