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Lights in the Night shine brighter We love downtown in the winter! To be honest, we love downtown all times of the year but the winter season here in downtown Kamloops definitely fills us up with wonder, joy and holiday spirit. All you have to do is look around, especially after the sun goes down. You find yourself in a world of twinkly tree lights, fantastic holiday window displays and if we are lucky, beautiful fluffy snow! Helping to make the holiday season a little bit brighter is the folks over at the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association or as they have become to be known, Downtown Kamloops. They are the people behind those twinkly tree lights and the ones that organize the best kick off to a holiday season any one neighbourhood could have. That celebration is the Lights in the Night Christmas Party and it never fails to impress. “The Lights in the Night Christmas Party is the official kick off to Christmas downtown,” explains Gay Pooler, general manager. “Your favourite merchants pull out all the stops, throwing holiday parties, open houses, having great promotions and ringing in the festive season.” The Lights in the Night Christmas Party is an event built for the whole family. There are kids crafts and activities along with the annual tree light up and carolling at St. Andrews on the Square, merchant parties, a Lights in the Night lantern walk, specials, promotions and the special In It To Win It live prizing game. In It To Win It has become a crowd favourite over the last few years and sees customers with cellular phones able to either scan a QR code at every party location or text a special phrase to win. Prizes are awarded every three minutes live on the street. There are more than 60 prizes awarded over
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a three-hour period by your very own Echo Elves. “We can’t wait for Lights in the Night this year,” continues Gay. “Not only are we playing In It To Win It but this is also the launch of Downtown Kamloops’ big holiday promotion called the 28 Days of Giving – get your shoppe on.” 28 Days of Giving – get your shoppe on
Top: Plaza Hotel general manager Shatha Al-Reihani and KCBIA manager Gay Pooler at last year’s Lights in the Night Christmas party. Bottom: Father Christmas visits with Carly and Aidan Orozco.
follows many of the same principles of In It To Win It but on steroids. More than 48 stores are participating, all starting on the evening on November 27 and running through right until December 24. “For 28 days from November 27 through December 24 we will be giving away more than $7000 in prizes to you, our shoppers and sharers,” finishes Gay. “Winning is easy, all you have to do is opt-in to our daily #dtkfabfinds alerts, shop and share! You can win each and every day of the 28 days. There are multiple ways to enter and you can enter as many times as you want.” Those ways to win include opting into their auto #dtkfabfinds alert system with either your mobile phone number or email address, shopping at any of the participating merchants – one entry per purchase, sharing their daily #dtkfabfinds on any of your social media platforms using the hashtag #dtkfabfinds, locating your own #dtkfabfind in one of the participating merchants, sharing it on any of your social media platforms using the hashtag #dtkfabfinds, or parking! Visitors who park on street and pay for their parking using Telepark are entered daily to win a $50, $20 or $10 Downtown Gift Certificate given away by the City of Kamloops. The Lights in the Night Christmas Party runs from 4:00pm to 8:00pm on Thursday, November 27. You can get details and a full list of activities, prizing and fab finds at www.downtownkamloops. com. It will be a party you will not want to miss! Tanya Orozco, freelance
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