FACES & PLACES: East Village Tree Lighting & Holiday Market

The festive spirit spilled out of Quartyard and onto the street as downtown San Diego showed it looks good in green and red

By Ron Donoho ● Event Photos ● December 9, 2023

**The 2023 East Village Tree Lighting & Holiday Market.** (All photos by Sal Giametta)

Downtown is lighting up and the most recent shine came from the East Village Tree Lighting & Holiday Market at Quartyard on December 9. 2023. The eclectic event included a curated holiday market, live music, kid-friendly activities and a tree lighting ceremony. That jolly guy in the red suit made an appearance, too.

Making his appearance known by way of a portrait-driven photo essay was San Diego Sun photographer Sal Giametta:

Have a holly, jolly! SDSun

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Ron Donoho lives and breathes the content on the San Diego Sun. He has more than two decades of local, regional and national media experience, built on a foundation of strong research, writing and editing, and crafting reported features. His broad background is hyper-locally channeled into the reporting done here on his own downtown San Diego neighborhood.

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