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Several committee meetings are on the Bluffton council schedule this month. These follow:
Finance Committee - Wednesday, Dec. 4 at noon
Council Meeting – Monday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. 

All meetings are held at the Village’s town hall.

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Here's the lunch menu for Bluffton Elementary and Middle schools for the month of December. 

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The Icon saw this plate in the Bluffton University parking lot on Bentley Road. It's on a blue GMC van.

5 p.m. parade • 6 p.m. live entertainment • 7 p.m. lighting ceremony • Santa at Senior Center

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Saturday's Blaze of Lights Festival draws families and friends off the couch and away from screens large and small  to enjoy a festive day in downtown Bluffton.

The 33rd annual celebration is expected to draw several thousand people to the village, according to Paula Scott, CEO of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce. 

Bluffton’s shops, restaurants and festival vendors are ready to keep visitors busy, warm, and well-fed.

Bluffton offers lots of reasons why - a $250 prize for example

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• Sample passport and map of participating businesses at bottom of story - 
Bluffton resident have several incentives to shop local on “Shop Small Saturday,” according to Paula Scott, CEO of Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.

CLICK HERE for an Explore Bluffton Shopping Passport.  When you spend $10 each at three participating Bluffton merchants you can enter to win $250in Bluffton Bucks.

"It's A Wonderful Life" free shows at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

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If “It’s A Wonderful Life” is one of your all-time favorite Christmas movies, you are in luck.

For the third holiday season, Bluffton Icon will sponsor two free showings of the 1946 classic featuring the all-star cast of James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore on Friday, Nov. 29, at the Shannon Theatre, Bluffton.

The free showings are at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and are kickoffs to this year’s Blaze of Lights event.

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