Christmas Shop U.P. 2026: Shop Main Street, Then Get the Camp Connected

If you've lived around Union Parish for any time at all, you know there's a camp or a cabin in just about every family. Somebody's got a place on Lake D'Arbonne, a deer camp up a gravel road, or a trailer out on the back forty. And come Christmas, a lot of those places still have one thing missing: a decent internet connection.

This year the Union Parish Chamber of Commerce is giving folks a good reason to shop close to home, and we'd like to give you a good reason to think about that camp while you're at it.

Quick answer

Christmas Shop U.P. runs Thursday through Saturday, November 12 to 14, 2026. Shop the stores on the Chamber's Shop U.P. Monopoly board, keep your receipts, and take them to the Union Parish Chamber of Commerce office November 16 through 20 for entries into the gift certificate drawings. For the full store list and rules, call the Chamber at (318) 368-3947 or visit unionparishchamber.org.

Three family businesses, one building

Backroads WiFi is part of a family of small businesses that all share one building at 114 N Main St in Farmerville:

• Forever And Always Boutique in Suite B, with Christian gifts, Lake D'Arbonne caps and mugs, du rags and vest patches. The boutique is on the Shop U.P. board. Read their guide: Christmas Shop U.P. 2026: How It Works.
• Backroads WiFi in Suite C, with cellular internet for rural homes, camps, cabins and RVs.
• The Lemoine Agency in Suite D, with life, disability and critical illness coverage you can apply for online at thelemoineagency.com.

Internet for the camp makes a good Christmas gift

Think about who on your list would actually use it:

• The deer hunter who wants to check the trail cameras without driving out there.
• The lake camp owner who'd like to stream the game on a Saturday afternoon.
• The grandparents out where the cable lines never reached, who'd love a video call with the grandkids.
• The RV couple who spends the winter on the road.

Here's how Backroads WiFi works:

• No contracts, no satellite, no credit check.
• Plug and play. The equipment ships to your door ready to plug in.
• If your phone works there, our internet should too. We use cellular data networks, so if you can get a signal on your phone at the camp, you're in good shape.
• Plans from $70 a month, and you can talk to a real person at (318) 381-9449.

Not sure about coverage at your place? Check coverage at your address before you buy, and we'll help you figure out what makes sense.

Shop close to home

When you buy from a store in Union Parish, that money stays here. It keeps the lights on along Main Street, it sponsors the ball teams, and it pays our neighbors. Christmas Shop U.P. is a good excuse to see what's right here before driving to Monroe.

We hope to see you on Main Street November 12 through 14.

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." James 1:17 (KJV)

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