S’more Spooky Fun!

Hello, all my Christmas (and Halloween) loving friends! It’s October, and you know what that means??? S’more Spooky Fun is in the works! Yes, this is the most wonderful time of the year, when all the fun events happen.

So, read on to learn what all we have in the works.

October is so full of s’more spooky fun!

This Saturday is Barktoberfest!

This Saturday the 15th from 10a-5pm at the Main Plaza, show up for all the puppy kisses and help raise money for the Hill Country Animal League.

Boerne Concert Band Fall Concert

Saturday, October 16th from 7:00-8:00pm at the Boerne Middle School North Auditorium. “Fall into Swing” with their tribute to all things swing.

Boerne Boo!

Swing by the Patrick Heath Library on Saturday, October 29th, from 4-7pm for a ghastly good time at this free family-friendly event with arts and crafts, trick or treating, bounce houses, carnival games, food trucks, music, and of course lots of candy and prizes!

South Texas All British Car Day

Fall, with its beautiful weather, is the perfect time for car shows in Boerne. This British invasion of Main Plaza will be on Saturday, October 29th from 9:00am-2:30pm.

Boerne’s Trick or Treat Trail

Get the most use out of those Halloween costumes by trick or treating Main Street on October 29th from 10am-5pm.

WE’LL HAVE FULL SIZE CANDY BARS at The Christmas Shoppe WHILE THEY LAST!

For the full list of participating businesses, click the link in the title.

Black Rifle’s Halloween Block Party!

Finish a spooktacular day dancing the night away at Black Rifle, Saturday, October 29th from 4:00-10:00pm!

Diva Night!

Save the date for late night shopping with all your friends! We will roll out the carpet on Thursday, November 10th from 5-9pm. The following day is Veteran’s Day, so what could be a better way to start your 3-day weekend.

At The Christmas Shoppe, we have lots of fun things planned:

Snacks & beverages, including Naughty Coal cookies
A door prize drawing for a signed Willow Tree figure by Susan Lordi – enter to win when you make any purchase
All the Christmas will be on full display!
Enter for the big gift certificate raffle just by coming in!
40% off all Halloween
aaaaand…. SANTA!

Santa will be here to hear your Christmas wish list, ladies. We hope you’ve been good. The naughty ones have time to explain. It will be a fun Diva photo op!

For more information about which businesses will be participating and where to check in, click HERE to view the Facebook Event Page.

Straightening out some Christmas confusion

It… it is time…. to think CHRISTMAS!!! Every year, we have a little bit of Christmas confusion over our holiday events. Don’t worry! I am ready to save the day! I have all the deets.

FOUR WEEKENDS OF CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION:

Dickens on Main – Thanksgiving Weekend – the city coordinates this weekend, and they are still updating their website for the year. Hopefully it will be finished with more details soon.
Weihnachts Parade & Stocking Stroll – 1st weekend in December – the Parks & Recreation department coordinate our parade each year. Stocking Stroll is an event created by the Boerne Retailers & Restaurants in coordination with the City of Boerne as a way to raise money to pay for some of the Dickens on Main entertainment. Tickets sell out FAST! So, get ready to grab yours on NOVEMBER 1ST!
Toast to Olde Town – 2nd weekend in December – A merry mistletoe weekend in celebration of our olde town’s heritage. Locals (old & new) and all friends and family who are returning home for the holidays are invited to join us for a quiet stroll of downtown Boerne. There will be wassail tasting and live music and a Christmas Market at Main Plaza and SANTA!!! The Boerne Retailers & Restaurants created this event just last year to give you more opportunities to enjoy the sights and sounds and tastes of Christmas, while the folks with Boerne Market Days will host the Christmas Market.
Kinder Fest – 3rd weekend in December (the last weekend before Christmas!) – Bring the kids for a weekend full of Christmas fun! The Dickensian era was beautiful, but on this child friendly weekend, we will host a Santa Scavenger Hunt, Cookie Crawl, Christmas Card Booth, Cowboy Christmas Market at the Main Plaza, and SANTA!!! The Cookie Crawl tickets will go on sale November 16th. The Boerne Retailers & Restaurants will be using proceeds from the ticket sales toward funding holiday events.

Because all of these events are managed by different people with different advertising abilities, they are advertised separately. Last year, the city tried to list all four weekends on the Dickens on Main website, but everyone thought that all the weekends would be just like Dickens on Main weekend. So, they are being extra careful to rework their website.

I think the best place to be up to date on events in Boerne is the Boerne Visitor Center’s website. So, for s’more spooky fun events, be sure to visit them at www.visitboerne.org.

S’more Updates!

Here’s what’s been happening on social media that you may have missed.

I hope your day has the perfect finishing touch to top it off!

Shop our other Peanut’s Gang online: Jim Shore Peanuts – The Christmas Shoppe – The Christmas Shoppe (thechristmasshoppetx.com)

Look at that sky, though!

Picture from @hillcountrymile

Candy corn is part of an elf’s healthy diet, after all.

We hope your day, your week, your month, and your year are blessed.

You know he knows. Wash up, kids!

We had a sweet little girl who wanted a Radko for her Christmas ornament this year. She had never seen them before and immediately recognized that they were the prettiest ever.

Shope online here: Christopher Radko – The Christmas Shoppe (thechristmasshoppetx.com)

Dear Santa, we can explain! This is the tree that happens when we needed something snarky for Christmas. We call it the Dear Santa Tree!

We elves are pretty good at video games.

It must be because of our nimble fingers, quick minds, and Christmas cheer. Sorry, buddy. Better luck next time.

As you can see, we’ve been pretty busy this week to get ready for Rod Run!

~ S’more Elf

Another fabulous Rod Run Saturday! This fun event is the 2nd weekend in October and the only Saturday and Sunday that we open at 9am.

Heyyyy!!!!

You ready??? We’ve got some #inspo fo’ yo’ Sunday!

Give joyyyyy!!!

Now, you are armed for the week. How can you give joy?

Give a smile

Give a hug

Follow through with your promises

Give a gift

Show up

Say the true, helpful, inspiring, necessary, kind things

Help out where you can

Did we mention hugs?

‘Tis the season for us to get our themes finished! Our Mrs Claus’s Kitchen Corner is sure to delight with all its sweets and treats and red gingham. Move over #greatbritishbakingshow ,

this gingham “altar” is worth a #paulhollywoodhandshake My favorite parts:

The BIG bells in the tree!

Actual cookie cutters as ornaments

Those big red balls are plastic!

Red berries!!!

Buddy the elf! What’s your favorite color?

Who needs a little more Christmas spirit around here? We know just the thing!

Time to switch our lights to fall colors!

Get excited!

I mean… let’s get real.

I can believe in Santa, but not this.

When you can’t contain your cheer!

Y’all. I had to buy one of these as soon as I finished checking them into our computer.

It is soooo hard to take pictures of what is in our windows. Trust us when we say that this tree looks better in person. We call it Land of the Free and it’s inspired by the American flag, the Texas flag, and fireworks.