The Down Home Christmas held on Dec. 6 in the Village of Bethel was heralded as a great success by council members at their meeting Dec. 8.

Three Bethel-Tate students, Jessica Martin, Abby Cherry and Stacy Caskey were awarded gift cards from Best Buy for their part in painting pictures on the windows of the village offices in preparation for the event.

“Job well done and I want to thank everyone involved in the Down Home Christmas this past weekend,” said Mayor John Swarthout. “The snow gave us that Christmas atmosphere. I won’t try to name everyone involved, but I want to let them all know that it was a wonderful event for the village. I just can’t say enough good things about it.”