Comments on: James Center’s Grand Illumination and more this weekend http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/12/03/james-centers-grand-illumination-and-more-this-weekend/ News and events in Richmond's River District - Shockoe Slip, Shockoe Bottom, Manchester, Tobacco Row, Rocketts. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:31:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mary http://riverdistrictnews.com/2008/12/03/james-centers-grand-illumination-and-more-this-weekend/#comment-12002 Mary Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:51:43 +0000 http://riverdistrictnews.com/?p=1320#comment-12002 Here's what Linette Bond, assistant manager at the Farmers Market, told me about some of the great things that are planned for the Holiday Market: "George [the manager] is going to be dressed up as Santa with another associate of ours from the main office as Mrs. Claus and we’ll have pictures taken for the kids (and you may even see a couple of elves!), live Christmas trees for sale, hot cider & wassail from Halligan’s, a fire-pit to keep us warm, holiday lights, the Henrico Pops Chorus live and a Tuba Christmas, of course! I have it on good authority that Santa himself will even have his Tuba to play along. ;-)" Now isn't that better than the mall? Here’s what Linette Bond, assistant manager at the Farmers Market, told me about some of the great things that are planned for the Holiday Market:

“George [the manager] is going to be dressed up as Santa with another associate of ours from the main office as Mrs. Claus and we’ll have pictures taken for the kids (and you may even see a couple of elves!), live Christmas trees for sale, hot cider & wassail from Halligan’s, a fire-pit to keep us warm, holiday lights, the Henrico Pops Chorus live and a Tuba Christmas, of course! I have it on good authority that Santa himself will even have his Tuba to play along. ;-)”

Now isn’t that better than the mall?

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