December 2004
Photos for December 3, 2004
Store owner Nancy Hammond waits on customers.
Mathew and Lindsay Stockham of Shawnee visit with Santa while an unidentifed youngster peeks through the window over their shoulder.
Nancy Hammond, owner of Nancy's Nitch, winner of the downtown merchants' Christmas decoration contest, throws the switch to light up the Mayor's Christmas Tree in the City Hall parking lot. Assisting her is her nephew Christopher Buck, 12, of Kansas City, Kan.
Josh Carlstedt, left, stays close to his mother, Michelle Carlstedt, as they gather for a photo with Santa. At right is Josh's big sister, Brooke.
Revelers crowd around the 7-foot-tall elf, also known as Vince Delaughder of Shawnee, to marvel at his fire-juggling skills.
Seth Henley, 3, of St. Joseph, Mo., shakes the hand of the mechanical toy soldier, Jeff Rosenblatt of Kansas City, Mo. Also pictured are, from left, Seth's cousin, Kate Adams, and grandmother, Marilyn Davis of Shawnee, and Paige Rigdon, 18 months, and her grandfather Ron Rigdon, the manager of the downtown Shawnee Commerce Bank.
Diane Garrett of Shawnee gives a little pat to "Quarter Pounder," an Irish Dexter bull. Paul Craig of Olathe, left, Quarter Pounder's owner, said the bull was dressed as a "rein-bull" for the evening.
Children take in a puppet show in the parking lot of The Doll Cradle, 5725 Nieman, which was provided by Stone Lion Puppet Theatre, Kansas City, Mo.
A cascade of lights fashion a make-believe world outside Nancy's Nitch in downtown Shawnee. The store won the downtown merchants' Christmas decorating contest.
Jack Robbins, 6, of Shawnee marvels at an ice sculpture in downtown Shawnee Friday night.
Ice chips fly as Mark Watson of Lee's Summit, Mo., fashions an ice sculpture with an electric chain saw.
Linda Thomas, nearest camera, flails the hammered dulcimer as Dan DeLancey plays guitar. The two provided musical accompaniment to Santa in Town Hall at Old Shawnee Town Friday night.
The Dickens Carolers entertain with old-fashioned Christmas music.
Young and old alike crowd around the table to learn to make Christmas crafts.
A blurry horse-drawn carriage seems to be from another world.
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