Mistletoe Market kicks off Christmas shopping season

The lawns surrounding downtown Eatonton’s Putnam County Courthouse were full of color and buzz Nov. 12, as more than a hundred vendors from across the state of Georgia and a few from as far away as South Carolina offered arts and crafts items for sale.

Hundreds of local shoppers considered goods and products as varied as crocheted purses to jewelry to handmade clothing and home décor items. Patrons…