ST. ANDREW'S CHRISTMAS FAIR 2025

The excitement is building, with attendance at the last planning meeting in the double digits! Mark your calendars, tell your friends and family, and find your favorite ways below to help uplift, energize and make this an historic holiday fair.

Toys: Carol Scott will once again turn this room into an enchanted space for children and their adults looking for gently loved, clean, working toys and games. Games and puzzle with all their pieces please!​

Baskets: The Baskets are very desirable items each year, so there are unlimited large or small ways you can help this table, especially if you love to shop!
 Dianne Nicol is asking for:
  • Lindt/Ghiradelli chocolates--all good gift baskets start with chocolate!
  • White/red wines
  • Bottles of assorted craft beers
  • Nuts and small bags of snacks
  • Packages of hot chocolate
  • Small packages of cookies
  • Also, items that would make a themed basket. 
  • Some in the past have included ~
  • Patriot’s/Red Sox/Bruin’s/Celtic’s fan
  • Dog/cat lover
  • Tea/coffee drinker
  • Wine and cheese
  • Baby boy/girl
  • Movie/game night
  • Teacher thank-you
  • Spa/relaxation
  • Gourmet treats
  • Holiday baking
  • Christmas morning breakfast
​Leave donations in a marked box in the narthex or parish hall.
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Cafe:
Sherry Long will be leading the charge in the kitchen. Are you someone who can make chili, mac & cheese, chowder, cornbread, apple crisp? For many of our attendees, the offerings in the cafe are the reason they stop in at St. Andrew’s and an important part of our outreach. Use link below.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21
4 PM - 7 PM
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22
​10 AM - 2 PM
Volunteer to work during the Christmas Fair.
Volunteer (bring a friend) to help in one of the rooms, the kitchen, on the floor. 
Community Craft Table:
The St. Andrew’s artisans are coming in strong. So far we know we will have wooden picture frames, blankets, a shawl, and hand designed Christmas cards. Kathy MacDonald is coordinating this effort and all handmade works of art are welcome. Perhaps this is a space where your children could also make something to sell at the Fair?
Children’s Activities:
Courtney Hill will be heading up this event on the stage. See her if you would like to volunteer your time to help guide our youngest visitors through arts and crafts.

Holiday Room:
Janice Nickerson and Kristine Nickerson are once again heading up this seasonal display. They have asked for Christmas decorations only (no Halloween, Easter, etc.) as most people are only looking for Christmas. Leave donations downstairs in the Holiday Room.

Boutique:
​Elise McKee and Sue Scopelleti are expanding their popular Jewelry Room into a Boutique this year. In addition to jewelry in good condition, they are accepting items like scarves, belts, pocketbooks. Brooches and pins sell very well. Please no broken watches.
Grandma’s Attic:
Janet Keane and Joanie Rogers, need treasures and trinkets to fill their tables. Vintage has never been more popular, and this is another space that our attendees look forward to each year.

​Bake Table:
​Suzanne Bunzell will be looking for cookies and fudge. There will be a PIE BAKING NIGHT for those who love to bake in community. The pies are one of our most sought after items. We will focus on more apple pies this year, since those sell out the fastest. Can’t bake but still want to help? See Suzanne about donating ingredients like butter, sugar, flour, apples.