Above /Â Cross over the Covered Bridge at Webster Street that leads to the Riverwalk and downtown Naperville. Find free parking at the Naperville Municipal Center, Aurora at Eagle streets, and at the new Water Street parking deck across Webster Street. (PN File Photo of a white Christmas to remember!)
Still trying to check off all those names on your Christmas list?
Simply put, several Naperville shopping destinations just may have the solution.
For instance, with the likelihood of winter weather in flux much of the time, consider a new outdoor thermometer for the practical person who has just about everything. A thermometer is always a welcome sight in Naperville in order to compare local weather reports that can vary greatly. Find a wide variety of sizes, shapes and innovative styles at local hardware or home stores for the weather watcher at your house.
Naperville Plaza
Visit Naperville Plaza, on the southwest corner of Washington at Gartner, where Naperville gifts and t-shirts fill the shelves at Oswald’s Pharmacy along with Christmas wrappings, cards, chocolates and candy. Plus, Naperville oldest pharmacy offers so much more to help celebrate every season of the year, including New Year’s Eve. Right now colorful Christmas wrapping paper is on sale!
Find Casey’s Foods there, too, Naperville’s independently-owned supermarket where in addition to items for Christmas dinner, you also can order everything you need for entertaining during all the bowl games. Everybody loves gift certificates for Casey’s Foods.
Market Meadows
Create a keepsake to treasure for many Christmases to come! Print out your favorite digital photos and frame them with quality ready-to-go, ready-to-hang frames (5 x 7 to 16 x 20) at Colbert Custom Framing, located at 1283 S. Naper Blvd. at 75th St. For last-minute shopping hours, call (630) 717-1448.
Think Dinner & the Show!
Another idea is to mix-and-match dinner and the show for a memorable experience in downtown Naperville. Â The theater venues at North Central College will bring a wide variety of talent to its stages in January (http://events.positivelynaperville.com/north-central-college/) and throughout 2018.
And Naperville has plenty of places for fine dining, too. Many have great offers with special free gift cards when $100 or more gift cards are purchased.
Check out Meson Sabika, Quigley’s Irish Pub, Catch 35, SugarToad in the Hotel Arista, CityGate Griille, Hugo’s Frog Bar and more than 250 local eateries to see what they have on their holiday gift-giving menu or planned for New Year’s Eve.
Think dinner and the show every weekend and combine a gift certificate/card to a restaurant and theater tickets to performances on stage at the Wentz Concert Hall, Pfeiffer Hall, Center Stage Theater and other local venues. Perhaps give memberships to places such as Naper Settlement, DuPage Children’s Museum or Naperville Art League. Or provide a gift of music lessons with one of the teachers available at Ellman’s Music Center.
Downtown Naperville Gift Cards
Folks who enjoy downtown Naperville, a destination with an array of experiences for shopping and dining, will appreciate gift cards available during business hours at the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce, located in Main Street Promenade, 55 S. Main Street, 3rd Floor Suite 351. Payment for the gift cards may be by cash, check or credit card (V, MC, Disc). The Chamber is open 9-5PM Monday thru Friday, except on holidays.
Downtown Naperville gift cards also may be purchased in person at Pinot’s Palette. You may also order via phone by calling (630) 355-4141 or ordering online. Call the 1-800 balance number on the back of your gift card or visit the Check My Balance web page to check a gift card balance. Lastly, remember to use your card at least once a year to avoid fees.
Or give special certificates for a pair of tickets or an entire table to some other charity gala this year.
Plus, any visit to downtown Naperville any day of the year can include a stroll of the beautiful Riverwalk.
Experience Naperville in 2018!
If you know a couple who will become engaged at Christmas, be sure to share news about the 2018 Bridal Showcase at Naper Settlement from 10AM to 3PM on Sat., Jan. 6.
Discover Naperville’s local independent business community dotting the landscape at destinations all over town. Find IndieBound Naperville a place to like on Facebook, too.
Thanks for shopping, dining, banking, entertaining and enjoying all the amenities of Naperville, a bustling community that’s been growing with spirited culture and traditions since 1831 in Illinois, just 35 miles from Chicago. Come cross over the bridge and discover a delightful city!
