Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Friday

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Dec 012010
 

The North Pole reports that Santa Claus is scheduled to arrive in Salem, on the roof of the Hawthorne Hotel Friday, December 3 at 5:30 p.m. The Salem Fire Department is expected to assist Santa off the roof of the hotel.  Santa will be greeted by Mayor Driscoll and proceed to the Museum Place Mall to hear the wishes of children.  At the mall there will be face painting and a coloring contest for children.

The Paul Madore Singers will be performing at the Santa’s Arrival event on the Salem Common. The Paul Madore Chorale is presently celebrating its 45th Season of presenting quality choral music to North Shore audiences.  Based in Salem, Massachusetts, the Chorale has a membership of 50-60 singers drawn from the Greater North Shore area. The chorus for the Santa’s Arrival event is a select group from the Chorale—The Paul Madore Singers.

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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.

 2010 participants and addresses: Continue reading »

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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.

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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.

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