Elvis Alejandro takes pride in decorating The Dressing Room’s storefront for the holiday season.
“The kids would just want to pose in front of Santa so that became a tradition and we do it every year,” Alejandro told NBC Connecticut.
This year posing for a selfie in front of 15 small businesses in Wallingford and two in North Haven could earn you a $50 gift card from the Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce.
“We kind of got the idea because we also promote Small Business Saturday and thought wouldn’t it be nice for the small businesses to have traffic you know all the way leading up to the holidays and not just for small business Saturday,” said Dee Prior-Nesti, the Executive Director of the Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce.
The Dressing Room store manager Christine Friel said it's an important part of small businesses like hers.
“Absolutely crucial,” she said, “it makes or breaks a small business and we love shopping local.”
To enter the contest, all you have to do is go in front of one of the participating businesses, pull out your cell phone, take a selfie and send it to Maribel@quinncham.com.
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At Mr. D’s bakery on Main Street in Wallingford, from the assortment of candy to the variety of cupcakes, there’s plenty of holiday sweets to choose from.
“That window helped me start getting into the holiday spirit,” said Hannah Grills, who has worked at Mr. D’s for four years. “Yeah, we’ve gotten a few people that we’ve seen actually taking selfies and we’ve told people about the contest and really like trying to get the word out so they can see all the different places, too.”
So far, Nesti-Prior said the Chamber of Commerce has received about a hundred entries. The contest runs through Dec. 21.
The winner of the gift card from the selife contest will be drawn at random.
The Chamber of Commerce will also give out awards to businesses for the Best Overall, Most Creative and People’s Choice for their favorite holiday window display.
