Saturday Swift Current residents were out in full force at the eighth annual Christmas Spirit trade show to do some early Christmas shopping and check out local home-based businesses.

Jennifer Collinson, along with her sister Kirby Leisle are the Trade Show Sisters, and they organized the event and said the event has gotten so big that they had to rent out the Stockade building in Kinetic Park.

She said that they were happy with the turnout they received.

"It was really busy, and we received lots of good feedback from the show," she said. "We are happy with how the show went. Lot's of people have commented on the good mix of vendors, and how it's great to do all the shopping in one spot."

Collinson said that she and sister decided to create this trade show as a way for people to check out all the local home-based businesses at once. 

"My sister and I have always sold home-based products," she said. "So we wanted to get together with other people who did the same and create a venue for our shoppers to come to."

Collinson added that their next event would be a pop-up trade show, on December 10 at the Rec Centre.