PORT ANGELES — Sales, treats, music and Santa Claus will be available as part of the sixth annual “Shop ‘Til You Drop” on Thursday night.
Virtually all the stores, shops and restaurants in the downtown business district and at The Landing mall will stay open until 8 p.m.
There will be sales, special discounts on merchandise, drawings for door prizes and holiday candy 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 Downtown Dollars, which can be used like cash at participating merchants.
Santa for the kids
Santa will be downtown on Thursday, too — seated with one of his elves at The Toggery, 105 E. First St.
Parents should bring their children — and a camera.
Hot cider will be served from First Street Haven’s Christmas Room, which is next to The Toggery.
There will be Christmas music, including carolers, and participating stores will have special red or brown shopping bags for purchases.
Betsy Reed Schultz, owner of The Tudor Inn bed and breakfast in Port Angeles, is the founder and one of the organizers of this annual event.
Co-sponsors are the Port Angeles Downtown Association and Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Also Thursday night, the Chamber of Commerce will hold its December holiday after-hours business mixer from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The mixer is at the Visitor Center, 121 E. Railroad Ave., adjacent to The Landing mall on the Port Angeles waterfront.
The mixer is open to chamber members and their guests.
Beverages and appetizers will be provided.