Glen Brunken, 3, and his mother, Alex McNeill, build a Christmas ornament at Ginger Hill Tavern's ornament and letters to Santa station during Saturday's Slippery Rock Christmas Market.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

While thoughts of the coronavirus pandemic were never far from their minds, revelers turned out in Slippery Rock Saturday to celebrate the start of the holiday season, walking part of Main Street closed to traffic, visiting kiosks and stands of vendors and local business owners.

Two separate events, a Christmas Market and a socially-distanced Santa visit, coincided for Saturday's cheerful atmosphere.

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