That’s a Wrap, Christmastown
December of 2021 marked the first of the Chamber’s “Christmastown” concept of programming and festivities located all month long at the Festhalle.
Mid-week shopping promotions, choirs, bands, Santa and Mrs Claus; a lot goes into the month! Therefore, we put together a numeric recap on the promotions, events, and visitor statistics.
24 - Gingerbread Houses in the competition
36 - Performances at the Gazebo
54 - Hours of Programming at the Gazebo
119 - Total number of Christmastown Ambassadors
833 - Number of Ornaments given away for the mid-week promotion
922 - Letters to Santa deposited in our North Pole mailbox
952 - Giveaway Tree entries
4,989 - Number of people who came to the Visitor Center
5,827 - Advent Calendar Entries (1000 more than last year)
7,025 - Online Marketplace web page views on Leavenworth.org
10,584 - New YouTube subscribers in December (total is now over 43,000)
12,340 - Winter Karneval web page views on Leavenworth.org
16,602 - Number of people who visited the Festhalle in December (wow)
$18,000 - Amount of money earned by our non-profit partners
20,336 - Hotel referrals from our Simpleview availability tool in December
83,000 - Engagements with the Advent calendar
84,485 - Christmastown web page views on Leavenworth.org
125,000 - Advent Calendar e-mails sent to Consumers
185,265 - Webcam web page views on Leavenworth.org
1.8 million - Pedestrian footfalls* for the month of December (2nd highest month was July with 1.4 million)
3.4 million - Number of views for all videos & webcams on our YouTube page in December.
*Pedestrian footfalls is a count of total pedestrian traffic, not individuals