Hot off the presses. As hot as those waffles are gonna be from the Wafl & Dinges truck. And ice sculpture on Seventh Avenue. And as an added gift to the community for the season, strolling carolers will be on Seventh Avenue during the festivities. That’s right, members of the New York Pinewoods Folk Music Society and others will sing holiday favorites. They will begin and end at the Community Bookstore (143 Seventh Avenue) and stop in at various shops along the way. Just listen and you will find them starting around 7 p.m. 

Whoa. That’s so cool.

It’s all part of tonight’s Snowflake Celebration where you can buy local and buy late:

Local merchants once again throw open their doors to stay open late
and create a holiday atmosphere, enabling you, the people of Park
Slope, to do your holiday shopping . . . here!

Each participating
business will stay open until 10pm and  offer some special
promotion. It could be a sale, a giveaway, raffle, carolers,
snow machine (it’s been done!), mulled wine, special hors d’oeuvres,
etc. etc. The listings of participants grows daily!!!

Last
year we had 150 participating businesses — who knows what will happen
this year!?! In the current and impending economic climate, it’s more
important than ever to keep our local economy strong and healthy, so
let’s get together and Keep it Local!