Christmas Eve Breakfast News!

Merry Christmas!

Posted December 24th, 2008:  Hope everyone is having a great Christmas!  We had a wonderful time at our annual Christmas Eve Breakfast.  It was standing room only with hundreds and hundreds of people coming in for a fun and festive Christmas Eve.  Many thanks to everyone involved for a truly great day and to our many musicians for sharing their talents with us.  It was special to have the Red Cross with us as our honored charity.   Much appreciation to the Jackson Sun and WBBJ TV for covering the event.  It was another very memorable year!

Posted December 23rd, 2008:  We look forward to seeing everyone Wednesday, December 24th at our Christmas Eve Breakfast!! It's going to be wonderful.  It starts at 6:30 am until 2 pm and the Gift Shoppe and Casey Jones Museum will be open on Wednesday until 3 pm.  We will be closed Thursday on Christmas Day in celebration of Christmas.  We will be open all weekend Friday, Saturday and Sunday as always from 6:30 am to 9 pm.  Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!

Posted December 15th, 2008:  We were happy to be on the WREG Channel 3 "Live at Nine"show in Memphis this morning!  Juanita Shaw and her son Brooks cooked up some delicious homemade boiled custard for hosts Marybeth Conley and Alex Coleman.   It was a wonderful morning and we are so appreciative to our friends with Live at Nine for having us on and spreading the word on our Christmas Eve Breakfast. It is always a treat!  See a replay of the show online at www.wreg.com on the Live @ Nine link! 

Posted December 10th, 2008:  Yes, Virginia, there really is a $3.99 Buffet!  We are especially excited to be hosting our 24th annual Christmas Eve Breakfast again this year on Wednesday, December 24th.  We have lots of festivities in store for you and hope if you are in the area you can join us!  We are especially happy that this year our event was chosen as a Top 20 event by the Southeast Tourism Society!  http://www.southeasttourism.org/   This is a tremendous honor and we are so very proud.  Each year we have a charity as our special guest and this year are pleased to have the Red Cross join us. See our press release below and Merry Christmas!....

Christmas Eve Breakfast Celebrates 24 Years and Top 20 Award!

(Jackson, TN) Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store in Casey Jones Village plans to celebrate the season Southern style at the 24th annual Christmas Eve Breakfast to be held on Wednesday, December 24th.  The legendary festivity was selected a Top 20 Event for the Fall of 2008 by the Southeast Tourism Society and the Jackson Area Chapter of the American Red Cross will be this year's honored charity.

Each year the Old Country Store southern breakfast buffet is served from 6:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for an extra special price on Christmas Eve. As a gift to the city, the buffet is only $3.99 for adults including a hot beverage and children 12 and under are only $1.99 and free for children under 2.  The Old Country Store Gift Shoppe will be open until 3 pm. 

Attendance each year is around 2,000 people for what has become an annual Christmas Eve tradition among West Tennessee area families. With live music and various festivities, it makes for a fun family holiday event.

Clark Shaw, Old Country Store CEO, "The Southeast Tourism Society Top 20 listing is very significant for us and for Jackson with the Society being the premier travel organization in the South.  With thousands of places and events that could be highlighted we are deeply honored to have our Christmas Eve Breakfast chosen as a Top 20 event in the Southeastern United States." 

 
Shaw continued said, "We are especially pleased to be working with Wanda Stanfill and the Red Cross as our featured charity this year especially with our special designation by the Southeast Tourism Society as a Top 20 event.  We will have representatives from the Red Cross on hand to pass out materials and information on their wonderful work."

Through a selection process each quarter the Southeast Tourism Society names 20 of the top events across the Southeast for each month and promotes the listing with widespread publicity and the honor of being included in this prestigious list of events and festivals.
 
For more information call the Old Country Store at 731.668.1223 or visit http://www.caseyjones.com/ . Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store has been in business since 1965 and is located on the Highway 45 By-pass at Interstate 40 exit 80A in Jackson, Tennessee.
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