Bonners Ferry Christmas
tree lighting to be a festive day
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October 28, 2011 |
 This
year's Bonners Ferry tree lighting celebration
is shaping up to be a festive day that no one
looking to get into the Christmas spirit will
want to miss. Organizers are already working
hard to get Bonners Ferry merchants in the mood
to kick off a holiday season that will be long
remembered.
Carolers will begin making the rounds in
downtown Bonners Ferry beginning at 4 p.m. Friday,
November 25, as families gather for the official
lighting of the Bonners Ferry Christmas tree at
4:30 p.m. in Georgia Mae Plaza.
Mrs. Claus will gather children for her husband,
Santa's, arrival, and he'll be riding not a sleigh, but a
City of Bonners Ferry fire truck. There'll be
free hot chocolate or coffee to keep everyone
warm, and participating stores will be open
until 7 p.m., filling kids' stockings with
unbelievable treasure.
Every child who is there for the lighting
celebration will get their own stocking, along with
a card listing all of the places where they will
have an opportunity
to stuff their stocking ... it's up to the
parents whether that stocking then has to be
taken home and hung by the mantle with care, or
if they can enjoy the generosity of our local
merchants right there ... emptying the stocking
before they hang it at home in hopes that
they've been good and Santa will refill it with
more great things on Christmas morning!
All local merchants are being asked to
contribute to the festivities; decorating their
window displays with a festive motif, with the
opportunity to win the coveted "Best Holiday
Storefront" award, keeping their stores open
longer that evening, and letting
organizers Lillie Blackwell or Eldora Gatchell
know what you can contribute to the kids
stockings or have planned for that evening. If
any Bonners Ferry merchant hasn't yet been
contacted, the form is available by
clicking here,
which can be filled out and dropped off at
Beck's Furniture or mailed to Eldora at P.O. Bos
1739, Bonners Ferry, ID 83805, or you can
contact Lillie at (208) 267-2775.
In addition, that card given the kids is going
to have a place for all participating merchants
to stamp or mark off that the child and their
families visited, and when they're done.
When they're done, they'll have
November 25 and November 26 to get those cards to
Larson's, where they'll be entered in a drawing
for a Larson's gift certificate. The kids
winning that drawing will get a Larson's gift
certificate that they can use to buy Mom or Dad
a great present, or, if they're so inclined, use
to buy themselves or their siblings a toy from
Larson's Christmas toy section!
Each merchant can also sponsor a small Christmas
tree, three to 4 1/2 feet in height, for which
everyone can buy a $1 raffle ticket. Drawing for
the winners will be held Monday, December 19. All
funds raised through the Merchant's Christmas
Tree Raffle will go to the holiday fund to build
up next year's Christmas celebration ... if
that's possible.
While the event will be a boon to all the
merchants who choose to take part, the
over-riding goal is to give each child who
attends the lasting memory of an unforgettable
Christmas season kick-off in Bonners Ferry ... a
memory that will live with them forever, and one
they'll one day want their children to enjoy ...
in the happy little Village of Bonners Ferry! |
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