Christmas in Collinwood Holiday Decorating Contest

It is time to reward the folks who spend so much time, effort, and money to decorate their homes for the holidays. The Observer’s First Annual Holiday Decorating contest is eligible to all residents of Collinwood. You can enter the contest by:

1)     Emailing a photo of your home to ChristmasinCollinwood@gmail.com
2)     Mail a photo of your home to:
                                                       Christmas in Collinwood
                                                       c/o Collinwood Observer
                                                       650A East 185th street
                                                       Cleveland, Ohio 44119

3)     Don’t have a computer? Don’t have a camera? You can still enter!
Call the Collinwood Observer at 216.531.6790. Say, “I have the most beautiful house!”, or “I have seen the most beautiful house!”,  (then tell us the address)  We’ll take the picture and make sure you’re in the contest.

Awards will be given to the following categories:

1)     Most Artistic
2)     Best use of Color
3)     The “Griswold” Award (most possible lights per square foot)
4)     “A” for Effort
5)     Best Decorated Street
6)     Best Decorated Business

Plus a fabulous prize will be awarded for “Best in Show”.

Judging will be done by a self-proclaimed panel of experts, made up of business owners, residents and actual artists. Contest ends on Christmas Eve. Winners will be announced in our January 7, 2010 issue.

Be sure to log on line at www.collinwoodobserver.com to see all the entrants.

Merry Christmas!