Westport's Gingerbread Themed Weekend

11/28/2025

11/24/2025

✨ What a Weekend, Westport! ✨
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the 2025 Westport Holiday Shop ’n Hop. Our village was glowing with festive spirit all weekend long, from twinkling lights and gingerbread masterpieces to cozy PJ shoppers and bustling local businesses.

Here’s a look back at this year’s winners and highlights:

🎄 People’s Choice Decorating Awards
1️⃣ Lake Effects
2️⃣ Pinecone
3️⃣ Lyons’s Holiday House

🎅 Ugly Sweater Competition
🥇 Sun Life
🥈 Life is Good Westport
🥉 Westport Brewing Company

🍭 Gingerbread House Competition
• Children’s Winner: Lena G
• Youth Winner: Lindsey T
• Business Winner: Wags, Whiskers & Wings
• People’s Choice: Life is Good Westport

🎁 Shop ’n Hop Passport Grand Prize Winners
• Krista B (Newboro)
• Ella N (Westport)
• Serah B (Westport)

To all participating businesses: thank you for decorating, dressing up, donating prizes, and opening your doors with so much enthusiasm. You helped make Westport look like something straight out of a Hallmark movie.

And to everyone who visited, shopped local, voted, tasted gingerbread, filled passports, and joined in on the fun, thank you for supporting our village and keeping this beloved tradition thriving.

Here’s to another magical Shop ’n Hop weekend in the books! 🎄❤️

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11/23/2025

11/23/2025

A huge shout-out to our amazing Westport businesses! 🎄🛍️

Thank you to every shop, café, and workspace that showed up in full PJ spirit today. Your festive energy, cozy creativity, and community pride make the Holiday Shop ’n Hop truly magical.

From flannel sets to fuzzy slippers, you’ve helped turn Westport into the coziest Christmas village around and we appreciate you for embracing the fun!

Thanks for helping make this weekend unforgettable. ❤️✨

11/23/2025

11/23/2025

Before you hop into Pinecone be sure to check out our windows! They were graciously contributed to in a huge way by Christine from the museum! Love the Westport history they hold❤️🎄

11/23/2025

As we round out the Village Shop N' Hop weekend why not join in some more fun.
Today is PJ Day. Come join the staff from the various shops in a day were it is awesome to wear your PJ's to work and shop.