A group called The Festival Singers sing Christmas Carols as people shop along the Woodward Avenue CityLoft stores in downtown Detroit, MI on Nov 17, 2012. The singers, from left, are Chris Lynch, Susan Wentworth-Hoben, Laurie Gebert, and Brian Baylor. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Det News)
Denise Kubin, left, turns her horse and carriage onto Grand River, past the Woodward Ave CityLoft shops in downtown Detroit on Nov 17, 2012. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Det News)
Stefan Mantyk, performing as Lester the Jester, juggles batons on fire while trying to attract shoppers to the 1200 block of Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit on Nov 17, 2012. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Det News)
