Eugene Holiday Market open until Christmas Eve
EUGENE, Ore. -- Starting this Saturday, the Eugene Saturday Market's Holiday Market is open daily through Dec. 24 at the Lane County Fairgrounds.
This year marks the market’s 39th season.
A vendor sits patiently at his booth displaying a wide array of scarves.
“We consider ourselves a living organization, which means living in the present,” says Beth Little, Holiday Market general manager. “But we like to honor our past.”
Some vendors are a part of that history. Cindia Carrere of Lucinda Cinderella has been with the market for the last 17 years.
“People can dress up and customers can come get really personal service at this time of economic uncertainty,” says Carrere. “It’s a really fun place to have food, hear wonderful music and see familiar faces.”
A fourth-year market vendor, Pam Scudder of Fairy Court Creations, says she also enjoy the sense of community.
“The market is filled with people that are incredibly artistically talented and friendly and warm. Its just the best place to be at Christmas,” says Scudder. “You always want to put your money back into the community.”
Potential customers browse the market.
She also enjoys the food and music, especially Dana’s cream puffs. Visitors can enjoy hot beverages and treats from over a dozen food vendors as they browse through hundreds of booths in the warmth of an indoor market.
A vendor serves a customer a plate of food at Renaissance Pizza.
A young visitor waits for a balloon creation at the market’s entrance.
Two customers smell various scented soaps.
Cali Bagby works as a freelance print and photojournalist in Eugene, Oregon. Her work has been published in the Washington Post and the Eugene Weekly. Bagby graduated from the School of Journalism and Communications at the University of Oregon.
