DECEMBER 2021
Once upon a time in Brunswick County
The Coastal Buzz
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Holiday Memories Brunswick County Celebrities Recall Holidays Past
The stockings are hung by the chimney and by one of Ginny Lassiter’s pain ngs at Sunset River Gallery in Calabash. Each gallery staff member has a stocking, Lassiter says.
Ginny Lassiter Artist and Owner, Sunset River Marketplace Calabash
“I
grew up in Wilson, N.C. Thanksgiving or Christmas are favorite holidays for me, depending on whichever our
granddaughter can spend with us,” says Ginny Lassiter, owner of Sunset River Marketplace in Calabash. “Our granddaughter loves having our holiday dinner in our formal dining room and helping me set the table with the good china and silver. We both love using linen napkins and lighting the candles and the warm ambience that all creates.”
For the past few years, Lassiter has hosted an annual reception at the gallery that has become a December tradition for local authors, where they can set up tables to sell their books in the midst of the artwork and talk to Gallery visitors. This year’s reception is on Saturday, Dec. 11 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
—Joan Leotta
