East Village Annual Holiday Market helps local vendors [Video]

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — The countdown to the holidays has begun, and many visitors have kicked it off at Market and 13th Street in East Village. Several people were packed in the Quartyard for the annual tree lighting and holiday market held by the East Village Association.

“We do this event every year to give the community a place to celebrate the holidays and usher them in those holidays into the East Village neighborhood,” says Dominic Li Mandri, District Manager of the East Village Association.

Families, pets, and even Santa are all getting in on the holiday spirit this year. It wasn’t only to celebrate the start of what’s called the ‘most wonderful time of the year,’ but also to celebrate local vendors.

“So we just like to get our sauce out like we’re the only people that make it how we do,” says Justice Cunningham, head salesperson with Down …