We hope you can make it downtown this Saturday to see the Asheville holiday parade. We are stocking up on local handmade Christmas ornaments!
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The holiday season gets an early start this year, with the Asheville Holiday Parade kicking things off at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 20. The 2010 theme is “Mountain Magic!” and Parade Director Sandie Rhodes of the Asheville Downtown Association promises that it will be sure to “conjure up different things for different people, but all very happy things.” “There’s the magic of Christmas and the holidays, so [the theme] seemed to be pretty good,” she adds, noting that for the first time, a number of magicians and jugglers will be stationed throughout the parade route to entertain the crowd. Now in it’s 64th year, the spectacle is one of downtown’s biggest family attractions and a boon to local businesses. “There’s so much family history and memories people have about the parade,” Rhodes explains. “I…
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