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Photo by M.V. Jantzen.

On the first weekend in December for the last two years, the Georgetown BID has closed off a portion of Wisconsin Ave. above M St. and hosted a holiday street fair. While the first year suffered from incredibly cold and windy conditions, last year the weather was more favorable and the event appeared to be establishing itself as a fixture in the calendar.

Sadly, the tradition was short lived. The businesses decided that the event did not have enough of a pay-off at the cash registers to justify the cost of such a large event.

But they’re not giving up on the Merriment idea. Rather than focus on a single large event, the BID has stretched the fun out twelve days, starting this weekend.

Here’s the lineup of events:

Merriment in Georgetown Kick-Off Party
Saturday, December 10th, 1 – 4pm
PNC Bank Lot at Wisconsin & M Street

12 – 4pm

Complimentary pedicab rides from Dupont Circle and Foggy Bottom metro stations to Georgetown

1pm & 1:50pm

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If the opening of the National Pinball Museum this Saturday wasn’t enough to get you excited, don’t forget that the annual Merriment in Georgetown is this Sunday (brain storm: while it’s probably too late now, the National Pinball Museum ought to get a booth next year.)

This is the third year of this great street festival. Last year’s success was particularly heartening since the first year’s festival suffered greatly due to extremely cold weather. With the warmer weather last year, crowds came out in force.
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