Downtown Holland to Host Popular Holiday Open House This Saturday, November 23
Holland, MI – If you’ve never experienced the magic of Downtown Holland during the holiday season, this is the one night you won’t want to miss! This Saturday, November 23, over 50 shops and restaurants will open their doors from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm for the popular Downtown Holland Holiday Open House. During the Holiday Open House, residents and visitors alike are invited to stroll the beautifully decorated and brightly lit heated streets while shopping for holiday gifts for everyone on your list! Shops and restaurants will be welcoming customers with a number of holiday promotions, including free gift wrapping, complimentary holiday refreshments, merchandise discounts, and fun giveaways during this annual event! The event also features appearances by Santa and his favorite elf, a reindeer petting corral, strolling carolers, and chestnut roasting over an open fire. The Holiday Open House is proudly sponsored by Greenridge Realty Holland.
The heated streets of Downtown Holland will be decorated for the Holiday Open House with thousands of twinkling holiday lights, a brightly lit Christmas tree, and custom designed urn planters installed by the City’s Parks Department. The Holland Chorale’s costume Dickens Carolers will be strolling throughout Downtown Holland singing Christmas carols during the event, in addition to carolers from Central Wesleyan Church and Ventura Baptist Church. Staff and volunteers from Downtown Holland will also be roasting fresh chestnuts outside of GDK Park on 8th Street. Everyone is invited to stop by for a free sample of a traditional taste of the holidays!
Santa can also be spotted strolling during the Holiday Open House, greetings fans young and old alike and posing for photographs along the way. And be sure to keep an eye up (yes, up) for one of Santa’s stilt-walking elves! Santa’s reindeer will here too, located in a petting corral at the corner of 8th Street and College Avenue adjacent to Foxtail Coffee. The team from Greenridge Realty will also be downtown during the Holiday Open House spreading holiday cheer by passing out fun giveaways to attendees while supplies last.
Holiday Open House Participating Businesses:
Apothecary Gift Shop
Blu Veranda
Boatwerks Waterfront Restaurant
Borr's Shoes & Accessories
Bowerman's On 8th
Brick + Ivy Market
Bubs' And Betty's
Canterbury Cottage Interiors
Carolyn Stich Studio
Cherry Republic
Clovier
Cotton Bay
Cranes In The City
Curragh Irish Pub
Designworks Interiors
Downtown Antiques & Home Furnishings
Dutch Village Downtown
Estella Rose Fashion
Family Central Bookstore
Fatface
Frances Jaye
Fris Supply Shop
Fustini's
Garsnett Beacon Candle Co.
Gazelle Sports
Gezellig Home & Garden
Glik’s Boutique
Glik’s Men’s
Harbor Wear
Holland Museum
Hom By Benchmark
Jb And Me
Jean Marie's
Lake Effect Gallery
Laurel & Jack
Le Bon Macaron
Lokers Shoes
Merle Norman Cosmetics
New Holland Brewing Sidecar
Onalee's
Postcards From Paradise
Prettie's Intimate Apparel
Reader's World
Silver Fox Ii Jewelry
Spring Sweet
Studio K Clothing Co.
The Bridge
The City Delicatessen
The Flower House
The Outpost Of Holland
The Poppy Peach, Llc.
The Seasoned Home
Tikal
Tip Toes
Warner Vineyards Of Holland
Waverly Stone
White House Black Market