Eureka Springs Christmas Parade of Lights
(EUREKA SPRINGS, AR) – The Eureka Springs Downtown Network (ESDN) is offering families an enticement to come back to Eureka Springs for the city’s annual Christmas Festival. They have announced plans to give away a Come Back to Eureka Springs Holiday Package to one lucky family.
The winning family will receive a four-night stay at the historic Grand Central Hotel Dec. 2-5, along with gift certificates for fine dining at DeVito’s Restaurant and the Mud Street Café. Also included in the prize package are tickets for four to the Christmas Show at Pine Mountain Music and Comedy Theater, the Christmas Tour of Homes, the Christmas Ball, the Great Passion Play, and Santa’s Brunch at the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa. The winners will also ride as honored guests in the Eureka Springs Christmas Parade of Lights.
Entry forms are available July 8 through October 31 at hotels and merchants throughout Eureka Springs and can be dropped off at the Historical Museum. The winner will be drawn at random and notified November 6.
“In the winter our historic village becomes even more magical,” says ESDN executive director Jacqueline Wolven, “And we want to share that special time with a family who may have not have experienced our picturesque escape during the holidays.”
According to Carol Friesen, owner of Tummy Ticklers and ESDN board member, “Treating a family to Christmas in Eureka Springs seems like the perfect gift. Besides the wide variety of events for the whole family, over 200 independently owned stores offer shoppers a huge variety of specialty gifts. It’s the best shopping experience you can have!”
The Eureka Springs Christmas Festival is Dec. 2-12 and includes the 44th Annual Silver Tea, Annual Christmas Parade of Lights, 28th Annual Eureka Springs Preservation Society Christmas Tour of Homes, Eureka Springs Historical Museum Christmas Ball, Christmas at the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa, 4th Annual Ging-Eureka Gingerbread Contest at Tummy Ticklers, Living Windows inside downtown shops, live music and concerts, photos with Santa in Basin Spring Park, the Nativity Drama at The Great Passion Play, Christmas shows at two music theaters, and many more seasonal events and shopping specials.
ESDN works in partnership with Main Street Arkansas and the Main Street America
program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information, email director@eurekaspringsdowntown.com, or go to www.shoppingeurekasprings.com.
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