FREDERICK TRANSFORMS INTO A WINTER WONDERLAND

Downtown Frederick will come to life on Nov. 28 for its annual Frosty Friday. The 12-hour marathon (9 a.m. to 9 p.m.) offers free parking, extended merchant hours and enough twinkling lights to rival a small airport runway. Early risers can score 100 free swag bags at 9 a.m., while strategic shoppers who spend $100 at multiple downtown businesses can pluck mystery gifts from the Snowflake Tree between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Santa will be around for photo opps from noon to 3 p.m., carolers will provide the soundtrack, and marshmallow roasting stations will dot the streetscape from 4 to 8 p.m. The evening ends with a cocktail competition from 6 to 9 p.m., where $5 festive beverages will turn participants into amateur critics.

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