Downtown Meridian Holiday Decorating Contest: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the Downtown Meridian Holiday Decorating Contest, and who runs it?

The Downtown Meridian Holiday Decorating Contest is a public vote run by the Meridian Chamber of Commerce, together with Meridian Downtown, in Meridian, Idaho. It asks visitors to walk the downtown shops, look at the holiday displays, and vote for the one they liked best. The vote sits on the chamber's own event page, so the chamber, not an outside platform, hosts the ballot.

Most people who search for this contest want to know who runs it, when the vote happens, and where to cast it. The facts table below answers the first two, and the timing section covers the window that the page does print.

Meridian's downtown is the setting for the whole program, so every display a supporter sees is a storefront a visitor can reach on foot during the walk. The chamber's listing treats the shops and the vote as one visit rather than two separate tasks.

The chamber's event listing ties the contest to downtown shopping, which is why the vote is framed as a walk-and-vote activity rather than a single click. That framing is the detail that most separates this program from a standard reader poll.

Which editions are confirmed, and when does voting take place?

Editions in 2020 and 2024 are confirmed. The 2024 vote is the one with a printed window, which ran from December 9 to December 23. The 2020 edition is confirmed through its event listing, but the page text does not give that year's dates.

Editions and voting window

The chamber has not published a window for any later year in the text this guide draws on. The December pattern is the only timing fact that holds across both editions, so any exact date for a future year should wait for the chamber to post it; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Because the 2024 window closed in late December, a reader planning a visit to the displays should treat the chamber's event page as the first place to check each year.

How does a supporter vote in the contest today?

A supporter starts by visiting the downtown shops and looking at the decorated storefronts. The chamber's page describes the next step as voting for your favorite display once the walk is done, so the vote follows the visit rather than coming first.

From storefront to vote

The event page holds the voting link for the window, so a supporter should open it during the December window rather than from an older listing. A printed date on an older listing does not tell a reader whether the current vote is open.

For general tips on how supporters build turnout for any public vote, read the get more votes online guide, which covers the basics that apply to a visit-and-vote contest like this one.

How does this contest sit beside other Idaho best-of ballots?

Six sibling ballots in Idaho share the best-of grouping on this site. They include Best of Canyon County, Best of Greater Idaho Falls, Best of Magic Valley Readers' Choice, Best of North Idaho, Boise Area Parade of Homes, and Boise Favorites. Those ballots run as reader polls about businesses and local favorites, while this program is tied to decorated storefronts in one downtown.

Readers who want a statewide view can start at the Idaho contest hub, then compare the Best of Canyon County ballot. The downtown focus of this contest is the detail that sets it apart from those region-wide polls.

What can a supporter do beyond sharing the event link?

The page does not describe any outside promotion, so the chamber's own rules set the boundaries. The most direct step is sharing the event page with shoppers, neighbors and local business friends who plan to walk downtown. A shared link brings people to the same vote without changing how the contest works.

Some readers search for paid vote services in the weeks before a contest closes. Whether any purchased vote would count depends on the chamber's rules, which the page does not print, so no result can be promised. For a neutral overview of paid vote services, read the buy votes online overview before deciding.

Entrants and supporters should treat the decorated storefronts as the subject of the vote, not the wider downtown. A display that stands out on the walk is the one a visitor is asked to remember when voting, so the choice reflects what the visitor actually saw.

A supporter who wants to back a particular storefront should visit the shops first and vote afterward. That order keeps the vote tied to the walk the chamber describes, and it gives the supporter a real view of the displays before choosing.