Miracle on Main Street puts giving first
ZELIENOPLE — Downtown once again ignited with energy and colorful displays of Christmas cheer Thursday night.
Horsedrawn carriages, reindeer and dogs arrayed in yuletide cloaks, delighted families. Dancers in Santa hats performed beside a live Nativity urging visitors to remember the first Christmas. Children laughed and slung bits of foam at each other — “snow” —sprayed by a machine that engulfed a gleaming tree and the crowd surrounding it.
“Ow!” yelled a clown on stilts as he collided with a street sign. He reached down to recover the glowing pins he’d dropped and resume juggling them while children giggled from the sidewalk.
Downtown Zelie’s annual Miracle on Main Street burst into vibrant life for its sixth year Thursday. This year brought with it a new cast of creatures — alpacas and goats — and tents that connect food, warm clothing and prayers to vulnerable people around the community.
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