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Christmas in Old Town
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Tree Lighting, Shopping, Dining, and Holiday Fun Mayor Thomas P. Schneider is pleased to announce that the City of Florissant and Old Town Partners will be hosting Christmas in Old Town on Saturday, December 7 from 2pm 5:30pm in the Florissant City Council Chambers. There will be light refreshments and snacks to enjoy. Santa Claus will be there and fun activities are planned. Many of the retail shops and restaurants will be open in Old Town so you can enjoy dining, shopping and all the holiday festivities. Santa Claus will arrive at city hall at 2:15 and welcomes all children to visit him. (There is a charge to have your picture with Santa). While waiting to tell all your wishes for Christmas to the Big Man, you can: • Make a craft (sponsored by the St. Louis County Library) • Decorate a cookie • Have your face painted by the Valey of Flowers Queen and her maids • Let Cookie the Clown make your very own balloon sculpture • Listen to a Christmas story • Listen to wonderful seasonal music • And of course have cookies and cocoa. There may even be a surprise! Shops will be open along rue St.
Francois. Be sure to visit these locallyowned shops: Brief Reflections, Stems Florist, Sandie’s Interiors, Blue Moon Stencil Shop, Florissant Old Town Marketplace Children’s Boutique, Village of the Blue Rose, Korte’s Frames and Gifts, Dooley’s Florist and Gifts, and Henefer’s Jewelers. City Diner, de.lish, Helfer’s Deli, Old Town Donuts and Hendel’s Market Café. At 5pm, the annual tree lighting ceremony will take place on the front lawn of City Hall. From the City Hall balcony, Mayor Schneider and the 2013 Valley of Flowers Queen Kelly Mahaffy and her court will do the honors of switching on the Christmas lights to official start the holiday season. “This annual event is the official start of the holiday season for the City of Florissant. There are plenty of fun and activities planned for people of all ages to enjoy. After the tree lighting ceremony is over, I will be heading over to the James J. Eagan Center to kick off the 25th Annual Project-Lift event which I started in 1989. This event is for grades 5-8 to attend and to help promote the DARE program,” said the mayor. For more information contact Old Town Partners at 314.837.0033 or visit
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their website at www.florissantoldtown.com. Florissant Old Town Partners was incorporated August 26, 1996, under the not-for-profit Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code by a group of people representing citizens, businesses and government who believe that Old Town Florissant is an attractive area where persons experience a stable, healthy community with a rich cultural heritage.
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