We like to think that Bluffton’s many shops create the best Christmas decorated downtown of any small town in Ohio.
In addition to the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce’s residential lighting contest, a separate contest takes place for 41 downtown businesses.
The downtown contest operates differently from the residential contest. Competition downtown involves any business that has Christmas garland purchased two years ago through the chamber garland project.
Are those carolers we hear? Here are carolers from the Ream holiday folk art display. Bluffton's Blaze of Lights is getting closer and closer. This year's Blaze is Saturday with events beginning at 4 p.m. when Chad Hartson start creating his ice sculpture using chain saw. Click here for the entire Blaze schedule.
It's not necessarily the number of lights on your lawn - it's the holiday feeling your display evokes.
This year's Bluffton residential lighting contest offers several new judging catetories and "Small is Beautiful" is one of those categories.
Thanks to a $450 donation from First National Bank, Bluffton’s residential holiday lighting contest prize money totals $800 this year. First National’s donation is assisted courtesy of Kasasa, its rewards checking account partner.
Bluffton Lions will hold a chicken barbecue on Blaze of Lights Saturday. Tickets are $8 and are available from any club member. Dinners will be available while they last from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Bluffton Middle School. dinner may be picked up in a drive-through set up in front of the middle school.
