Chamber to hold holiday window decorating contest

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This holiday season, all businesses with storefront windows are invited by the city of Long Beach and the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce to participate in a window decorating contest, part of an effort to encourage residents and visitors to shop local. The contest begins on Dec. 1 and will run through Dec. 31. To enter, businesses must register online at www.thelongbeachchamber.com/window-decorating.

Participating businesses will have photographs taken of their decorated storefronts to be displayed on the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce Facebook page. First place goes to the business whose Facebook photograph gains the highest amount of “likes” by 2 p.m. on Dec. 31.

First, second and third place will also be determined by amount of likes and announced on Dec. 31. The winning business will receive the Clark W. Griswald Holiday Spirit Award and a trophy to display in their store throughout 2017 as well as a full page color ad in the Herald.

Storefront photographs will be taken from Dec. 8 to Dec. 12 and then uploaded to Facebook where shoppers can vote for, or “like,” their favorite holiday decorations. This will encourage businesses to share the photographs on their Facebook pages, said Kelly Sullivan said, a chamber board member who’s helping to coordinate the contest.

“It’s a way for [businesses] to engage with their customers and promote Long Beach,” she said.