The Father Christmas Festival of Mahone Bay

November 27 through December 5, 2010

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE - SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Highlights include:

• Town Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
• Larger than life Father Christmas Figures
• Win your Wish List - $1,700 of your Favourite Gifts
• Fun filled Activities for Kids
• Yuletide Gourmet Market
• Music, concerts & choirs
• Horse Drawn Transit
• Best  Christmas Cookie Contest  & Sale

Enjoy the warmth and hospitality of our Annual Father Christmas Festival.

Annual Tree Lighting will be held at the Bandstand. Please help us kick of the holiday season with our annual tree lighting ceremony.  Bring your sparklers, bring your cheer, bring your voices loud and clear! All are welcome. Carollers will parade through the streets of Mahone Bay, filling the air with tunes of the holiday season.

Father Christmas Figures - Over 65 larger than life Father Christmas figures line the streets of Mahone bay during the festival. A delightful and magical sight to see!

Embrace the fantasy of the Father Christmas Enchanted Forest upstairs over the Gourmet Market at the Suttles and Seawinds Barn 10 am-4 pm both days, both weekends. $2 per person Children under 12 FREE with parent or guardian.This magical venue includes items for sale by Grandmothers to Grandmothers, a project of The Stephen Lewis Foundation

Photo courtesy of James Latter Photo.

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Yuletide Gourmet Market
Enjoy the treats, eats and specialties of many delightful vendors! Puddings, sweets, pies, pastries, bakery bread, wine, and shall we go on?  Saturdays 10:00am - 4:00pm and Sundays 12:00pm - 4:00pm at the Suttles &Seawinds Barn.

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Horse Drawn Transit
Have fun and experience what it was like for our ancestors, as you ride through the streets of Mahone Bay taking in the festively decorated houses, shops and, of course, Father Christmas Figures! With five stops, it’s a great way to get around. $2.00 round trip!  Saturdays 11 - 4 and Sundays 12 - 4.

Photo courtesy of James Latter Photo.

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Children’s Activities
Gingerbread Decorating at the Mahone Bay Centre (#5) both Saturdays 1-3pm. Decorate your own gingerbread house and people. Provided by the Settlers Museum, this free event is held for children ages 3-12 accompanied by an adult.  Donations appreciated.  Pre-registration recommended.  Call Carol 624-0890.

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Win Your Wish List! - While browsing through our lovely shops, take time to fill out a “wish list” available at all participating retailers and enter for a chance to win over $1700.00 worth of wonderful gifts.

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Music, Concerts & Choirs – The streets of Mahone Bay will be filled with the sounds of the season during both weekends of the festival.  We have carollers, wandering minstrels and even a yuletide brass band!!

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Christmas at the Museum –Drop by the Settlers Museum, 578 Main Street (Saturdays 10am - 5pm and Sundays 1-5pm) to check out their new exhibit Doll House Delights and Traditional Quilts. Come in and see our Christmas Toys, Quilts and Dolls.

Christmas Market Places – Find everything you need in live greenery for the holidays at: the Lions Club Market across from the Town Monument, Tom Ernst Forest Products in Clearland and Svenja Dee’s Garlands and Greens at the Eclectic Garage.  

More Great Happenings!

Finally, we would like to thank our sponsors:

Primary Sponsors: Amos Pewter, The Mahone Bay Trading Company and The Teazer

Financial Contributors: Abe's Furniture, And Everything Nice Fashions, Bailey’s Fuels Ltd., Bank of Montreal, Bayside Pizza, Birdsall-Worthington Pottery Ltd., Bluestone Magik, DMR Financial Services Inc, Dog Shop Bathhouse & Boutique, Edgewater B & B and Sea Loft Cottage, For The Birds Nature Shop, Gazebo Cafe, Have a Yarn, Kinburn Pharmasave, La Belle Boutique, LaHave Bakery, Mahone Bay Quilt Shop, Mahone Funeral Home, Mahone Insurance Group, Northern Sun, Reinforced Plastic Systems, Rob Innis-Mariner Real Estate Ltd, Tamara Scissorhand Beauty Salon, The Eclectic Garage.

A thank you to all members and volunteers that contributed in kind and in person to make this year’s festival a success!

And a very special thanks to Suttles & Seawinds and Lighthouse Publishing for their contributions to the festival this year!