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City of Plainview NEWS
901 Broadway St.
Plainview, TX 79072
November 24, 2017
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2 Annual Downtown
12 Days of Christmas Celebration
throughout December
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The 2 Annual Downtown 12 Days of Christmas
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Celebration will begin on Friday, December 1 with a
Wine Walk and Lighting Kick Off. The Celebration
with consist of a variety of activities and events
happening downtown throughout the month of
December and will conclude with the Fair Movie
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Day on Friday, December 22.
“Our goal last year was to bring a classic holiday season atmosphere to downtown Plainview
that everyone could enjoy,” said Melinda Brown, Main Street Manager. “We will continue that
this year by giving families an opportunity to celebrate the holidays through several different
events including a concert, parade, movies, musicals as well as enjoying everything our
downtown has to offer – including shopping!”
The 12 Days of Christmas Celebration will be:
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December 1
o 5:30 p.m. – Wine Walk & Tree Lighting Kickoff @ Millennium Park
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December 3
o 3:00 p.m. – Plainview Civic Music Association Christmas Collage @ Fair Theater
(tickets are $10/adults, $5/students)
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December 6
o 10:00 a.m. – Christmas Story Hour @ Unger Memorial Library
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December 7
o 5:00 p.m. – Literacy Council Pre-Parade Celebration @ Fair Theater
o 6:30 p.m. – Chamber Christmas Parade
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December 8
o 7:00 p.m. PCA’s “Spam-A-Lot” @ Fair Theatre (tickets available at the door)
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December 9
o 7:00 p.m. PCA’s “Spam-A-Lot” @ Fair Theatre (tickets available at the door)
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December 12
o All Day – Wells Fargo Open House
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December 13
o All Day – Centennial Bank Open House
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December 14
o 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. – Downtown Shopping Night
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December 15
o 5:00 p.m. – Gingerbread Competition Reception @ Fair Theater
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December 19
o 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. – Soup, Santa & Sopapillas @ Millennium Park
December 21st
o 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. – Gift Wrapping @ Fair Theater
o All Day – Downtown Shopping Day
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December 22
o Christmas Movies/Fair Theatre ($2/Adults, $1/Kids per movie)
o 2:00 p.m. A Christmas Story (PG)
o 4:00 p.m. The Grinch (PG)
o 5:15 p.m. Elf (PG)
A new addition to downtown will be the Gingerbread House Contest. The Plainview Downtown
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Association is partnering with the PISD 4 grade classes for this competition. Each class will
make a gingerbread house to be displayed in different businesses downtown. Voters will then
visit the 14 different stores with the houses and vote for first, second and third prize. First place
winner will receive $500, second will receive $300 and third place will receive $100.
Participating businesses include The Rusty Rose, Accolade Home Care, Turpin Insurance,
Masso’s, Plainview Antiques, Broadway Gifts & Antiques, Salvation Army, It’s A Girl Thing, It’s A
Girl Thing Too, Hello Baby Apparel, CC’s Junque to Antiques, Cindy’s Country Quilt Shoppe, The
Radiant Lily and Dodson Agency.
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The gingerbread houses will be displayed November 21 through December 14 and ballots are
available at every location.
“This is a great way to showcase downtown businesses, involve the community and have some
fun,” says Phyllis Wall, Plainview Downtown Association President. “We invite everyone to
come see the gingerbread houses and vote for your favorite.”
“We are excited about the addition of the gingerbread house competition to the events
downtown and are looking forward to all the events,” says Brown. “We really want to help
Plainview celebrate the holidays – so come join us downtown!”
For more information about the various events, contact Tori Huddleston at 293.4000 or check
out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/mainstreetplainviewtexas for event details and
reminders.
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