Christmas Marketplace

A parade route map for the Maxeys Christmas Parade shows the streets affected during the event on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. No parking is allowed along the parade route, and parts of Laurel Lane, Sunset Drive and Forest Circle may be blocked beginning at 9 a.m. A section of Highway 77 will close at 11 a.m. for the parade and is expected to reopen by about 11:40 a.m. Side roads will reopen once the parade clears. (Map/Carrie Hayes)

A parade route map for the Maxeys Christmas Parade shows the streets affected during the event on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. No parking is allowed along the parade route, and parts of Laurel Lane, Sunset Drive and Forest Circle may be blocked beginning at 9 a.m. A section of Highway 77 will close at 11 a.m. for the parade and is expected to reopen by about 11:40 a.m. Side roads will reopen once the parade clears. (Map/Carrie Hayes)

Maxeys Christmas parade returns for seventh year

Sophia Eppley
Monday, December 1, 2025
The Maxeys Christmas parade will bring holiday spirit to Maxeys for its seventh consecutive year on Saturday, Dec. 6.  This is Heather Parham’s fourth year organizing the parade, and this year, she’s doing things a little differently.  The marketplace and food trucks will open promptly at 10 a.m.
Debbie Winsett wraps a holiday-themed, hand-painted glass bottle she made and sold at her booth — Light Up Your Life — at the Christmas Marketplace at the Craw- ford Depot on Sunday. Winsett also sold hand-painted University of Georgia pieces that were sold out by the last day of the marketplace. “I call myself ‘Light Up Your Life,’ because most of the things that I do — all of my bottles — light up,” Winsett said. “I started painting lamp shades, and they all light up.” (Photo/Emily Adams)

Debbie Winsett wraps a holiday-themed, hand-painted glass bottle she made and sold at her booth — Light Up Your Life — at the Christmas Marketplace at the Craw- ford Depot on Sunday. Winsett also sold hand-painted University of Georgia pieces that were sold out by the last day of the marketplace. “I call myself ‘Light Up Your Life,’ because most of the things that I do — all of my bottles — light up,” Winsett said. “I started painting lamp shades, and they all light up.” (Photo/Emily Adams)

PHOTOS: The Christmas Marketplace

Emily Adams
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Santa listens as a child tells him what she wants for Christmas at the annual Christmas Marketplace in Crawford last weekend. Santa (Jim Anderson) travels to Oglethorpe County to appear as Santa Claus during the holiday season. Jordan Long/The Oglethorpe Echo

Santa listens as a child tells him what she wants for Christmas at the annual Christmas Marketplace in Crawford last weekend. Santa (Jim Anderson) travels to Oglethorpe County to appear as Santa Claus during the holiday season. Jordan Long/The Oglethorpe Echo

Christmas Marketplace kicks off holiday season

Jordan Long
Monday, November 27, 2023
The twinkle of fairy lights and the laughter of families and friends filled Crawford Depot this past weekend as the Oglethorpe County Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Christmas Marketplace.
A variety of vendors filled the Crawford Depot during the annual Christmas Mar- ketplace last weekend. Items ranged from hand-poured candles to used books, woven quilts and original photography and paintings. (Lily Baldwin/The Oglethorpe Echo)

A variety of vendors filled the Crawford Depot during the annual Christmas Mar- ketplace last weekend. Items ranged from hand-poured candles to used books, woven quilts and original photography and paintings. (Lily Baldwin/The Oglethorpe Echo)

Christmas comes back to Crawford

Lily Baldwin
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
The Historic Crawford Depot transformed into a winter wonderland this past weekend as the annual Christmas Marketplace returned to Oglethorpe County. Local vendors, including artists and small business owners, displayed and sold their best holiday-themed goods.
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)

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
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)

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.