Braving the comparatively cold temperature, dancers from Forgotten Coast Performing Arts stand on the steps of the Grady Market as they prepare to dance at Apalachicola’s Christmas celebration Friday afternoon. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Third grader Addy Bell plays in the “snow” at the Apalachicola Christmas celebration. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Ruby Meek, 4 months, waits in line to see Santa for the first time, in the arms of mom Shelby Meek, from Chattanooga, Tennessee at Apalachicola’s Christ celebration Friday. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Port St. Joe second grader Paisley Rose, daughter of David and Courtney Rose, had her earmuffs on during the cold weather Apalachicola Christmas celebration. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Waiting to see Santa in Apalachicola Friday with their stepmom Hannah Pruett, from Eastpoint, are First Baptist Christian School kindergartner Charlotte Coleman, left, and pre-kindergartner S.J. Jones. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
The Dancing Witches, decked out for Christmas, perform on the docks of Apalachicola’s Riverfront Park Friday. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Making the rounds at Apalachicola’s Christmas celebration, The Grinch (Samantha Gilbert) hugs 2-year-old Michaela Pugh, granddaughter of Alma and the late James Pugh, and Annette Critton, all of Apalachicola, [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Dancers from Forgotten Coast Performing Arts appear before an audience in front of the Grady Market At Apalachicola’s Christmas celebration Friday. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Lauren and Tom Davis, from Eastpoint, wait in line for Santa in Apalachicola with their children, from left, Tate, 3; first grader Elaina; pre-kindergartner Carolinal and 10-month-old Gatlin. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Krystal Hernandez paints the face of ABC School fourth grader Addilyn Shattuck, while Michelle Chambers stays warm, at a fundraiser for Forgotten Coast Performing Arts in conjunction with the Apalachicola Christmas celebration. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Eastpoint’;s John Nunez whispers to the 2-year-old daughter Reagan as they wait in line to see Santa in Apalachicola. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Marley Magee, 1, with mom Lani Magee, from Crawfordville, after they visited with Santa in Apalachicola. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
The Christmas season opened with a breath of fresh air from the North Pole, as temperatures dropped as low as 41 degrees in Apalachicola Friday.
But the cold didn’t deter an enormous crowd to gather in Apalachicola’s Riverfront Park in the afternoon for the annual arrival, the day after Thanksgiving, of Santa Claus aboard a shrimp boat.
Santa and Mrs Claus, whose visit was once again arranged by Mark and Natalie Parsley, listened to the Christmas wishes of a queue of children and their families that extended well into the darkened night.
City commissioners Despina George and Anita Grove joined with staffers from the Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the event, in giving out hot dogs and popcorn to the many families on hand. As the sun set, Grove, in her role as mayor pro tem, lit the shrimp net Christmas tree that graces the park.
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Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.
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David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.