CHESTER — Ready for the holidays? Locals are set to raise the baton on a town-wide “Overture to Christmas” this Saturday.
The 28th annual community celebration — often named one of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce’s Top Ten Winter Events — will feature a full day of holiday activities.
From 10 a.m. to noon, Chester-Andover Elementary School at 72 Main St. will host a morning of holiday crafts, stories and costume making for an afternoon “Parade of Presents.”
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 313 Main St. will hold its annual Christmas Tea and Sale, featuring a $6 lunch of hot brewed tea and coffee and mulled cider, Christmas cookies and bars and tea sandwiches, as well as homemade baked goods, crafts and decorations.
From 2 to 4 p.m., Paul and Norma Ippolito will present children’s music and stories at the Hugging Bear Inn at 244 Main St.; the Whiting Library at 117 Main St. will offer a Christmas puppet show; and the First Baptist Church of Chester at 162 Main St. will recreate a nativity scene.
At 4 p.m., Santa and Mrs. Claus will appear in a “Parade of Presents” from the Chester-Andover Elementary School to the Fullerton Inn on the Common.
At 4:30 p.m., Santa and Mrs. Claus will help light the town tree before visiting with children at the Fullerton Inn, which will serve cookies, cocoa and candy canes.
At 7:30 p.m., the Springfield Community Chorus will present a free concert at the First Baptist Church of Chester.
And throughout the day, a scavenger hunt will encourage participants to visit local merchants who’ll offer punch cards that can be dropped off for prizes at MacLaomainn’s Scottish Pub at 52 Main St.
Events will conclude the next Saturday, Dec. 14, with an annual Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner at noon at the elementary school at 72 Main St. and a town party at MacLaomainn’s Scottish Pub from 3 to 5 p.m., with admission at $5 a person or $15 per family.
CHESTER — Ready for the holidays? Locals are set to raise the baton on a town-wide “Overture to Christmas” this Saturday.
The 28th annual community celebration — often named one of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce’s Top Ten Winter Events — will feature a full day of holiday activities.
From 10 a.m. to noon, Chester-Andover Elementary School at 72 Main St. will host a morning of holiday crafts, stories and costume making for an afternoon “Parade of Presents.”
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 313 Main St. will hold its annual Christmas Tea and Sale, featuring a $6 lunch of hot brewed tea and coffee and mulled cider, Christmas cookies and bars and tea sandwiches, as well as homemade baked goods, crafts and decorations.
From 2 to 4 p.m., Paul and Norma Ippolito will present children’s music and stories at the Hugging Bear Inn at 244 Main St.; the Whiting Library at 117 Main St. will offer a Christmas puppet show; and the First Baptist Church of Chester at 162 Main St. will recreate a nativity scene.
At 4 p.m., Santa and Mrs. Claus will appear in a “Parade of Presents” from the Chester-Andover Elementary School to the Fullerton Inn on the Common.
At 4:30 p.m., Santa and Mrs. Claus will help light the town tree before visiting with children at the Fullerton Inn, which will serve cookies, cocoa and candy canes.
At 7:30 p.m., the Springfield Community Chorus will present a free concert at the First Baptist Church of Chester.
And throughout the day, a scavenger hunt will encourage participants to visit local merchants who’ll offer punch cards that can be dropped off for prizes at MacLaomainn’s Scottish Pub at 52 Main St.
Events will conclude the next Saturday, Dec. 14, with an annual Senior Citizens Christmas Dinner at noon at the elementary school at 72 Main St. and a town party at MacLaomainn’s Scottish Pub from 3 to 5 p.m., with admission at $5 a person or $15 per family.