Are you still looking for your holiday gifts – a gift that is unique and distinctive, and that shows how much you care? Traveling all over town from shop to shop can certainly dampen any holiday cheer. The simple solution is shopping historic Downtown Ames. The shops of Downtown offer a great opportunity to ease the stresses of holiday shopping with an eclectic mix of boutiques, merchants and restaurants with an enchanting holiday atmosphere.

Shop Downtown to find a holiday shopping experience is personal, welcoming and original. With decorated holiday window displays, garlands, wreaths, and colorful lights, Downtown is sure to enliven your Holiday cheer.

While you are out, bring your friends to make it a daylong, shopping adventure. Start out early with a cup of gourmet coffee, then hit the pavement to find a few great gifts. Take a break and grab a bite to eat at any one of the fine Downtown restaurants. Then get back out to find those last few special gifts. Sooner than you think, you’ve just spent a fun, relaxing and successful shopping day in Downtown Ames!

If you’re still looking for more holiday action, First National Bank will be hosting a $500 giveaway coin toss on Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. Santa Claus himself will help with this event! Giveaway coins will be distributed by the Downtown shops on Dec. 2 and 9. Participants will flip their coin and be spearated by which side their coin landed on. Santa will flip his “master coin” to decide whether heads or tails is the winner. Coin flipping and elimination will continue until there is only one winner! Come join the fun!