When Dewayne and Brittany Hedrick decided to open 115 Craft in downtown McAdenville four years ago, they had no idea what it would involve.
“We were looking for something in the Gaston County area, and the friend that was helping us find a place, she suggested McAdenville. We said, ‘Where is that?’ She said, you know, “Christmastown USA.” And we said, ‘What is that?'” Dewayne Hedrick said. “We came here, looked at the space, and then spoke with the realtor that was in charge. He gave us kind of the low down. We didn’t quite still know what it was until end of November 2022, when all the chaos started.”
McAdenville’s month-long celebration of Christmas turned out to be “the most festive thing I’d ever been involved in,” Hedrick said. “I couldn’t believe the crowds.”…