Holiday Shopping Starts Saturday
WATER VALLEY – It may be hard to believe, but Christmas is just around the corner and downtown merchants are kicking off the festive season with a Holiday Open House this Saturday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
An annual event, the Water Valley Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors the open house allowing hundreds of shoppers to get an early start on their Christmas list. This year 24 businesses are participating and merchandise ranges from arts and crafts to clothes and tools, and from groceries and food to home décor and appliances. There are gifts for everyone on your list, so take a peek at the special section inside this week’s Herald for holiday shopping ideas.
During the day shoppers can register to win door prizes at participating businesses and a chance to win the grand prize given by the Chamber, a $500 gift certificate to The Furniture Store. Other door prizes include gift certificates for store merchandise as businesses have donated awesome items to help entice shoppers.
In addition to prizes, the itinerary Saturday includes entertainment, refreshments and tons of bargains. The Water Valley Rotary Club is also getting in on the action with a chili cook-off with more than a dozen cooks signed up to compete with entries that will be judged and served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Businesses participating in the open house and will be open during the shopping time include Amelia’s Gifts and Living Room Gallery, B&H Flowers, Bozarts Gallery, B.T.C. Old Fashioned Grocery, Craw-dad Hole, Downtown Inn and Coffee Parlor, El Charitto, GG’s Flowers and Gifts, Hometown Pizza, Larson’s Piggly Wiggly, Magnolia Home Furnishings, Midtown Auto Parts, Misfits Boutique, Rip It Up, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Sartain’s True Value, South Main, Sprint Mart, Super Lube, The Furniture Store, The Trusty Diner, Turnage Drug Store, Valley Lumber, Van’s Furniture & Laundry Service and Village Flower Shop.
Chamber President Linda Maynor urges everyone to remember to shop local during the holiday season, starting with the action-packed open house.
