Rebecca Gentry leads the 4th grade choir from Alma Schrader Elementary School as they carol along Main Street on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Living models pose in the windows of Pastimes Antiques on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Living models pose in the windows of Pastimes Antiques on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Living models pose in the windows of Pastimes Antiques on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Rebecca Gentry motions for students to follow her as the choir carols for downtown businesses on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Community members walk across Main Street during the Holiday Open House, an annual event hosted by Old Town Cape on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Leah Bennett and Chloe Keys, both 9, stand with their arms over each others shoulders after caroling with their school choir on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Leah Bennett and Chloe Keys, both 9, pose together after caroling with their school choir on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Fourth grade choir students look into shop windows as they walk down Main Street caroling inside and outside of businesses on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Amanda Pinkerton gestures how many hot chocolates to order at Socials during the Holiday Open House on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Emmett Pinkerton and Bella Gore, both 7, drink hot chocolate on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Emmett Pinkerton and Bella Gore, both 7, drink hot chocolate on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Brenda Carr, Amanda Pinkerton, Emmett and Cade Pinkerton, 7 and 2, and Bella Gore, 7, pose with hot chocolate on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Lillian Gaither, 8, and Elliana Swoboda, 9, admire artworks at the Southeast Art Council's world art exhibit on Friday, Dec. 2 in Cape Girardeau.
Lillian Gaither, 8, and Elliana Swoboda, 9, take photos of artworks with a toy camera on Friday, Dec. 2 in Cape Girardeau.
Kelly Hitt takes a picture of her son, Harold Hitt-Degeare, 7, in front of horses drawing a carriage for Old Town Cape's Downtown Holiday Open House on Friday, Dec. 2 in Cape Girardeau.
Pratibha and Dharshaka Dias smile with their kids Akitha, Dulina and Udavi Dias on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Rebecca Gentry leads the 4th grade choir from Alma Schrader Elementary School as they carol along Main Street on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Pratibha and Dharshaka Dias smile with their kids Akitha, Dulina and Udavi Dias on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Twins Lily and Olive Carlton, 7, and Charlie Dirnberger, 7, peer into the Pastimes Antiques store windows on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Vincent Baliva, left, and Logan Maevers, 15, pose dressed up as Elf on Friday, Dec. 2 in Pastimes Antiques in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Shoppers get frefreshments inside Pastimes Antiques on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Madalyn Maevers, 14, and Annabelle Rhodes, 15, pose with Vincent Baliva, 15, dressed up as Elf, pose together inside Pastime Antiques on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Rebecca Gentry leads the 4th grade choir from Alma Schrader Elementary School as they carol inside Boussard's on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
Rebecca Gentry leads the 4th grade choir from Alma Schrader Elementary School as they carol inside Boussard's on Friday, Dec. 2 in downtown Cape Girardeau.
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