Dennis and Anita Wagoner, owners of Ace Hardware in North Webster, are now accepting Christmas Bucks entries. The promotion is sponsored by The Papers Inc. InkFreeNews photos by Phoebe Muthart.

By Phoebe Muthart
InkFreeNews

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Temperatures are dropping and holiday morale is boosting just in time for The Papers Inc.’s highly-anticipated annual holiday promotion: Christmas Bucks.

Participating merchants from Kosciusko County take part in the annual promotion to lend a hand in alleviating Christmas Shopping expenses.

This year’s promotion runs from Wednesday, Oct. 30, to Wednesday, Nov. 20. The drawing will be held in Milford at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25.

There will be $3,000 in Christmas Bucks given away. First place is $1,000 in Christmas Bucks, second and third place will be $500, and fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh place will each receive $250.

Christmas Bucks are redeemable until Sunday, Dec. 31.

To try your luck at one of the seven cash-equivalent prizes, you can cut out an entry form found in ‘the PAPER’ Oct. 30 or from any of the participating merchants.

You just have to leave your name, address, contact information and the store you are participating through on one of the forms and leave it in the decorative box, which will be on site.

You do not have to make a purchase nor do you have to be present to win. You can register each time you visit a participating store but are allowed only one coupon per visit.

Employees and their immediate families are not eligible at their places of employment.

Some additional rules are: Must be 18 years or older to register; ballot stuffers will be disqualified; and no mail-in coupons accepted.

The entry deadline is Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the close of business.

Merchants participating in this year’s Christmas Bucks are:

Ace Hardware, North Webster

Arby’s, North Detroit Street, Warsaw

Battery Tech, Millersburg

Biryani Kitchen, Warsaw

Burkholder Country Store, Nappanee

BZ Automotive Group, Ligonier

Brouwers Carpet and Furniture, Warsaw

Brightnet, New Paris

Casey’s Erosion and Seed Solutions, Goshen

Chubbie’s Pub-N-Grub, Syracuse

Clayton’s Garden Center, North Webster

Creighton’s Crazy Egg Cafe, Warsaw

Dental Solutions, Warsaw

Decorative Beginnings, Warsaw

Dockside Apparel and Gifts, Syracuse

Grandma’s Pantry, Wakarusa

Heritage Fabrics, Nappanee

H & L Motors and Decorative Beginnings, Warsaw

Hometown Pharmacy, Warsaw

JB’s Furniture, Warsaw

Maggie’s Coffee and Treats, Warsaw

Millersburg Feeds, Millersburg

Millersburg Lumber Co. Inc., Millersburg

NAPA Auto Parts, Warsaw, Syracuse and North Webster

Neighborhood Fresh, North Webster and Syracuse

Oak and Alley Public House, Warsaw

Olympia Candy Kitchen, Goshen

Papa John’s Pizza, Warsaw

Pine Valley Feeds, New Paris

Reinholt’s Town Square Furniture, Warsaw

Service Liquors, Warsaw

Simply Tech, New Paris

The Spectacle Shoppe, Warsaw

Steuby’s, Leesburg

Village Florist, Warsaw

Woodling Tire and Auto, Syracuse

Maggie’s Coffee and Treats in downtown Warsaw is excited for ‘the PAPERS’ Christmas Bucks promotion to begin. It is one of several places to drop off entries. Pictured are Owner Krista Brown, left, and Tom Wagoner.