CALEB NICKERSON

BRISTOL Dec. 12, 2020

The final iteration of the Bristol Christmas Market took place on Dec. 12 at the Jack Graham Community Centre. Though the foul weather may have scared off all but the most adventurous shoppers, the event still boasted 14 vendors.

“The weather’s kind of against us, last week was quite a bit busier but still it’s been consistent,” said organizer Lana Cowley. “It’s all local people from the area … [Mostly] the same group that . . .

gets together in the summertime, but some people have reached out to me and said, ‘Can we join your Christmas market?’”

Cowley was posted up in the kitchen, serving snacks to fellow vendors and visitors alike, but also had some of her crafts on display outside the centre in a newly renovated horse trailer. The man behind the conversion, Andy Nicoll, held down the fort in her absence. Cowley said that she had debuted the trailer at the Christmas market in Shawville.

“It’s a really funky idea and it’s so much easier than hauling a tent up and down each time,” she said. “I had always wanted a flower truck, so he had the idea of buying a horse trailer and converting it.”