There’s something about a gift that carries a little bit of home in it. This season, before you click “add to cart” on something that’ll arrive in a box from three states away, take a stroll down Main Street. Between our own Holiday Market vendors and the small businesses that keep our downtown glowing all year long, Lamar has everything you need to make this Christmas feel a little more like ours.
For the person who has everything Skip the gadgets. A handmade ornament from one of our Holiday Market crafters becomes a piece of their Christmas story — something they’ll hang on the tree year after year and remember exactly where it came from.
For the friend who loves to cook Local honey, hand-canned preserves, a jar of hot pepper jelly with a hand-written label — these are the gifts that taste like Christmas and smell like someone cared enough to make them by hand instead of buying them off a shelf.
For the kids on your list A classic ride-on toy, a set of wooden blocks, a stuffed animal that isn’t mass-produced by the thousands — sometimes the best gift for a child is something that feels like it was picked out just for them, not scrolled past on a screen.
For someone you’re missing this year Consider sponsoring a Tribute Wreath in their name. It’s a gift that isn’t unwrapped on Christmas morning — it’s one that hangs on Main Street all season long, with their name in gold letters for the whole town to see. [Learn more about the Tribute Wreath Wall →]
For your own front porch A wreath, a strand of warm white lights, a little wooden sign that says something simple like Joy — sometimes the best gift you give this season is to your own doorstep, so that everyone who walks by feels the season too.
Christmas doesn’t have to be big to be meaningful. This year, give something with a story behind it — and maybe, along the way, help write a few new stories of your own.
Christmas on Main of Lamar, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to keeping the spirit of small-town Christmas alive through festival, remembrance, and community.