Port Washington looks so beautiful and festive for the holidays! The Port Washington Chamber of Commerce has decorated the lampposts throughout town with garland, twinkling lights and red bows. The BID has installed lit snowflakes on the utility poles.

And stores throughout town have outdone themselves with beautiful decorations for the holiday season and the Port Holiday Magic Window Decorating Contest.

Twenty-one stores participated and the judges said it was a real challenge to pick just three winners.

The judges said they were impressed by the effort and creativity that went into so many of the window displays.

The Window Contest judges were Amanda Kowalczuk of Landmark on Main Street, Det. Tony Guzzello of the Port Washington Police and Holly Byrne of the BID.

The judges’ votes have been tallied and the winner was announced during the December 9 Port Holiday Window Magic event. This year’s winner is S. F. Falconer Florist at 8 S. Maryland Avenue.

All the stores that entered the contest were winners, as their windows announce to everyone that they care about the community and promote the holiday spirit in our town. Everyone can still view all the participating windows and see how you would have voted. The other locations are:

Cigar King, 553 Port Washington Blvd.

The Wellground, 917 Port Washington Blvd.

Little Gym of Port Washington, 979 Port Washington Blvd.

16 Handles, 1005 Port Washington Blvd.

Bach to Rock, 1015 Port Washington Blvd.

Wright Music, 5 Main St.

Baltimore Design Center, 35 Main St.

Diamond Boutique, 77 Main St.

Alper’s Hardware, 81 Main St.

Yummy Gyro, 82 Main St.

Port Pop Up Boutique, 142 Main St.

Smusht, 158 Main St.

The Cooking Lab, 160 Main St.

Tori’s Place Ear Piercing, 167 Main St.

Painting With Flowers, 298 Main St.

Bubba Brown’s, 302 Main St.

Commune, 307 Main St.

Lexie NY, 334A Main St.

Ace Hardware, 19 Soundview Marketplace

Anthony’s World of Floors, 49 Manorhaven Blvd.

Residents are reminded to KEEP THE MAGIC  HOME, TRY PORT FIRST for the holidays and all year long.  For an up-to-date directory of businesses located in Port Washington, download the Try Port First app or visit www.pwcoc.org.