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•T h e IF P • H alto n H ills, Thursday, D ecem ber 12, 2013 15 GEORGETOWN LOCATION 185 Guelph Street • OPEN 24 HOURS ACTON LOCATION 374 Queen St .E. • Open at 5:00 am Everyday SPOTLIGHT... on downtown holiday celebrations The Acton and Georgetown BIA's held their annual holiday celebrations last week. The Acton BIA hosted Holi- day Magic on Mill and Main Thursday night with shopping specials, a tree-lighting ceremo- ny and horse and carriage rides. On Friday night the George- town BIA held Holiday Magic on Main Street (and Holiday Market) with participating busi- nesses providing an assortment of events, including wagon rides, caroling and, of course, bargains. Above: "Professor" Archibald Floss and "Dr." Charlotte Tann from the Mental Floss Sideshow were on hand Friday night to entertain the crowds during the annual Holiday Magic on Main. Below left: Julia Taylor, 6, was fascinated with the Christmas tree at Dini & Co that made its own snow. Below right: Darren Bedford, the stilt-walking Nutcracker,"high fives" Quinn Colquhoun, 7. Photos by Jon Borgstrom Top: Sarah Dickson and Brandi Horder of SunBeach Tanning serve cotton candy to 8-year-old Easton Meth and his brothers Titan, 3, and Kendall, 5, while they wait for a wagon ride with Santa dur- ing Acton's Holiday Magic event. Middle: The horse and carriage rides through downtown Acton proved very popular. Bottom: No, that's no bearded Grinch. It's Mayor Rick Bonnette hanging an ornament on the downtown Christmas tree. Photos by Ray Lavender