It's Christmas! Day 7: Shopping Local in Uptown Normal

It’s Christmas! is a 25 day blog and vlog segment that I’ll be doing this December to bring you crafts, reviews, and ideas to make your Christmas season even more fun this year (especially, with this pandemic thing we’re all trying to navigate).

Hopefully, my family can inspire yours to not let this crazy year ruin the holiday season for you.

I was scrolling through Facebook a couple days ago and saw an advertisement from our local children's museum. Since it had been closed since March, they were asking people to buy Santa's Reindeer Riddle cards to support them in this time when they're not receiving any income from guests.

Here's how it works. You buy a card and walk around Uptown Normal looking for riddles on specific business' windows and write the answer to the riddle on your card. Plus, if you spend more than $10 at any of these businesses, you get an extra stamp. Then, you turn your card back in to the Children's Discovery Museum to be entered for a chance to win $500 cash. Any stamps you accumulated along the way by making purchases count as an extra entry.

Honestly, I don't really care about winning the money. I just care about supporting our local businesses. Plus, it was a great way to spend a couple hours. We walked around Uptown Normal, answering riddles and shopping. We had fun just hanging out as a family.

So go out there and support local businesses.

And as always, from my family to yours, Merry Christmas!