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Cannon Beach offers shopping and nostalgia during holidays
CANNON BEACH — Cannon
Beach offers people seeking
to escape the metropolitan
rush of the commercial
Christmas shopping season
a respite from the crowds.
Looking for a fun and laid-
back alternative to Black
Friday? Check out Mimosa
Madness on Friday, Nov. 24.
The shopping event is
highlighted by adult bever-
ages and special discounts
and offers in participating
shops and galleries.
GEORGE VETTER PHOTO
In Cannon Beach’s Sandpiper Square, people attend the Lamp
Lighting ceremony that begins the Christmas season.
Cannon Beach’s
long-running Lamp Lighting
in Sandpiper Square and
Holiday Tea at the library
are just the start of several
festive events that will get
visitors in the holiday spirit
Friday through Sunday, Dec.
1 through 3.
The traditional Holiday
Tea at the library, followed
by the Lamp Lighting
ceremony in Sandpiper
Square happen on Saturday
afternoon, but several other
events will round out a full
weekend of holiday activi-
ties.
The Coaster Theatre
NOW OPEN FOR LUNCH
11am-4pm
Tuesday-Saturday
carruthers
1198 Commercial Street
Astoria, Oregon 97103
503.975.5305
Happy Hour
Tuesday-Friday
4pm-6pm and
8:30-Close
240 11TH STREET
ASTORIA, OR 97103
Playhouse has two perfor-
mances of “A Christmas
Carol: The Musical” over
the weekend, and the Can-
non Beach Chorus will give
their annual holiday concert
Saturday night. Additionally,
the Chamber of Commerce
will offer a wreath-making
class on Saturday.
Performances of “A
Christmas Carol: The Mu-
sical” continue throughout
November and December,
and the library hosts pictures
with Santa on Saturday, Dec.
9. The holiday season wraps
up with a winter concert
from The Trail Band on
Wednesday, Dec. 27, during
Holiday Foods Around the
World week, when local
restaurants feature unique
menu specials highlighting
traditions from many differ-
ent countries and cultures.
During the holiday sea-
son, the walkable downtown
area of Cannon Beach is
decorated with evergreens
and holiday lights as shops
and galleries offer abundant
and unique gift-shopping op-
portunities. Cozy boutiques
offer merchandise you’re
not likely to find in a typical
shopping mall, including
finds like sunken treasures,
treats from five-generation
candy makers and locally
distilled spirits.
Additionally, the town’s
art galleries feature the
work of several local artists,
including blown art glass at
Icefire Gallery and Oregon
Coast watercolor landscapes
at Jeffrey Hull Gallery.
Cannon Beach also offers
up some unique off-season
experiences during this
time of year. Visitors can
do everything from storm
watching from the comfort
of a luxury hotel (at great
off-season rates) to beach
combing for those interest-
ing post-storm finds after the
waves settle.
The wildlife watching
during this season is un-
matched, with Roosevelt elk
emerging from the forest in
greater numbers and winter
birds flocking to this area for
the milder climate.
For more on Haystack
Holidays events, visit the
Cannon Beach Chamber of
Commerce online at cannon-
beach.org or call 503-436-
2623.
Official Rules:
Who can enter?
Results:
Other contest rules:
• Photographers of all ages; must be
residents of Oregon or Washington state.
• Top 10 photographs will be published in
the Coast Weekend print edition on Thursday,
Jan. 4, 2018.
• All photographs entered may be used in
future publications by the EO Media Group
What photographs are eligible?
• All subjects are welcome.
• Digital entries: Digital photographs may be
color or black-and-white and must be JPEGs,
maximum of 5MB, 300 dpi resolution and at
least 5”x7” in image size.
• Top 25 photographs will be published
online at CoastWeekend.com on Thursday,
Jan. 4, 2018.
• Each entry must include the entrant’s
name, home address, age, a description of
the photograph and email address.
• Gift cards will be awarded for first-, second-
and third-place winners, plus a People’s Choice
winner voted for online Dec. 18 to Dec. 24.
Submission deadline:
• Entries will be accepted Friday, Nov. 17
through Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017
Submit all
photos
online at:
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