San Marcos, Texas-Your Perfect Holiday Getaway

Dec. 16, 2008 - PRLog -- Simplify your holiday this season and designate San Marcos as your one-hit stop for all of your holiday shopping needs.  After your shopping duties are fulfilled, unwind and enjoy unique holiday attractions that will surely revive your Christmas spirit.

Find hundreds of top brands discounted at unbelievable prices at the San Marcos Outlets.  Tanger Outlet Center will feature Santa and Mrs. Claus Saturday, December 20 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.  Reduce your holiday stress and leave the creative wrapping to the San Marcos High School Diamond Line dance team in Suite 1045.  All gift wrapping proceeds benefit the dance team. Holiday hours: Christmas Eve 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., Christmas Day Closed, New Year’s Eve 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., New Year’s Day 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Prime Outlets-San Marcos offers exclusive holiday coupons on designer and name brands, gift ideas recommended by celebrity stylist Mark Alan-Harmon as well a “Done in a Day For Less” shopping guide at www.primeoutlets.com.  Holiday hours: Christmas Eve 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Christmas Day Closed, New Year’s Eve 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and New Year’s Day 9 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Discover more eclectic, one-of-a-kind gifts at a variety of boutiques and shops in Downtown San Marcos while enjoying the town square, rich in history and beautifully decorated for the holiday season.  Find fresh produce, baked goods, canned goods, plants, nuts, oils, coffee, goat cheese and herbal remedies at the San Marcos Farmers Market, located at 104 C.M. Allen Parkway every Tuesday, 3 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Through December 31, take a scenic drive through Santa’s Ranch, a beautifully decorated light park located off Interstate 35 between San Marcos and New Braunfels.  Drive through nearly a mile of spectacular holiday scenes with over one million lights and over 100 displays and animations.

Through the end of December, stroll through San Marcos Plaza Park and enjoy 700,000 lights enveloping every tree as well as a sparkling 75-foot Christmas tree illuminating the crystal clear San Marcos River.

For more information, visit: www.toursanmarcos.com, www.tangeroutlet.com, www.primeoutlets.com and www.santasranch.net.

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The San Marcos Convention and Visitor Bureau provides tourism and promotional services for the City of San Marcos and advocates San Marcos as a year-round travel destination.