HOLIDAZZLE CONTINUES IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
IT'S IN LORING PARK.
KATE RADDATZ IS LIVE THERE THIS
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING, KATE.
Reporter: GOOD MORNING, KIM.
ONE OF THE COME THINGS ABOUT
THE HOLIDAZZLE THIS YEAR IS THE
BIG EMPHASIS ON LOCAL VENDORS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY INSIDE A NICE
WARM THENLT THIS MORNING, ASK
IS NICE AT KATA WOLF A. WHAT
CAN PEOPLE FIND AT YOUR STORE?
THEY'RE ALL GERMAN.
WE HAVE SOME 185'S, WHICH ARE
WOOD ORNAMENTS AND AROUND THE
CORNER WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF
INTERNATIONAL GLASS.
WE HAVE OUR GLASS MANUFACTURED
IN GERMANY, SO A LITTLE BIT OF
EVERYTHING.
YOUR ONLY LOCATION IS IN
STILLWATER.
THAT'S COOL.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE BIG
EMPHASIS ON LOCAL GIFTS.
THERE ARE SO MANY.
IT'S A NICE THING.
SO IT IS A NICE THING THAT
THEY'VE DONE.
Reporter: I WAS ACTUALLY
HERE ON SUNDAY.
I WAS SHOWING YOU.
IT'S ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL
ORNAMENTS.
I GOT A COUPLE OF THOSE BUT YOU
WERE SAYING THE NUTCRACKERS YOU
SELL, IT'S A SPECIAL YEAR.
IT'S THE 200th ANNIVERSARY
OF "THE NUTCRACKER."
Reporter: WHAT MAKES THE
HOLIDAZZLE SO SPECIAL?
I KNOW WE KNOW BUT WHY DO
FAMILIES KEEP COMING BACK?
PROBABLY THE VENDORS AND
ATMOSPHERE.
IT'S A CLOSE KNIT GROUP OF
PEOPLE.
IT'S A FUN ATMOSPHERE.
IT'S SAFE.
IT'S JUST A FUN ATMOSPHERE.
Reporter: I ACTUALLY BOUGHT
A COUPLE OF THESE WHEN WE WERE
HERE ON SUNDAY.
THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR LOCAL
GIFTS, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO
COME.
THEY HAVE DOUBLED THE AMOUNT
COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AND OF
COURSE THE HOLIDAZZLE RUNS
THURSDAYS THROUGH SUNDAYS UP
UNTIL DECEMBER 23rd.
THERE'S A LOT MORE TO DO.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE LOCAL
FOOD, FOOD AND THE DRINKS.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN OUR
6:00 HOUR.
I WAS THERE FOR THE
CHRISTMAS IS A LITTLE OVER
TWO WEEKS AWAY.
HOLIDAZZLE AT LORING PARK IS
A GREAT ONE.
THEY HAVE CARRIAGE RIDES, FOOD
FROM LOCAL VENDORS.
KATE RADDATZ IS SHOWING US SOME
OPTIONS.
SHOW US WHAT THEY GOT.
I KNOW YOU WANT TO KNOW
ABOUT THE FOOD.
I'M HERE AT KAY TOWN STREET
FOOD.
I'M HERE WITH LISA BUEY.
SHE'S NOT EVEN WEARING A COAT,
YOUR ELF OUTFIT.
WHAT CAN PEOPLE FIND?
OUR MOST POPULAR DISHES KIM
CHI FRIES.
TELL PEOPLE WHAT'S ON IT.
IT'S FRENCH FRIES, AND SEES
SPA MI SEED AND GARLIC AOIL
SAUCE.
IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A
PUTINE.
WE HAVE A FOOD TRUCK AND
WE'RE IN DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL.
IS IT FUN?
YOU SAID THIS IS YOUR SECOND
YEAR COMING BACK.
WE LOVE IT HERE.
IT'S LIKE A HOLIDAY SPIRIT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY
ENJOY DOING.
I WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT
THE OTHER THINGS YOU CAN FIND
AT THE HOLIDAZZLE.
I'M HERE WITH LEAH WONG.
TELL ME WHAT OTHER THINGS.
I KNOW THERE ARE TONS OF
ACTIVITIES.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE
PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A KID'S ZONE, SANTA.
ELF FOR OUR MOVIE.
SATURDAY WE HAVE FIREWORKS.
SO LOTS OF PROGRAMMING AND OF
COURSE OUR TWINKLE LIGHTS AND
SOME OF OUR INTERACTIVE ART.
Reporter: I BROUGHT MY
NIECES AND NEPHEWS ON SUNDAY.
EVERYTHING IS FREE, RIGHT?
EVERYTHING IS FREE.
WE HAVE COMPLIMENTARY SKATES,
SO LOTS TO DO FOR FREE.
WE REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
COME OUT, TAKE SOME PHOTOS,
GREAT PLACE TO GATHER THIS
HOLIDAY SEASON.
Reporter: IF PEOPLE WANT TO
CHECK OUT THE FIREWORKS ON
SATURDAY THERE'S SOME
TRANSPORTATION.
Reporter: SATURDAY THE
FIREWORKS ARE AT 6:30 PEOPLE
AND THEN METRO TRANSIT DOES
FREE RIDES.
YOU CAN TAKE METRO TRANSIT TO
HOLIDAZZLE.
DOWNLOAD THE FREE PASS AND
YOU'RE READY TO GO.
Reporter: BEFORE WE GO, I
WANT TO TRY THIS BECAUSE IT
LOOKS SO GOOD.
BY THE WAY, IT'S HOT, TOO.
SERIOUSLY, THEY'RE IN ELF