Christmas on Main Street is Saturday

Clarksville’s gala Christmas on Main Street will be held from 3:30-7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. It will include a free outdoor showing of “The Polar Express” with free popcorn and hot chocolate, with the movie to start at 6 p.m. sponsored by Peek Insurance. Oncor has agreed to temporarily dim nearby street lights for better viewing conditions. 

There will be wagon rides starting at 5:30 p.m., and an-other fun downtown scavenger hunt will run from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Correct entries will be eligible for prize money donated by Clarksville PRIDE.

The drawing for the Scavenger Hunt, as well as the $500 gift card and the two turkeys, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Entry forms have been printed in the Clarksville Times (see Page 2) and may be filled out and dropped off at any of these participating businesses:

Vintaj Cowgirl, High Cotton Boutique, Victoria’s Antiques, 101 Mercantile, Clarksville PRIDE, Red River County Historical Society, Clarksville Main Street, Carriage House-Clarksville, Two Rivers Antiques, G’s Farmhouse Finds, Radio Shack, Cheryl’s Fashions, Penny’s Christmas Creations at Italian Bistro, Clarksville Florist, and Simply Southern.

Downtown businesses will be open until late for shoppers, until 7 p.m., on Thursdays Dec. 12 and Dec. 19. There will be special activities each of these Thursday nights. There will be a paint party at Simply Southern.

On Dec. 12 there will be a magic show from 5-6 p.m. and then a visit from the Grinch from 6-7 p.m. in the building Pride’s Corner in the southeast corner of the square. The Clarksville Community Choir will sing on the square at 6 p.m. on Dec. 19. There will also be another visit from Santa Claus.