Linda Kay and I appear on this Christmas decoration in downtown Bedford, if only for a moment.

Needing Needful Things in Bedford

The Princess and I drove over to Bedford this morning to see how the big town and former tiny city (the smallest in Virginia) was handling Christmas. Princess figured it right. Bedford knows Christmas.

We wound up in a friendly little antique mall called Needful Things and had lights in our eyes before leaving with a few Christmas gifts and goodies. This place, which has 30 or so vendors and their wares, is a treat for those of us who don't know what we want to buy for Christmas. There are lovely nooks every few feet on the three floors of what I guess to have been a department store at one time. 

The little city/town (it was a town, reverted to a city, then back to a town) is actually quite alive with Christmas feel and spirit. It was a good place to stop on our rounds. 

Princess at the Bedford Christmas tree downtown. 

This cookie jar, marked down from $299 to $199, looks like one my mother had.

Linda loved Needful Things, as did I.