Aspen Crossing creates a lane of lights for the holidays

Times Reporter

 

If you haven’t started Christmas shopping, or maybe don’t have any idea what to get your loved ones Aspen Crossing may be able to help. 

Aspen Crossing will be hosting a Christmas market on Nov. 19 and 20. 

“Lots of Christmas stuff, like there’s Christmas baking and crafts and homemade decorations to…homemade jewellery, knitting, you name it,” said Leanna Biggar with Aspen Crossing. 

“The Christmas market…it’s an annual event and it’s really big. Last year it was so cold but we still had thousands and thousands of people come out, it’s a really fun day.”

The Christmas market isn’t the only event coming to Aspen Crossing this month. 

“During last year’s Christmas dinner theatre we had several groups, who we bussed out, asking us to take them to see some Christmas lights on the way back home and even willing to pay a lot of money,” explains Jason, owner and operator of Aspen Crossing in a press release. 

“But the problem was that we couldn’t find anything. It was a bit disheartening and I remember talking with the staff about how spectacular our neighborhoods used to look at Christmas.” 

A meeting this fall had the staff had staff brainstorming on ways to utilize parts of the business this winter, while providing something new for the theatre patrons. This year Aspen Crossing will be holding its first annual Lane of Lights, which will open Nov. 19 at 5 p.m. The Lane of Lights will be on display every Tuesday to Sunday from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. until January 7. 

There are 14 confirmed businesses setting up displays, and a number of residents. Aspen Crossing is providing the electricity and the Lane will run through the campground. 

“Next year we’ll be able to, I hope, have way more people involved just because they know about it and they can plan for it for a year,” said Biggar.

“It’s a couple of hundred dollars at least I’m sure just do a little display, not all businesses have that in the budget but if they knew about it a year in advance that makes a big difference.”

The event is free for anyone interested and can be accessed from the campground entrance, 800 feet south of the main entrance. Anyone looking for more information, or wanting to book a table in the Christmas market, can call toll free at 1-866-440-3500. Aspen Crossing is located on Highway 24, 1 kilometre west of Mossleigh.