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Holiday events help attract shoppers to QC area stores

By: Dave Thompson|December 8, 2025
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    • Penny Smith, owner of Crafted QC, holds a Christmas tree ornament Saturday, Dec. 6, during the Christmas in LeClaire celebration. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    As holiday shoppers visited  Aunt Hattie’s Fanciful Emporium Unique Gift Shop in downtown LeClaire on Saturday, Dec. 6, many of them stopped for a moment to try a free sample of Glogg – a spiced punch.

    “As corny as it sounds, we say it ‘tastes like Christmas,’”…

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