Christmas City Gift Show News

2009 - ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR!

The lines started early, and when the doors opened, hundreds of shoppers were greeted with a special ribbon cutting ceremony for Christmas City in the brand new MS Coast Coliseum Convention Center. The entrance was beautifully adorned with Christmas florals and greenery from Communy Gardens. The Chick-Fil-A Cow (in a Santa suit!) and his little calf pal, plus "Jingles", Raggedy Ann, the Toy Soldier and Santa (of course) were all on hand. Scrooge tried to crash the party, but no one could be deterred from the most magical event of the Christmas 2009 season!

After Ron Meyers welcomed the crowd, the staff from Health Nuts (our Grand Opening Sponsor) cut the peppermint ribbon, and everyone flooded into the 80,000 square foot showroom!

Shoppers were given beautiful program booklets, and they quickly registered for their share of $2,000.00 in door prizes which were drawn over the 2-day event.

Breakfast with Santa was hosted by Lynn Meadows Discovery Center, and featured a special performance of scenes from the "Russian Nutcracker" by ballerinas from their WINGS theatre troupe.

Over 250 vendors showcased their gifts, products and services in a festive holiday atmosphere. Special exhibits included a free Christmas craft area, cookie decorating sponsored by Toys for Tots, shows by Buttercup the Clown, continuous holiday movies, and a model train display.

The North Pole was sponsored by the MS Gulf Coast Chapter of Quota International. Along with Walgreen's, they took over 1,000 photos with Santa (and yes! Scrooge himself!) With the help of the Delta Gems, they painted faces, and sold hand painted and personalized ornaments by Gulf Coast artist, Vicki Miller. All of their proceeds help disadvantaged women and children as well as the speech and hearing impaired on the MS Gulf Coast.

Thousands of happy shoppers got their Christmas season off to a wonderful start, knowing that their visit to Christmas City will help so many through Cross 2 Success ministries.

2010 Show: November 13th and 14th, 2010
MS Coast Coliseum Convention Center
Applications on line now!
Sponsorships available now!
Many of our vendors have already signed up for next year's show! Unfortunately, we had to turn away some vendors in 2009, because we simply ran out of space!

Make sure you get your application in early, so you won't miss out!
Sponsorships are also available! Email for sponsorship info