Christmas is still 30 days away and the Christmas events are in full swing already. This past weekend St. Peter's celebrated the 25th Annual Festival of Trees, which again was a tremendous success. The participation by community groups and citizens was great, the trees were beautiful, the music excellent, the dancing adorable, and the turn out exceptional. This event is always a fun kickoff to the holiday season.
The Glad Tidings Christmas Shoppe Open House will be open for its third and final weekend, on November 27th and 28th from 9-5pm. The entire house is decked out for the holiday season. It is definitely a great place to stop by and get some exceptional ideas as to how to decorate your home for the holidays, from bathroom to kitchen Marion MacLeod-Stone can show you how. Marion does a marvelous job of revitilizing the Christmas Spirit in us all, and the admission of a silver collection is donated to the local food bank. The open house has been seeing visitors from all over Cape Breton and the mainland.
And the activities continue, on November 27th, the West Arichat CWL will be holding a Christmas Bazaar at the Janvrin's Island Community Center, starting at 10am. There will be a bake sale, craft table, rose tree and straw games and a new to you table. Soup, roll, dessert and coffee or tea will be served from 11:30am to 1pm. And the highlight of the event, at 1pm there will be a visit from Santa for all the children followed by a 2pm merchandise bingo. On the 27th, the Friends of Leona will hold a bake sale at the St. Peter's Home Hardware Store starting at 10am. This is the perfect place to stock up on some baked items for Christmas. The Committee of Stewards of West Bay Pastoral Charge will be hosting a Christmas Tea and Sale, including a bake table, craft sale and an auction, at the St. Georges Channel Hall on November 27th, from 2-4pm. On November 28th, there will be a Christmas Merchandise and Toy Bingo held at the Lakeside Community Centre in Sampsonville starting at 2pm. There will also be tickets on a homemade Christmas Quilt. Also on the 28th will be the Annual Christmas Bazaar at the Louisdale Parish Hall. Doors open at 11:30am. There will be craft tables and a bake sale with proceeds going to the Strait Richmond Hospital. A Roast Turkey dinner will be served starting at 11:30am. There will a merchandise bingo held at 2pm.
On a different note, on November 8th the members of the Cape Breton Chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women met for a luncheon at A MacDonald Country Inn in St. Peter's. This was the first time the organization has met in our area. The Canadian Federation of University Women is a volunteer, non profit, self funded, non partisan, non governmental organization which seeks to improve education for women for peace, and to support programs to improve the enviroment.
Lots of great holiday activities happening in Richmond so come on out and enjoy the fun.
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