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Western Concepts Restaurant Group
Friday & Saturday, December 2 & 3
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By Megan Nye
If you ask any vendor in the craft fair community, Over 250 booths this year! the most desired shows to partake in have large Free admission & parking crowds, low booth rent, massive advertising and compassionate coordinators. This is exactly what the
Free shopping bags to foundation of The Santa Market was modeled after.
the first 1,000 customers
Free photos with Santa, bring the kids! Unhappy with the show choices available, Joan Clarke and Molly Nye decided to start a show of their own. Along with fellow coordinator Megan Silent auction Nye, they found a few vendors, rented a banquet room at a local hotel, and The Santa Market was born. That one-room show has grown into one of the largest craft shows in the metro. Each year the show has added more vendors, expanded in location and increased in attendance.
By the third year, Molly, Joan and Megan decided that the amount of year-round work that goes into the show should benefit a cause very close to them. Joan’s husband and Megan’s father, Russ, passed away from Alzheimer’s in 2007. Molly suggested they make The Santa Market a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association of Oklahoma. In the nine years since, the show has raised over $220,000.00 for
Alzheimer’s. It is a Gold Level Sponsor of the OKC Walk to End Alzheimer’s; and in 2015, The Santa Market received the Channel 4 Pay It Forward Award. In 2019,
The Santa Market, Inc. was formed and is now a certified 501(c)(3).
The Santa Market is one of the best holiday shopping events of the year. This year it will be held at the OKC State Fair, Park Pavilion Building. While it is three ladies who work tirelessly to run The Santa Market, it could not be done without all the help of the quality vendors, loyal customers, volunteers, sponsors and donors. The organizers call it The Santa Market Family, and we hope you will be a part of it.
Donations appreciated!
