By Mariann Chew
Downtown Los Banos merchants officially kicked off the Holiday Season on Thursday evening. The merchants debut all of their wonderful holiday gifts by inviting the Los Banos community to enjoy an evening filled with holiday cheer, entertainment and refreshments while they browsed through all of the beautifully decorated shops. The sparkling Christmas decorations just add to the cheer and merriment that many residents enjoyed as they chatted with friends, enjoyed the live music from The Just Me, playing his great Classic Rock hits and beautiful Christmas tunes at the Country Duck. Pearson Jewelers offered some delicious treats as well, while everyone had an opportunity to see the latest dazzling jewelry, and a chance to win the Soroptimist’s Giving Tree. The beautifully decorated Christmas Tree is filled with thousands of dollars worth of gift cards including 4 Disneyland Park Hopper Passes. Raffle Tickets are $20.00 and the drawing will be held December 12, 2014 at Pearson’s Jewelers. For more information please call Carol Smith (559) 362-3117. Simply Unique Floral and Fleur de Lis also treated their guests to a warm chocolaty cup of deliciousness with minature marshmallows and candy nibbles while they browsed through all of the wonderful gifts for sale. Positive Changes offered quite an assortment of delicious goodies along with with entertainment by Shea Mejia. For full article, please purchase a copy of The Paper.