The ceiling of the Holiday Inn Expo Center is so high that the 9 or 10 foot tall maze of 119 booths seems like a LEGO town by comparison. The combined din of hundreds of buyers and sellers eagerly sharing a communion over wares of all varieties can barely fill the room, and when standing just a few feet back, it’s all reduced to a shapeless hum.
Columbia retailers seek to tap holiday spirit
Thursday, November 15, 2007 | 9:15 p.m. CST;
updated 8:32 a.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008
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