PORT ANGELES — Sales, treats, music and Santa will be available as part of “Shop ‘Til You Drop” on Thursday night.
More than 30 stores and shops in downtown Port Angeles and at The Landing mall will stay open until 8 p.m.
There will be complimentary gifts, sales, special discounts on merchandise, drawings for door prizes and holiday cocoa, hot cider and cookies at many of the stores for people who come in between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Shoppers can also enter a drawing at participating stores for a prize of $500 in Downtown Dollars, which can be used like cash at many downtown businesses.
A shopper must be at least 18 to participate in the drawing.
The drawing will be held in front of the downtown Christmas tree at the Conrad Dyar Fountain, corner of First and Laurel streets, at 8:15 p.m.
The winner must be present.
Santa will be downtown, too — seated with one of his elves at The Toggery, 105 E. First St., and handing out candy canes.
Parents should bring their children — and a camera.
Hot cider will be served from First Street Haven’s Christmas Room next to The Toggery.
Participating stores will have special red shopping bags for purchases.
Music by Double Exposure — Howard and Leslie Fisher, husband and wife DJs — will be heard throughout downtown.
Caroling
There will also be caroling in front of the downtown Christmas tree.
Betsy Reed Schultz, owner of The Tudor Inn Bed and Breakfast in Port Angeles, organized the seventh annual “Shop ‘Til You Drop.”
Co-sponsors are the Port Angeles Downtown Association and the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce.
First Federal and the downtown association are the sponsors of the $500 Downtown Dollars drawing.
Also Thursday night, the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold its December holiday after-hours business mixer from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Holiday mixer
The mixer is in the second-floor meeting room of the Port Angeles CrabHouse Restaurant at the Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St.
It is open to chamber members and their guests.
Beverages and appetizers will be provided.
