Official launch plans for Honest2Goodness Market

Now that we have two whole market days under our belts, and some of the kinks are being ironed out, the next step is to have a formal launch of the Honest2Goodness Market. We have been fortunate that the Minister for Food, Trevor Sargent has agreed to do the launch with us on the 5th of December at 12 o'clock. We think that something with a festive feel to it would work well - maybe a bit early, but since most of the shops in the city have already got Christmas lights and decorations on display, I dont think that it'll feel too early for most people! In the large warehouse space that we have, a very large Christmas Tree would work well (how much are they these days?) and we'll have to have lights of some kind as well... real candles would be great, but not sure if we can handle them sufficiently to satisfy fire hazard concerns... other suggestions have been to do gingerbread men, let kids decorate them, and put them up on the tree with a Christmas wish - I like that one myself. Any other ideas would be great if you have them...

Oh, and I must put up some pictures of the market as a few friends who live abroad have said that they want to see it in operation - so far we have been so busy that getting around to taking photos has been lower on the list of things to do!