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Christmas Gifts

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Largo Holiday Market Offers Unique Gift Items

The Palms and Poinsettias Holiday Market in downtown Largo featured one-of-a-kind gift ideas and homemade items perfect for the holidays.

Gannon Schmitt, 7, was looking for the perfect holiday gift for his sister. With Christmas only a few weeks away, Schmitt and his grandmother, Jean Echeverria, headed to Largo's Ulmer Park for the Palms and Poinsettias Holiday Market. That's where they found it.  "It's so cute," Gannon said while holding Mrs. Beasley's Adopt-A-Bear, a stuffed Teddy bear, perfect for his sister. Largo's unique holiday market featured more than 90 vendors selling one-of-kind gift items like custom hoola hoops and homemade jellies and jams for $5 each.  Passersby looked curiously at Lisa Harrison, owner of Be Hoopful in St. Petersburg, as she showed off her hoola hooping techniques, swirling a one-of-a-kind hoop from her knees to her hand.  "Try it, it's so …

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