Mark Your Calendars: Exciting Holiday Happenings in Bronxville

Nov. 27, 2013:  The Chamber is cooking up some enticing holiday events in town, putting a different spin on Bronxville holiday shopping!

For starters, Bronxville's annual Light Up the Town tree-lighting event and family holiday stroll will take place Friday, December 6, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. The festivities will begin at the corner of Park Place and Kraft Ave at 6:00 pm, including a performance of holiday carols by SHA!cappella--our local teen sensations whose talents led them to Madison Square Garden! Santa will of course be flying in from the North Pole, and stores will stay open late for a family holiday stroll and shopping night! Join your friends and neighbors in Bronxville Village for family fun and festivities!

Also be on the lookout for a special shopping offer via select Bronxville restaurants: The Chamber is distributing a Buy Bronxville Holiday Coupon, good for 10% off your one-time purchase at any of 21 participating Bronxville stores (valid for use December 1-24, 2013). The coupon can also be used to enter the Chamber's raffle for FREE Saturday parking in the Garden Ave lot for all of 2014!

Follow the Chamber for details on these--and more--exciting holiday happenings!

Why Buy Local: Virtue #4

With 5 weeks left before Christmas (!), it's time to remind the community of the many virtues of buying locally. Each week, we'll highlight a different incentive. Please keep all of these in mind as you make your buying decisions.

#4: Our Businesses Give Back--Below, I've revived the pre-Thanksgiving reminder I wrote in last year's Chamber Chatter. Our local businesses support everything we do. Read on . . .

Giving Thanks--Locally

Remember the businesses that supported your school fundraiser? Remember the merchants who donated goods and gift certificates for all those auctions and raffles you participated in? Remember the discounts you were given because you're a valued customer? Remember the stores that adjusted their hours to accommodate your schedule? How can you give thanks?

Patronize their business. Recommend them to others. How tempting it is, sometimes, to seek out these businesses when in need of a favor and then shop elsewhere to save a few pennies or to avoid going to a store. Bronxville's merchants are extremely generous to the community--I know, because I'm constantly writing up all the causes they support. I can't believe it myself. Bronxville businesses support the community. Please support them in kind by giving them your business--and tell them how much you appreciate all they do for all the community and personal causes that abound. 

Let's be thankful that we live and work in Bronxville. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Thanksgiving

Come on down to the Bronxville Farmers' Market mini-market Wednesday, November 27, for your last-minute Thanksgiving purchases! Stone Place at Paxton Avenue.

Cooking? Womrath Bookshop has an assortment of inspiring cookbook selections to spark your Thanksgiving feast! Consider titles such as Choosing Sides; The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays; Alice Waters's The Art of Simple Food II; Apples: From Harvest to Table; and The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book--to name just a few. 76 Pondfield Rd.

Also at Womrath Bookshop are Thanksgiving greeting cards and an extensive array of children's books, including What Was the First Thanksgiving?; Land of the Pilgrims' Pride; The Night Before Thanksgiving; T Is for Turkey; and If You Were at the First Thanksgiving. They even have Thanksgiving Mad Libs! Also, the perfect post-feast activity: a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle of a peaceful autumnal scene with a covered bridge.

Don't forget your floral needs! Mrs. Morgan's Flower Shop, Tryforos & Pernice Florists, and Green Wood Mart all carry beautiful flowers in rich fall hues.

Need the perfect wine to go with your Thanksgiving feast? Wild Vine & Liquor, Station Plaza Wine & Spirits, and Topps Wine & Liquor can help recommend perfect pairings.

Thanksgiving paper goods and décor items are available at Value Drugs, as are chocolate lollipops in the shape of pilgrims and turkeys. Pondfield Rd.

The amount you spend on your total shopping order at the A&P determines how much you pay per pound for your Butterball turkey! Must present your loyalty card. See store for details. Cedar St.

Underhills Crossing will be open for lunch and dinner on Thanksgiving, featuring a special holiday prix-fixe menu. Choices range from the traditional to the not-so-traditional to please every member of your family!

Black Friday and Small Business Saturday

Bronxville Running Company is running unbeatable Black Friday specials (Nov. 29-Dec. 1): (1) Buy 2 sale apparel items and get the 3rd for only $1; (2) 25% off your second pair of shoes and all winter accessories! See store for details. 52 Pondfield Rd.

Give the gift of beautiful hair! Blow & Beyond will run a pre-Black Friday sale: Starting Wednesday, November 27, through Sunday, December 1, receive 10% off all packages. They also offer gift certificates! Cedar St.

Enjoy a Black Friday Brunch on Friday, November 29, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at Underhills Crossing. In addition to their lunch menu, brunch will be served for you to relax on this "busiest" day of the year! 74.5 Pondfield Rd.

Join Yum Yum Tree for Black Friday, November 29, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and for Small Business Saturday (November 30) from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, and enjoy fantastic holiday specials: Buy one regular-priced item, receive second regular-priced item of equal or lesser value at 50% off.

I Train With Juan is having a Black Friday special: Receive 15% discount off of all purchases.

On Saturday, November 30--the Saturday after Thanksgiving--from noon to 6:00 pm, enjoy the opportunity to not feed the meters in the following areas: All of the metered spaces on Pondfield Road and Kraft Avenue plus the metered spaces on Palmer Avenue, the nine metered spaces in front of Chase Bank, and the metered spaces on Parkway Road. That's a total of 264 free spots! Thanks, Patch.com!

Holiday Head Start

Order your custom-made holiday greeting cards from Arista Camera and get 35% off on cards made in-store. Remember to mention code # FC35 when ordering. Offer expires Saturday, November 30. Pondfield Rd.

You'll have no trouble finding an advent calendar in Bronxville--but you might have trouble choosing which one to get, with so many options! Visit Kensington Paper, Womrath Bookshop, and even the A&P and Topps Bakery (think chocolate!). Value Drugs is carrying the new Lego advent calendars!

Have Blue Moon Mexican Café cater your holiday party. They cater private parties at Blue Moon, office parties, luncheons/dinners, happy hour parties, and more. Call to book: 201-848-4088.

Womrath Bookshop is offering 20% off of personalized holiday cards. 76 Pondfield Rd.

Enter to win up to $200 in gift cards to Value Drugs in their holiday season give-away! 

Need to get your family portrait taken for your holiday cards? Fierson's has a large assortment of children's holiday attire to dress your little ones in high style. Peter C. North Photography and Video is available for your portraiture: 914-237-1606.

J. Pocker Bespoke Framing and Prints since 1926 has partnered with House of Mercier, the creator of exceptional leather products heavily influenced by Latin American and Spanish aesthetic, for an exclusive offer. From now through Tuesday, December 24, receive $100 off your leather frame purchase of $800 or more. 65 Pondfield Rd. 

The Bronxville Women's Club will hold their annual holiday boutique on Sunday, December 1, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Midland Ave.

Chabad of Bronxville will present "Chanukah on Fire! Awesome Fire Show!" on Monday, December 2, from 6:00 to 7:00 pm at the The Bronxville Women’s Club. 135 Midland Ave.

Announcements

Westchester Restaurant Week Lunch and Dinner continues at Underhills Crossing until Wednesday, November 27. Lunch is $19.13 and is served Monday to Thursday. Dinner is $29.13 and is served Sunday to Thursday. Three-course tasting menus are offered, along with their daily lunch and dinner menus (excludes beverages, tax, and gratuity, and not available Thanksgiving Day). 74.5 Pondfield Rd.

Bronxville Furrier is offering knitted mink jackets at 50%. Kraft Ave.

Every Monday and Tuesday at Fabio's Hair Studio until Tuesday, December 10, you can choose from the following deals: a blowout for $35; express styles (your choice of classic curls, celebrity waves, or sleek straight) for $25; or braids (cascade, French, or single) for $20. 137 Parkway Rd.

Value Drugs is offering flu shots. Walk-ins and appointments are welcome and Medicare and most insurance plans are accepted. 80 Pondfield Rd.

Be Loyal—Buy Bronxville!

Susan Miele