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Downtown Albert Lea and the Albert Lea Convention and Visitors Bureau will kick off the holiday shopping season with Downtown Albert Lea’s Big Buck Hunt Shopping Event. This two-day event, happening on Friday and Saturday, coincides with the deer opener weekend and offers shoppers a unique way to explore local businesses while hunting for “Big Bucks.”

To play, people should visit participating downtown stores to “hunt” for Big Bucks certificates — no purchase is necessary.

Each store has a basket where you can draw a certificate that’s either a Big Buck or a Miss.

If you draw a Big Buck certificate, you’ll be entered to win a door prize from that store.

Participating stores will also have special in-store promotions, games and fun activities to make sure everyone enjoys the event.

Participating stores are Grace & Glory Consignment, Addie’s Floral, Cento Woodfire Pizza & Cafe, Man Between the Lakes, Plymouth Shoes, Between Friends Boutique, All the Things Studio & Boutique, Ignite Nutrition, Leuthold’s, Creating Sew Much, Daisy Blue Naturals and The Homestead Boutique.

For more information, contact the Albert Lea Convention & Visitors Bureau or visit the CVB website.