Once upon a Christmas time,
the display windows of the Miller & Rhoads department store were ablaze with lights and holiday decorations.
In 2010, we revived the beloved downtown tradition with twenty shimmering Christmas Trees, each decorated by one of Richmond’s many fine non-profit organizations. By the time Christmas 2011 rolled around, we had more than twice as many!
Guiding Eyes for the Blind was the “paws down” favorite of the 2nd annual Miller & Rhoads Charity Christmas Tree Contest!
Winning both 1st Place and the online People’s Choice Award, the Christmas tree decorated by the Richmond Puppy Raisers of Guiding Eyes for the Blind dominated the January 6th celebration of the 2011 Miller & Rhoads Charity Christmas event.
Their tree, pictured at the left, had Puppies as its theme and bore the national organization’s colors of blue, yellow and white. There were 66 different photographs of puppies in the gold frames, each pup raised by a family here in Richmond over the last 10 years. Read more about the Puppy Raisers’ Christmas tree.
Guiding Eyes for the Blind is a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of blind and visually impaired men and women by providing them with the freedom to travel safely with the assistance of a professionally trained guide dog. Read more about Guiding Eyes for the Blind.
Guiding Eyes for the Blind and their Puppy Raisers were sponsored into the 2011 Miller & Rhoads Charity Christmas Tree Contest by the generous humans at Holiday Barn Pet Resort.
2nd annual Miller & Rhoads
Charity Christmas Tree Event
Join in by helping fifty local charitable organizations fill the big, plate-glass display windows of the historic department store building. Each Christmas tree will be decorated by volunteers for the charities, then entered into a contest that decides which of the Christmas trees is the most glorious of all!
2011 Christmas Tree Unveiling
Tuesday, December 6th at 6:30 pm
Don’t miss the excitement when the paper comes off the windows at the Hilton Garden Inn downtown to reveal 50 beautifully decorated Christmas trees!
Immediately after the unveiling ceremony, the cast from Radio Disney Richmond will entertain you in the lobby of the hotel. There will be free hot chocolate waiting inside for everyone who comes downtown to see the trees.
Free downtown Trolley Rides
The trees will be in the windows of the Hilton Garden Inn downtown from December 6th through January 6th, 2012.
For one night only, on Tuesday, December 6th, Richmond Trolley Company will ride your family and friends around downtown to see all the lights for absolutely free. There will also be free hot chocolate waiting inside the hotel for everyone who comes downtown to see the trees.
Please visit one of our downtown Restaurant Partners whenever you come downtown to see the trees.
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