Peddler's Village 50th Anniversary Celebration Kicks Off With Birthday Cake Contest!

Jan. 4, 2012 - PRLog -- Peddler’s Village celebrates 50 years in 2012, featuring special birthday festivities, new festivals and family events, contests, promotions and signature 50th anniversary merchandise.

The year-long celebration kicks off with the Birthday Cake Recipe Contest hosted by the Cock ‘n Bull, the flagship restaurant of Peddler’s Village. The public is invited to submit personal cake recipes to be judged at the Cock ‘n Bull on January 21, 2012. The winning cake will be available on the restaurant’s menu from February 14 through December 2012. For more information and registration forms, please visit the Peddler’s Village 50th Anniversary web page at http://www.peddlersvillage.com/promotions/50th-anniv/default.aspx

More than 25 million guests have visited Peddler’s Village with family and friends in the past five decades. Guests, old and new, can look forward to appreciating treasured memories with vintage photo and memory contests, memorabilia displays, community reunions and celebrations throughout 2012. The month of June is the Birthday Celebration Month, filled with events including a Customer Appreciation event, a Family Reunion and the most spectacular Celebration of Freedom ever!

Other exciting 50th Anniversary festivities include:

• Peddler’s Village Rube Goldberg Challenge in honor of the 50th anniversary and founder Earl Jamison who loved Rube Goldberg machines. Inspired by cartoonist Rube Goldberg, the Peddler’s Village Rube Goldberg Challenge invites anyone to design and build a machine that uses the most complex process to complete a simple task. Rube Goldberg’s grandchildren and Philadelphia television personality Don Polec will make special guest appearances as celebrity judges of the competition! For more information on the Challenge and how to enter, please visit http://www.peddlersvillage.com/rube-goldberg.aspx.

• You’re Turning 50? So are we! Celebrate your birthday with us at the Cock ‘n Bull Restaurant with a complimentary dinner entrée if you were born in 1962. Proof of birth date required. Call 215-794-4000 for details and reservations.

• 50 Weeks of Shopping Peddler's Village shops kick off 50 Weeks of Shopping in January, featuring their unique merchandise and services and locally made products with fun events and promotions.

• 50 Trees for 50 Years Peddler’s Village will launch the multi-year program 50 Trees for 50 Years to honor our horticultural heritage. Please join us in 2012 as we begin the selection of 50 beautiful trees in partnership with Delaware Valley College.

The full schedule of events and more details on this landmark year is posted on the Peddler’s Village website at http://www.peddlersvillage.com.

About Peddler’s Village: In 2012, Peddler’s Village will celebrate its 50th anniversary as the premier shopping and dining destination in Bucks County, PA.  Earl Jamison started Peddler’s Village in June 1962 with 14 shops and the Cock ‘n Bull Restaurant on a 4-acre parcel of land known as “Hentown” that included only a chicken barn, coops, and one antique shop. The Village now hosts 1.5 million guests annually, covers 42 acres and features 65 specialty shops, 6 restaurants, Giggleberry Fair family entertainment center, the Golden Plough Inn and 12 annual festivals and events. For more information, please visit www.peddlersvillage.com or call 215-794-4000.

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Peddler’s Village is an 18th century style village with something for everyone from 70 quality specialty shops and 6 restaurants to the 70-room Golden Plough Inn, Giggleberry Fair family entertainment center, and 11 seasonal festivals and events.