Christmas

Dickens’ Alley and Main Street Merriment

Kate Lochte — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:09:36 +0000

Every year Murray Main Street combines caroling, lighting the Christmas Tree, and a recreation of a Victorian England Alley for visitors to enjoy, topped off with a tuba/Euphonium concert at the Robert O Miller Conference Center. We welcome Ebenezer Scrooge to learn more about Dickens’ Alley, a narrow passageway behind the Maple Street Businesses on the Court Square in Murray, between 4^th and 5^th Streets.

Sounds Good Wreath Contest Winners

Jenni Todd — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:12:31 +0000

Murray State’s NPR station, 91.3 WKMS-FM, has announced winners of its holiday wreath making contest. Wreaths are on display in Murray State’s Waterfield Library through the end of November and then most go to Murray Calloway County Hospital to decorate for the holiday season. Images of all wreaths are also on the WKMS Facebook page.

The Morning Cram [the me, myself and i edition]

Whitney Jones — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:06:58 +0000

From NPR: More than half of shoppers are using holiday sales to self-gift, waiting until the Christmas season to buy extravagant items at reasonable prices. The National Retail Federation has found that shoppers who self-gift spend an average of $140 on themselves while many people are out shopping solely for friends and family.

Christmas Open Houses Around the Paris Court Square

Kate Lochte — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:31:41 +0000

The Downtown Paris Association opens its Downtown Unwrapped Holiday Celebration the first weekend in November. Association President Kathy Ray (Vice President, Financial Center Manager, First Bank, Paris) speaks with Sounds Good about Christmas Open Houses around the Court Square through the weekend and lots of other special goings-on.

See more at visitdowntownparis.com.