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Residents

eager to get the holidays off to a fun start need to head

to downtown Newnan this Sunday.

The annual

Holiday Open House in Newnan's shopping district has

become a holiday tradition that local residents

anticipate and newcomers should discover.

This year's

event runs from 1-5 p.m. and features more than 20 unique

shops and restaurants in the downtown business district.

Downtown

will be dressed up in its holiday finery, so get in the

Christmas spirit and join in for a merry event complete

with holiday refreshments, festive door prizes, home

decorating ideas and more.

As a

special added treat, Santa will visit with children at

Panoply Interior Design.

From 2-3

p.m., Rita McGuffey, artist of the 1999 collectible

Coweta Christmas ornament, will sign her creations at the

Carnegie Building. Ornaments are $6 and ornaments from

previous years will also be on sale.

At 4 p.m.,

the Newnan-Coweta Music Guild presents "A Little

Afternoon Music" in the First United Methodist

Church sanctuary at 33 Greenville St. The concert

features David Kinrade, organ; Martin Ruby, trumpet and

recorder; Roberta Jacobs, cello, and Dennis Marsengill,

trumpet. The concert is free.

For

information, phone 770-254-3703.