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Downtown Christmas Market with Santa and Asian Fusion food truck

Santa Claus and popular Asian fusion Phantom Food truck will be among the many exciting new additions to the first-ever Arcadia’s Best Downtown Christmas Market in Arcadia this Saturday, Dec. 14 from 5-9 p.m.
Taking place on First Avenue on the street closed between Huntington Drive and Wheeler Avenue, attendees of the first of three weekly events last Saturday enjoyed a thriving farmer’s market and a plethora of food and merchandise vendors in a traditional holiday atmosphere filled with live music, beautiful colored lights on palm trees and images of projected snowflakes, inflatable jumpers for kids, and blowing snow.

The market, which runs just two more weeks on Dec. 14 and Dec. 21, is sponsored primarily by Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority, as well as Forest Lawn, with additional support from the City of ArcadiaMatt Denny’s Ale House RestaurantBacani-Taylor NAI CapitalAttorney at Law April A. Verlato, and Arcadia Downtown Business Assocation.

The Phantom Food Truck is famous for its Peking Duck wrap and Peking Duck fries (roasted duck and hoisin sauce), JuDu pork belly and chili pepper wrap, Duck Melt, as well as its curry chicken wrap, and “Black Fury” flank steak and pepper wrap.

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In addition to the food truck and Santa Claus roaming the area to take photos with kids and families, attendees this week will also find even more vendor booths – more than 40 in all -- many from the weekly Friday night market in Monrovia, also produced by Family Festival Productions.
Special gifts from jewelers, spas, and salons on First Avenue and Huntington Drive, such as Spa Xanadu will also be available, as will gift book collections from The Book Rack, cinammon-spiced hot apple cider from VJ's Auto Service, and plenty of other delicious food and drinks. Shops on the block inluding Robusto Cigars1st Avenue Salon, and Arcadia Shoe Repair will remain open during the event.

The Christmas Market, presented by the non-profit Arcadia’s Best Foundation, is patterned after the centuries-old annual Christmas Markets in Europe and will showcase the plethora of services available within walking distance in Downtown Arcadia, all of which continue to be open for business during construction of the much-anticipated Gold Line light rail line to be ready for riders in 2016.

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Plenty of free parking is available in several public lots off of Wheeler Avenue east and west of First Ave. Attendees should enter Wheeler from Santa Anita Ave.

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