PEORIA ( 25News Now ) -An East Peoria holiday tradition brought festivity and much-needed foot traffic to local businesses after last Saturday’s winter storm.

The 12th annual FOLEPI Gifts Galore Shop and Stroll turned the historic Four Corners District into a family friendly market.

Visitors enjoyed a horse drawn carriage ride with the Grinch, holiday shopping, with many of shops treating it as their Small Business Saturday. The nine participating businesses and organizations sold anything from food, handcrafted items, jewelry, and even plants.

Participating businesses included Vintique and The Pickers Daughter, and First United Methodist Church across the street had its own raffle, small businesses, and Santa.

“People like a homemade gift... you can’t go buy it in a store, you can’t

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