December 04, 2023 - 471 views
Over 70 businesses across Llandudno have signed up to a Christmas late night opening plan pioneered by recently formed action group the Friends of Mostyn Street.
The four-night Christmas shopping event, dubbed Merry Mostyn Street, will take place each evening from Wednesday 13 to Saturday 16 December, with stores, cafes and bars open until 8pm.
The aim of Merry Mostyn Street is to create a warm, welcoming Christmas atmosphere for shoppers, increase footfall for town centre businesses and ensure beautiful Christmas window displays to tempt and tantalise shoppers.
And in a further demonstration of Christmas spirit right across the town, businesses in Craig-y-Don are also joining in the fun by opening late to serve the community with everything residents could need in the way of gifts and festive essentials. This extension to the Christmas shopping event is being called the Craig-y-Don Little Christmas Cracker and will offer further fun and tempting promotions to attract shoppers.
All kinds of shops and businesses are taking part in Merry Mostyn Street, with a variety of activities planned to encourage participation, including a £250 top prize for a best Christmas window or frontage competition sponsored by Llandudno Town Council.
Shoppers are also being encouraged to take part in a free Merry Mostyn Street Christmas Trail, which will involve getting a number of stamps on a special map from venues involved in the event. Each completed map will then be entered into a draw for a number of fabulous prizes kindly donated by local businesses.
Attractions throughout the four nights include:
A free Prize Draw for Completed Trail maps - prizes comprise:
£500 Spend on Clare’s Department Store’s 2024 new season men’s and women’s collections
£100 cash prize kindly sponsored by Llandudno Pier
£100 worth of exciting toboggan vouchers for Ski Llandudno
£40 voucher for Dudley & George’s General Store for Dogs & Humans
2 panto tickets courtesy of Venue Cymru
A family ticket for 4 to the Great Orme Mines Llandudno
See Christmas window displays, which the best winning a trophy and £250 cash prize
Enjoy mini events and promotions put on by many businesses and venues
Live music and choirs from local schools
Free evening parking in the Victoria Centre Car Park til 8.30pm (last exit)
And if this wasn’t enough, as part of the Craig-y-Don Little Christmas Cracker event, an extra range of gifts from businesses all over Craig-y-Don is being offered in a further free prize draw for people who shop in the village centre during the late-night shopping event, including prizes from Hush and Give a Little.
Gini Rivers of The Friends of Mostyn Street commented: “This is the first late-night Christmas shopping event for many years and we have been overwhelmed with the positive response from local businesses to our Merry Mostyn Street plan.
“Christmas is always a critical time of the year for business owners and despite the Mostyn Street name we are determined for this event to involve the whole of the town. We want everyone to benefit and so we are delighted that businesses in Craig-y-Don have also answered the call and we are grateful to the sponsors of our prizes for their support.
“We hope to start a brand-new tradition with Merry Mostyn Street that will help keep our town the thriving and successful place we all want it to be, while also offering shoppers many fabulous opportunities to buy those gifts and Christmas essentials we all need, and then to stop off for a much-needed coffee – or something stronger – afterwards!”
