December 2005
Photos for December 2, 2005
Storyteller Jackie Rozine finishes one of her Christmas stories for a crowd of children and parents in the old schoolhouse at Shawnee Town.
A horse-drawn carriage seems a ghostly apparition as it glides through the night at Shawnee Town.
The Dickens Carolers gave persons attending Christmas Around Town a taste of Victorian Christmas music.
Girls from St. Theresa's School provided music for families waiting for their children to see Santa Friday night at Town Hall.
Caleb Othick of Baldwin City, Kan., gets his photo taken with Santa Friday night at Christmas Around Town. Troy Thomas is the photographer.
Timothy Keith of Kansas City, Kan., reassures his son, Luke, that everything is OK as Luke and his brothers, Samuel, left, and Timothy Jr., prepare for their visit with Santa.
Santa had his lap full with his first visitors in Shawnee Town's Town Hall. Sitting with Santa, from left, are Debbie Johnson with her son, Corey Johnson, on her lap; her niece, Hannah Wilson; and her daughter, Ali Johnson.
Santa stepped out of a Shawnee Fire Truck rather than a sleigh as he arrived at Shawnee Town Friday for Christmas Around Town.
A lonely vendor serves hot drinks to two customers at Shawnee Town.
Members of Shawnee Girl Scout Troop No. 1214 sing Christmas carols with the aid of sheet music and a few small lights at Shawnee Town.
Brenda Myers, left, and Rhetta Lewis hand out bags of popcorn to visitors in front of Spectrum Carpet, 11222 Johnson Dr., while Darryl Lafferty hands out balloons to children. Many downtown businesses were offering free treats like coffee or cider to those who attended the event.
Christmas lights turn Nancy's Nitch in downtown Shawnee into a winter wonderland.
Mary Mollentine pours a sample of Roasted Red and Green Pepper Christmas Chicken Cream Soup for her mother, Mary Anne Textor of Shawnee. In the foreground, Chef Mark Mollentine of the Governor's Meeting House tends his creations.
Sometimes a hot cup of coffee is just the thing to ward off the night-time chill. At least, that's what these folks apparently thought as they gathered at Molly's Muffins during Christmas Around Town.
Customers and passers-by gather in Hartman and Sons Hardware in downtown Shawnee to get out of the cold during the Christmas Around Town festivities.
A small army of Christmas elves keeps watch as shoppers wander through the Doll Cradle in downtown Shawnee.
Mayor Jeff Meyers helps Tom and Barbara LaSota throw the switch to light the city's 2005 Christmas tree. The LaSotas donated the tree, which formerly grew in their yard in Overland Park.
Members of the Mill Valley High School choir perform Christmas carols moments after Mayor Jeff Meyers threw the switch to light the city's Christmas tree.
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Talking points
Do you believe in ghosts?
“Oh yeah. Never met one personally, but from all the stories I’ve heard, I believe.”
