Tis the season and the Euclid South Community Improvement District is set to sparkle with festive cheer! Join us on Saturday, December 7 from 1:00-5:00pm for a Holiday Kickoff as we celebrate with delightful activities, merry-making, and a visit from Santa Claus himself. Embrace the magic of the holidays with us at Euclid & Laclede! The Holiday Kick-Off is an outdoor holiday market filled with entertainment, dining, family-friendly competitions, and shopping! Stroll through The Central West End to find the perfect holiday gifts and grab a bite to eat at one of our many restaurants before, during, or after the event!

Event includes:

  • Live performances on the stage

  • Carolers

  • The Christmas Price is Right Competition - CWE Holiday Vendor Market Edition

  • Pictures with Santa*

  • Letters to Santa station

  • Face Painting

  • Cocoa with characters (hot cocoa available for purchase)

  • Holiday Street Performers

To ensure that everyone has a chance to capture their holiday memories, please note that the line for pictures with Santa will close at 4:00pm.

Stage schedule:

  • 1:00pm Performances of Caroling Saint Louis

  • 1:45pm Kick-off with Mrs. Santa & Emcee

  • 2:00pm Holiday Ballet Opening Performance

  • 2:15pm Performances of Holiday Melodies by EJ Shelton

  • 3:00pm Christmas Carol-oke Competition (2 Rounds)

  • 3:30pm The Christmas Price is Right Competition - CWE Holiday Vendor Market Edition

  • 4:00pm Performances of Holiday Melodies by Various Acts

Christmas Carol-oke Competition

For a twist on an old-fashioned sing-along, and a second round of unique final performance of your own jingle to ring in merry music!

Here is how you do it:

1st Round

  1. We queue up instrumental versions of well-known Christmas tunes.

  2. Draw your team members’ names.

  3. Gives your best rendition of the song until you reach an unfamiliar lyric.

  4. Whoever gets the furthest in their song wins the title of the Central West End Christmas Carol-oke royalty trophy and a $100 gift card to a restaurant in the Central West End.

2nd Round

Write Your Own Christmas Carol

Here is how it works:

  1. Collect five-word lists of terms related to Christmas, winter, and holiday activities.

  2. Prepare a 60 second melody of your own to perform.

  3. When the buzzer sounds, competitors stop and return back behind the stage.

This Christmas contest will test your team’s knowledge of seemingly familiar songs that even confident carolers may not know all the way through while giving you the opportunity to shine with your own unique tune on round 2.

Sign-up coming soon!

The Christmas Price is Right - Central West End Holiday Market Edition

Are you good at price points and guessing? Join our Christmas shopping contest. We will list 10 items from vendors participating in the vendor market without showing the price. Competitions will have 3 minutes to visit the pop up vendors and return to the stage.

  1. Each competitor copies the list to their own poster (poster to be provided by us) and takes their best guess at the prices.

  2. Competitors share their guesses one item at a time before learning the real price.

  3. The competitor who comes closest to the correct price without going over scores a point.

The winner will receive a gift bag of a variety of gifts from the vendors at the holiday market. Sign-Up here soon!

Be sure to check out the Window Walk Festivities!

Vendors

To Be Announced