The happy chatter usually begins by this time each year.

You hear it in restaurants, at the post office, in beauty spas, schools, pizza parlors and grocery store aisles.

The talk comes with laughter. Eyes sparkle as ideas are exchanged for float entries in Frazier Park’s Festival of Lights Parade. That is followed by talk about booth displays for the Holiday Faire. But this year there is silence.

For at least 24 years, the parade, the cheerful anticipation of vendors’ booths, entertainers, hot cider, Christmas carolling and photo-ops with Santa (and sometimes even reindeer) have been the traditional kick-off to the holiday…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

Photo captions in this story:

Holiday Faire Santa Claus David Stenstrom, and the former El Tejon Drum Line directed by Randy Poland. Grinch: Beans Morocco

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Frazier Park
Frazier Park Market
Frazier Park Post Office
Don’s Liquor Market
Caveman Cavey’s Pizza
Frazier Park Pharmacy
Alpine Lumber & Hardware
La Sierra Mexican Restaurant
Factory Direct Appliances
Ace Hardware / Frazier Park Lumber
Falcon’s Nest Restaurant
Big John’s Restaurant
Tecuya Feed
The New Coffee Cantina

Lebec
Sam’s Liquor Market
Flying J Denny’s entrance
Shell Gas Station
Chevron Gas Station
Los Pinos Mexican Restaurant
Clinica Sierra Vista
Lebec Post Office
Ridge Route Antiques

Lake of the Woods
Midway Market
Mountain View Market
Mike’s Pizza Co.

Pinon Pines
At the mailboxes

Pine Mountain Community
Pine Mountain Post Office
Pine Mountain General Store
Bear Claw Bakery
Mommy’s Roadhouse Restaurant
Pine Mountain Pizza Co.
Cafe Silva Bella
Pine Mountain Clubhouse (Bistro entrance)

Gorman
Carl’s Jr.
Gorman Plaza Market

West Antelope Valley
Antelope Acres Market
Wee Ville Market
Fairmont Market

This is part of the November 14, 2014 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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