Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Season’s greetings from downtown Moose Jaw

Christmas in October kicks off for another year

Mary Nash of Moose Jaw checks out some of the items
for sale at the Yvette Moore Gallery during the kick-off for
Christmas in October on the evening of Oct. 24, 2013.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


At 7 p.m. on Thursday, the trees and bushes lit up, sparkling in red and white.

The doors opened to the Yvette Moore Gallery and a group of people walked in. Familiar Christmas tunes played softly in the background. A giant tree, filled with handmade snowflakes, tuques, teddy bears and Christmas greetings stood tall in the middle of the room from the entrance.

“It just gets you into the feeling of Christmas,” said Mary Nash of Moose Jaw while browsing items in the gallery.

It was truly the beginning of the Christmas season in Moose Jaw on Thursday night when the Yvette Moore Gallery kicked off the annual Christmas in October event. I

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