聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 It was an evening of fun and great way to get into the holiday spirit as the 鈥淪ix Stores of Christmas,鈥� hosted an evening out on Tuesday, Nov. 3, between 5 and 8 p.m. Participating businesses included Lotus Tree, Cut & Curl, New Dimensions, Pearl Boutique, Sew & Sews, and Lo Lo鈥檚 Fashion & Events.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The event is one that participating business Cut & Curl began when they first opened.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e鈥檝e done it ever since we opened on Nov. 1, six years ago,鈥� Alicia Brown explained. 鈥淭wo years ago the Pearl came in and then last year Sew & Sews joined.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭his year Nicole [Currie] at The Pearl organized it and got three other businesses to join.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Currie added, 鈥淭he event went really well. We had quite a few women come out. Every business puts a lot of work into getting ready and we appreciate everyone who came out for it.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The evening is a way for the businesses to showcase what they have and get people thinking about upcoming holiday season shopping.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淟ots of people get busy during the day and they don鈥檛 have time to go into everyone鈥檚 store to look around,鈥� Currie explained. 鈥淏y holding this event it lets people come in and see things they otherwise might have missed, and it鈥檚 just something fun to do.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 A fun way to have people stop in at each store was to host a 鈥淲here鈥檚 Santa?鈥� search. A small Santa figurine was hidden in each of the stores and people had to find and take a picture of him in each store. Once they found all six they would enter their names into a draw to win one of six $100 items or baskets sponsored by each of the businesses for the draw.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 For the ladies down at Cut & Curl they said it was great fun and very much enjoyed seeing and visiting with everyone who came in, stating that they had over 35 visitors within that short amount of time.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Enjoying the evening was Linda Perry of White Bear Lake: 鈥淚t鈥檚 great. It鈥檚 a very nice evening out, everyone has decorated their business so nicely for the occasion and it鈥檚 just kind of fun. It鈥檚 nice that they鈥檝e done this and when local businesses offer something like this, why not partake?鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Perry added that she very much enjoyed visiting each of the stores and that looking for the Santa in each shop was a great idea.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Overall the evening was a success and was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone who was out and about for the event.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e鈥檙e just thankful for everybody who comes out to support our efforts, it means the world to us,鈥� Currie said.
