Shown is an author station with Tami McDowell and Jennifer Bee at Appomattox Christian Academy’s 5th annual Appomattox Christmas Market on Saturday. Jenny Deaner/Times Virginian

Appomattox Christian Academy’s 5th annual Appomattox Christmas Market hosted nearly 50 vendors and hundreds of shoppers over the weekend.

“The event is a fundraiser for the school,” said ACA’s Director of Operations Brandi Tweedy. “We are a private school and not state funded, so we rely on student tuition, donations attendance for the festival and were spectators and participants in the parade.

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