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Main Street Annual Holiday Festival 2010

Santa will be at the Museum lawn at 5:30pm, Saturday, Dec. 4, to pose for photos with your kids– it's free; bring your own camera; then he'll lead the Candlelight walk after the Tree Lighting to the Shopping Cart tree at Edgemar, then he will stroll the street, again available for photos and with a hearty Ho Ho HO!!

Holiday Parties at numerous Main Street businesses, 6pm - 9pm

Caroling along the street and at the parties, 6:15pm - 8:30pm, by the Samohi Choir and the Off Their Jingle Bell Rockers.

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The annual Holiday Decorations Contest: vote on your favorite window and/or interior; your ballot doubles as a raffle entry so you have a chance to win a prize from a Main Street business.
Voting will take place between 5pm Nov. 26 and 9pm Dec. 4.


HOLIDAY PARTIES
As of 11/10/10 the following merchants will be having Holiday Parties. This list will grow as the event approaches so please check back.

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Accents Jewelry (2900 Main),
Agabhumi (2665 Main),
Arts & Letters (2665 Main),
Beau + Aero (2307 Main),
Bike Attack (2400 Main),
Clever On Main (2823 Main),
Clouds (2719 Main)
Compliments (2804 Main),
Deyermond Art + Books (2801 Main),
Dolce Vita (2710 Main),
Euphoria Loves RAWvolution (2301 Main),
Fedora Primo (216 Pier Ave.),
Gioia (2721 Main),
Green Denim Initiative (2716 Main),
The Green Life (2409 Main),
Mindfulnest (2711 Main),
Monkie (2665 Main),
Natural High Lifestye (2400 Main),
Next Salon (2400 Main),
Paint:Lab (2912 Main),
Pebbles (2400 Main),
RK Apothecary (Edgemar),
St. Matthew's Thrift Shop (2812 Main),
Ten Women (2651 Main),
The Urban Craft Center (2433 Main),
Uroborus (2407 Main),
Yoga Works (2215 Main),
Z.J. Boarding House (2619 Main).


HOLIDAY DECORATIONS CONTEST
As of 11/10/10 the following merchants will be decorating their windows and/or interiors and hoping for your vote. This list will grow as the event approaches so please check back.

Accents Jewelry (2900 Main),
Agabhumi (2665 Main),
Berry Lee Shoes (2525 Main),
Bike Attack (2400 Main),
Clever On Main (2823 Main),
Clouds (2719 Main),
Deyermond Art + Books (2801 Main)
Euphoria Loves RAWvolution (2301 Main),
Green Denim Initiative (2716 Main),
The Green Life (2409 Main),
Mindfulnest (2711 Main),
Next Salon (2400 Main),
Pebbles (2400 Main),
Ritual Adornments (2708 Main),
RK Apothecary (Edgemar)
Sunny Blue (2728 Main),
Ten Women (2651 Main),
The Urban Craft Center (2433 Main),
Varga (2714 Main),
Yoga Works (2215 Main).


SIDEWALK SALES
As of 11/10/10 the following merchants will be participating in the Sidewalk Sale Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 4 and 5. This list, too, may grow so please check back.

Arts & Letters (2665 Main),
Berry Lee Shoes (2525 Main),
Bike Attack (2400 Main),
Clever On Main (2823 Main),
Clouds (2719 Main),
Compliments Fashion (2804 Main),
Euphoria Loves RAWvolution (2301 Main),
Gioia (2721 Main),
Green Denim Initiative (2716 Main),
The Green Life (2409 Main),
Infinity Wireless (2914 Main),
Jadis (2701 Main),
Jodi Fuchs Art (2000 Main),
Moonlight Rugs (2727 Main),
Natural High Lifestyle (2400 Main),
Paint:Lab (2912 Main),
Pebbles (2400 Main),
St. Matthew's Thrift Shop (Sunday only) (2812 Main),
Sunny Blue (2728 Main),
Ten Women (2651 Main),
Trendy Sunglasses (2817 Main),
The Urban Craft Center (2433 Main),
Varga (2417 Main),
Yoga Works (2215 Main),
Z.J. Boarding House (2619 Main).


RAFFLE PRIZES
As of 11/10/10 the following merchants will be donating prizes for the Holiday Decorations Contest raffle. This list, too, may grow so please check back.

Accent (2900 Main),
Agabhumi (2665 Main),
Arts & Letters (2665 Main),
Bike Attack (2440 Main),
Compliments Fashion (2804 Main),
Deyermond Art + Books (2801 Main),
Dhaba Indian Cuisine (2104),
Dolce Vita (2710 Main),
Euphoria Loves RAWvolution (2301 Main),
Fedora Primo (216 Pier Ave.),
Gioia (2721 Main),
Green Denim Initiative (2716 Main),
Jadis (2701 Main),
Mindfulnest (2711 Main),
Moonlight Rugs (2727 Main),
Next Salon (2400 Main),
Paint Lab (2912 Main),
Panini Garden (2715 Main),
Puzzle Zoo (2910 Main),
Ritual Adornments (2708 Main),
Rudy's Barbershop (3101 Main),
Trendy Sunglasses (2817 Main),
Varga (2714 Main),
Yoga Works (2215 Main).

(with Sidewalk Sales Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 4 and 5)

Tree-lighting with holiday songs by the Samohi Choir
6pm
California Heritage Museum lawn, 2612 Main Street (just south of Ocean Park Blvd.)

Following the Tree-lighting, a Candlelight Walk to the famous Shopping Cart Tree at Edgemar Courtyard and music by the Off Their Jingle Bell Rockers



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