Monticello Christmas presents a night of lights

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. Tis the season once more for residents of Monticello to come together and enjoy the annual occurrence of the Downtown Monticello Christmas celebration. Although the event has been hosted on a Friday in years past, this year the festivities will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 3 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. There will be a myriad of fun activities to enjoy, so mark your calendars, and here's what you can expect: Christmas Market: Vendors will be set up from 3 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. on E. Dogwood and N. Cherry streets. This will be an excellent time for shoppers to not only browse the local downtown brick and mortars, many of which will be having special seaso