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🌱 Christmas Trees Selling Fast + Myrtle Beach's Holiday Activities
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Morning, everybody! It's me, Kathy Mandell, your host of the Myrtle Beach Daily — back in your inbox with all the most important things happening in town on this Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Including updates on:
- Christmas trees are selling early due to an apparent shortage.
- Which Grand Strand major retailers are opening early for Black Friday?
- Myrtle Beach is the place to be for family-friendly holiday activities!
Let's have a peek at Tuesday's weather:
Considerable cloudiness. High: 62 Low: 52.
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Here are the top four stories in Myrtle Beach today:
- The management at Lee's Farmers Market in Murrells Inlet have reported that Christmas trees are selling fast and this is not the year to wait to buy your tree if you want one. Christmas tree farms in the Carolinas are going through their inventory quickly citing a shortage of trees. Lee's Farmers Market says it has sold 50% of its inventory. Trees were delivered earlier than usual due to trucking concerns. (wpde.com)
- Here's a list of the planned Black Friday schedules for major retailers in the Grand Strand area. It looks like there won't be many stores opening on Thanksgiving Day or evening this year. Friday morning, things kick off at 6 a.m. for several retailers. Walmart seems to be the only retail giant opening at 6 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. A full list of big-name stores is included in the article here: (WBTW)
- It's being described as an "incredible" turnaround as gas prices dropped almost 9 cents per gallon in South Carolina within the past week. That's great news for road trippers and shoppers as we approach the busy Thanksgiving holiday. Gasoline prices are more than 10 cents lower than a month ago, but still 6 cents higher than last year on this date. The average price in SC is $3.17 and on the Grand Strand it's about $3.19 per gallon. (WBTW) (WMBF)
- There's always so much to do in Myrtle Beach and the holiday season is no exception. Myrtle Beach is "the place to be for families" looking for holiday activities, says Karen Riordan with Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. To name off just a few local attractions and activities there's Brookgreen Gardens' Nights of A Thousand Candles, the MarshWalk Wonderland of Lights, the Santa Crawl, Carolina Opry's Christmas Show of the South, the Myrtle Beach Bowl college football game, Winter Wonderland at the Beach, the Beach Ball Classic basketball tournament and the Great Christmas Light Show. (WBTW)
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Today in Myrtle Beach:
- T-Mobile Tuesdays: Fresh Perks Every Week (8:30 a.m.)
- Surfside Beach Business Committee meeting @ Johnson Civic Center (10 a.m.)
- American Red Cross blood drive @ Tidal Creek Brewhouse (10 a.m.)
- Rick & Lesa @ Duplin Winery (3 p.m.)
- Bil Krauss @ Dead Dog Saloon (6 p.m.)
- Surfside Beach Town Council regular meeting @ Johnson Civic Center (6:30 p.m.)
From my notebook:
- ICYMI: Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce announced that Chamber Chief Of Administration Diana Greene will retire effective December 16. (Press Release Desk) MBACC also announced its Educational Scholarship Foundation enrollment for 2023. Students at more than a dozen area high schools can download a scholarship application on the MBACC website and submit it to their school guidance counselor no later than January 18, 2023. (MBACC)
- Myrtle Beach area job openings: see the latest job listings for the perfect career move. Whether you're looking for a permanent job or a way to bring in extra cash for the holidays, Patch and ZipRecruiter have covered all the bases. (Myrtle Beach Patch)
- Blue Star Mothers of Coastal Carolina are in need of names and mailing addresses of military members serving outside of the U.S. so that they can receive a Christmas Hero Box from the organization. (wpde.com)
- Murrells Inlet Elks Lodge delivered Thanksgiving baskets to 80 needy families in Georgetown County on Monday. The organization has been helping feed families Thanksgiving dinner for the past 15 years. Georgetown County Sheriff's deputies delivered the baskets to the recipients. (ABC NEWS 4)
- Pets Light Up Our Lives. Celebrate the season with HSNMB on Saturday, December 17, with or without your pet, at 6:30 p.m. at Dockside Village Amphitheater in Barefoot Landing. Enjoy a tree lighting, holiday music, refreshments, gift basket raffles and a blessing of the animals. (The Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach via Facebook)
- Myrtle Beach Pelicans: "Use promo code 22BLACKFRIDAY at checkout when shopping online and receive 30% off most items. Spend $60 or more and get FREE shipping. Offer ends November 28. 🔗: pelicans.milbstore.com" (Myrtle Beach Pelicans via Facebook)
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You're officially in the loop for Tuesday, everyone. See you all Wednesday for your Thanksgiving Eve update!
— Kathy Mandell
About me: The best decision I ever made was relocating to the Myrtle Beach area from New England a few years ago, with my three dogs and three cats. I enjoy dogs, cats, road trips, photography, writing, vegetarian food, live music, bicycling and above all my daily walks on the beaches in and around the Grand Strand.
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