NEW HOPE ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY KICKS-OFF THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON

Sunday, November 29, 2009 At 5:30 pm
Golden Ticket Winner Announced
Santa Claus Arrives at 6:00 pm

FREE METERED PARKING DECEMBER 15 – JANUARY 1, 2010

New Hope, PA (November 11, 2009) – The Greater New Hope Chamber of Commerce has announced its Annual Holiday Kick-Off & Tree Lighting Ceremony, which officially starts the shopping season in New Hope, PA. The event takes place on Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 5:30 pm in front of the Logan Inn at Main and Ferry Streets. Enjoy refreshments – cookies, hot cider and hot chocolate -- all supplied by local businesses. The beautiful voices of Bucks County Chorale Society will provide entertainment during the illumination.

During the evening, the Chamber’s Second Saturday Golden Ticket contest concludes with the drawing of one lucky grand-prize winner. One of the ten Golden Ticket recipients will win a FREE PARKING SPACE in New Hope’s Union Square for one year commencing January 1, 2010. Then at 6:00 pm, Santa Claus will arrive from the North Pole in a horse-drawn carriage from West End Farm with gifts for the children. The Chamber of Commerce will also be collecting new, unwrapped toys for and loose change for Toys for Tots and Salvation Army charities. Plus “Meet the Mutts” from the popular YouTube series, “It’s Todd’s Show,” New Hope’s wacky canine comedy which guest-stars many local characters.

Reminder that Saturday, December 12 is the town wide Second Saturday event. Starting at 12 noon, New Hope’s galleries and shops will stay open until 10:00 pm. Earlier in the day, experience the Monroe Crossing of the Delaware when colonial re-enactors parade through town, demonstrate a cannon shooting and cross the Delaware River as it was done in 1776.

Shopping local is made even easier with FREE PARKING! Starting December 15 through January 1, 2010, the New Hope Borough Council in conjunction with the New Hope Chamber of Commerce is offering Free Parking Meters throughout the holiday season.

Posted on 11 Nov 2009