Festive Feel Coming to Middletown’s Heart of Downtown

Events will help kick off holiday shopping season

Holiday street light in Middletown on Nov. 4, 2015. Yvonne Marcotte/Epoch Times

MIDDLETOWN—The city of Middletown wants to bring people to the heart of downtown for the Christmas shopping season and has planned a series of events to do just that. “Heart of Downtown” will feature over several days the lighting of the city’s Christmas tree, a parade, free movies, a concert, and a holiday photo contest sponsored by Epoch Times.

Holiday Atmosphere

The city’s Christmas tree will arrive at Festival Square on Nov. 10, a gift of a family near Scotchtown. Wreaths on streets lights will be lit during evening hours. Stores will stay open later.

For the 18th year, the day after Thanksgiving kicks off the downtown shopping season and the occasion will be marked by a parade. Past years have seen up to 1000 merrymakers watch the parade go down Main Street.

You come downtown, you get a bite to eat, you shop, you can see a movie.

— Maria Bruni, Middletown Director of Community and Economic Development