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Holiday Window Contest

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Nov 292010

Salem is decorated beautifully for the holiday season, from a downtown holiday tree in Lappin Park to evergreen wreaths with candy cane lamp posts, Salem is dressed for the season. To top it all off almost 40 downtown businesses have decorated their windows especially for the holidays. People are encouraged to come downtown, take a look at the windows and vote at any participating business for their favorite window. All ballots will be entered into a holiday stocking contest. The winner of the ballot contest will receive a holiday stocking filled with gifts and gift certificates. Come downtown and vote!

Winners will be announced by December 17. The last day to vote in the contest is December 10.

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Local Business Weekend Nov 26 – 28

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Nov 262010

Salem celebrates Local Business Weekend November 26 – 28.

Parking will be free in both downtown garages and the Church Street parking lot November 26 – 28. Parking will also be free on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. “With its eclectic mix of stores and cuisine from around the world, Downtown Salem has something for everyone on your holiday list,” said Mayor Kimberley Driscoll. “Offering free parking is just one way we hope to encourage more customers to see what our local businesses have to offer.”

Destination Salem and Salem Main Streets have also organized this year’s Holiday Happenings, which include fun Holiday events starting in November. To help out harried husbands – or anyone else who has trouble coming up with gift ideas – participating downtown retailers will have wish lists that shoppers can use as guides during December 16’s “Men’s Shopping Night.”

Facebook followers of Destination Salem also have the chance to win gift certificates to local businesses by tagging themselves in Destination Salem photos as part of the Tag and Shop program. For more information on Holiday Happenings; visit Salem.org/holidays, SalemMainStreets.org and facebook.com/destsalem.

For a link to the official holiday event guide for Salem click here.

Salem Tree Lighting Friday

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Nov 242010

The downtown is dressed and ready to go!

Step into downtown Salem and you can’t help but notice the holiday spirit in the air. The holiday wreaths and candy cane ribbon are throughout the downtown. The downtown tree has arrived, it is decorated and looking beautiful. Mayor Driscoll will officially light the tree Friday, November 26 at 6:00 p.m. in Lappin Park at the corner of Essex and Washington St. with music provided by Gulu-Gulu Cafe if weather allows.

The tree lighting is made possible by Salem Main Streets, Cicoria Tree Service, the Meeting House Church, Benjamin Nutter Architect, LLC, Bill’s Auto Body, the City of Salem Department of Public Works, and numerous downtown businesses and volunteers.

Holiday Spirit Downtown Salem

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Nov 222010

Have you noticed a bit more greenery downtown Salem? Are you feeling the holiday spirit? Downtown Businesses have generously sponsored the lovely green wreaths which hang throughout the downtown. Thank you to the City of Salem Department of Public Works for hanging these wreaths and for the Beautification Committee for adding candy cane ribboning on many of the lamp posts. Thank you to the following businesses which donated to Salem Main Streets holiday fund for the wreaths: Angelica of the Angels, Bernard’s Jewelers, Body and Soul Massage and Wellness Center, Caffe Graziani, Coons, Crunchy Granola Baby, Glass & Etc, Green Land Café, Gulu-Gulu Cafe, Hawthorne Hotel, Laura Lanes Skin Care, Lotus Gifts, Mighty Aphrodite, Nightmare Factory, Pamplemousse, Paul Ryan, Peabody Essex Museum Gift Shop, Penelope’s Pet Boutique, Red Lion Smoke Shop, Rouge Cosmetics, Salemdipty, Salem Inn, Signatures, Thai Place, Treasures Over Time, Trolley Depot, Witch Tees.

For more greenery, stop downtown to Lappin Park Friday, November 26 at 6:00 p.m. for the Downtown Salem Tree Lighting with Mayor Driscoll.

Santa’s Arrives Dec. 3

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Nov 202010

Just in case you were planning the usual post-Thanksgiving outing to see Santa Claus arrive in downtown Salem the news from the North Pole is a December 3rd arrival. He is expected to arrive on the roof of the Hawthorne Hotel at 5:30 p.m. to be assisted by the Salem Fire Company with their ladder truck. Then, Mayor Kimberley Driscoll will greet Santa Claus and lead everyone to the Museum Place Mall where children can sit on Santa’s lap and share their wish lists. Don’t miss out on this truly Salem tradition!

Another great event is the downtown tree lighting. There will be a tree lighting the day after Thanksgiving, on Friday, November 26 at 6:00 p.m. in Lappin Park at the corner of Essex and Washington Street. This is a new location for the large downtown tree which will be lit by Mayor Kimberley Driscoll. The tree lighting is made possible by Salem Main Streets, Cicoria Tree Service, the Meeting House Church, Benjamin Nutter Architect, LLC, Bill’s Auto Body, the City of Salem Department of Public Works, and numerous downtown businesses and volunteers. Music will be provided by Gulu-Gulu Cafe. For those of you who enjoy seeing a tree put up and decorated stop downtown Tuesday, November 23 in the morning.

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