{"id":12220,"date":"2015-11-15T13:32:15","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T18:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=12220"},"modified":"2015-11-15T13:32:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T18:32:15","slug":"for-everyone-who-celebrates-christmas-a-decorating-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/15\/for-everyone-who-celebrates-christmas-a-decorating-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"For Everyone Who Celebrates Christmas: A Decorating Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12209\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/grandriver1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12209\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12209\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/grandriver1-1-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"Grand River Cellars\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/grandriver1-1-300x159.jpg 300w, http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/grandriver1-1.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grand River Cellars<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A winery in Ohio, <a href=\"http:\/\/grandrivercellars.com\/\">Grand River Cellars<\/a>, is promoting \u201cLight up the Grand River Valley.\u201d The event is supported by Debonn\u00e9 Vineyards and Grand River Cellars. This is a special decorating contest for the communities of Madison Village, South Madison Township and Harpersfield Township.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great opportunity for those who celebrate Christmas to promote the Christmas theme. Residential winners will also receive a gift certificate and cash.<\/p>\n<p>The contest rules:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Address must be located in one of the three participating communities.<\/li>\n<li>Participants must register their entry by emailing your name, address, and phone number to <a href=\"mailto:grcinfo@grandrivercellars.com\">grcinfo@grandrivercellars.com<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:info@debonne.com\">info@debonne.com<\/a> by the 25th of November.<\/li>\n<li>Your house or business must be decorated by November 29.<\/li>\n<li>Lights need to be on every night until January 1.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b><i>Prizes for resident winners<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1st-$100 gift certificate &amp; $400 cash<br \/>\n2nd-$100 gift certificate &amp; $200 cash<br \/>\n3rd-$100 gift certificate &amp; $100 cash<br \/>\nHonorable Mention: $100 gift certificate<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Prizes for commercial business<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The prize for commercial businesses include: bragging rights and a spot on the map to advertise your business and increase your sense of community.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> Currently a map is in the process of being designed so visitors can go and look at the light displays.<\/p>\n<p><i>Questions<\/i><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, people are encouraged to call 440-298-9838.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Grand River Cellars website: \u201cWe look forward to you and your family working together to create a fun and creative yard display. Your house will then be put on a map so others will come and view your creation. Good luck &amp; Merry Christmas!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We recently returned from a visit to Grand River Cellars. If you are one of the lucky winners of the decorating contest, I am sure you are likely to discover wines you\u2019ll like to use your gift certificate for.<\/p>\n<p>If you live in the Grand River Valley, put your creative &#8220;thinking caps on&#8221; and start planning your Christmas decorations now. If you don&#8217;t live the participating localities, look for wineries in your area that celebrate the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>If you know of other wine-related Christmas festivities or you do not celebrate Christmas, but have a special holiday, wine-related event please let me know so I can write about it.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"For Everyone Who Celebrates Christmas: A Decorating Contest\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=12220\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A winery in Ohio, Grand River Cellars, is promoting \u201cLight up the Grand River Valley.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[449,2899,400,3510,402,98],"class_list":["post-12220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-taste-of-wine","tag-christmas","tag-contest","tag-debonne-vineyards","tag-decorating","tag-grand-river-cellars","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12220"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12224,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12220\/revisions\/12224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}