Holiday Events Recipes • Crafts • Songs A Supplement of the
Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017
ȷANSEN ART CENTER EXHIBITS GIFTS EVENTS LIVE MUSIC CLASSES The Jansen Art Center has something for everyone this season. You can peruse locally made gifts and artwork in the Gallery Shop or at our Holiday Market on December 4. Make a present straight from the heart in a class or workshop, or give the gift of quality time and visit our free exhibits with your loved ones.
JANSEN ART CENTER
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2021 Christmas Activity Guide & Songbook 2021 Local Activities................................................................................ 4-5 Holiday Recipes...............................................................................6, 20, 22 Holiday Crafts.............................................................................................6 Up on the Housetop.......................................................................................8 Jingle Bells.....................................................................................................9 What Child Is This......................................................................................10 Deck the Halls.............................................................................................11 Lighted Christmas Stroll Through Pioneer Village...................................12 Lighted Christmas Stroll “Dear Santa” Letter...........................................13 Away in a Manger.......................................................................................14 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.......................................................................15 We Wish You A Merry Christmas..................................................................16 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.......................................................................17 Silent Night.................................................................................................18 O Come Have a Look At..............................................................................19 Look There Is the Steamer.............................................................................19 Coloring Page............................................................................................20 Christmas Tree Directory..........................................................................22
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Celebrate the Holidays in Whatcom County
Celebrate Christmas in Lynden on Dec. 4 with the Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt and the Northwest Lighted Christmas Parade on Front Street. Join Downtown Lynden’s Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. for fun and prizes. The elves are back and running wild, visiting businesses all over Lynden. Can you find all of the elves? Join in on the fun at the Elf on the Shelf Scavenger Hunt and win one of three prizes valued at more than $300 each. First 500 participants get free antlers. Then at 6 p.m., welcome in the holiday season with the annual Northwest Lighted Christmas Parade, presented by community sponsor Edaleen Dairy. Spend time with friends, family and other loved ones as a menagerie of cars, pickups, trucks, floats, wagons, and farm equipment light up Front Street. The parade starts at the Fairway Shopping Center, at Front and 18th streets. The parade then heads east on Front Street into downtown Lynden where it ends at 3rd Street. page
Call the Lynden Chamber of a personalized letter to Santa. Commerce at 360-354-5995 for That letter can be delivered to more information. the park’s one-room post office for delivery to the North Pole. Olde Fashioned Christmas, Letter templates are available Christmas Stroll both return to at FerndaleHeritageSociety.com Ferndale or on page 13. The letters need Ferndale’s Olde Fashioned to have their names and a legible Christmas and Lighted Christ- mailing address to help Santa remas Stroll are back. turn them. Ferndale’s Olde Fashioned Shoppers of all ages find inexChristmas event returns this year pensive trinkets for their loved with “The Lights and Sounds of ones at the Parker House cabin, Christmas” as its theme. Each which is now the general store. cabin will be decorated accord- The stately Shields House ofingly. fers baking scents, and the FosThe event is set for 4 to 9 p.m. ter house will showcase a huge Dec. 3-4. working model train display. The The event won’t look quite like log church offers quiet reflection it has in years past. After touring time. Draft horses will greet visiPioneer Park’s cabins, visitors tors in the Barr Barn. will head into Pioneer Pavilion Admission is $5 for adults and where children’s crafts, refresh- $3 for children. ments, music and a visit with Santa will be set up. Lighted Christmas Stroll While inside buildings, guests For the second and third weekwill keep socially distanced and ends of December, Pioneer Park face coverings are required per will be open from 5 to 8 p.m. state guidelines, the heritage soThe event features a stroll on ciety press release states. the board-stamped concrete While visiting Pioneer Park’s sidewalks to view the cabins cabins, children can tour the from outside, as well as Christone-room schoolhouse to write mas music and costumed volun-
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teers. Letters to Santa will also take place at the Lighted Christmas Stroll, and kids are encouraged to pre-write their letters. Hot beverages will be available for purchase, and a photo booth will be created at the Barr Barn. Admission to the stroll will be free, and the stroll will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 10-11 and 17-18. Pioneer Park is home to 15 historic log cabins and is located at 2004 Cherry St. in Ferndale. For more information, call 360-384-6461 or visit ferndaleheritagesociety.com. Bellingham The Holiday Port Festival is a free, family-friendly event held the first weekend of December at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal. This is one of the Port’s signature events for the community and includes the Holiday Port Quest, an online Gingerbread house display, and the Lighted Boat Parade Viewing • From 2-6 p.m. Dec. 4, the Holiday Port Quest is a fun and festive treasure hidden throughout
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the park. This quest may include carolers, food trucks, and possibly a visit by Santa and Mrs. Claus. You will find the hint for the location of this quest on the Port’s social media pages the morning of Dec. 4. • This year’s Gingerbread house display will be held online. Each of the competition entries will be shared through the Port website, portofbellingham.com, as well as the Port’s social media pages. The People’s Choice award voting will be done through an online poll. • Dec. 4 is the Lighted Boat Parade Viewing, with plenty of food trucks and holiday music outside of the Bellingham Cruise Terminal during the Bellingham Yacht Club’s Lighted Boat Parade. Come down to the water, see the beautiful snow globe and view Santa’s workshop through the domed windows of the Cruise Terminal as you watch the parade float by. Because of COVID-19, this year’s Holiday Port Festival will be scaled down and activities adjusted to allow for a safe and festive celebration. Visit portofbellingham.com for more information.
You Are Invited to a
Christmas Singalong Join us for a festive evening as we sing traditional hymns in celebration of Jesus’ birth.
Wednesday, December 22 7:30 p.m. Lynden American Reformed Church 8868 Northwood Rd Lynden, WA
All are welcome!
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Caramel Corn 16 cups popped corn (1/2 cup unpopped) I make several batches of this each year and always get requests for more. 1 cup butter 1 cup packed brown sugar ¼ cup light corn syrup ½ tsp baking soda salt to taste Pop corn your using favorite method (I use a Whirly-Pop). Place popcorn in a deep baking dish and preheat oven to 275°F. In a stove-top pan, melt butter, add sugar and syrup. Stir until mixture comes to a boil. Continue boiling without stirring until candy thermometer reaches 250°F (soft ball). Remove from heat and stir in baking soda. Drizzle over popcorn and stir to distribute, sprinkle with salt. Bake for 30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Pour caramel corn onto parchment paper and break apart as it cools. Store cooled in air tight container.
Cranberry Popcorn Garland Strong thread, such as nylon or waxed cotton; needle 1 cup popped popcorn per 3 to 4 feet of thread 3/4 cup fresh cranberries per 3 to 4 feet of thread Place the popcorn in one bowl and the fresh cranberries in another for easy access. Thread the needle and make a large knot about 6 inches from the end of the thread. Sew a garland of popcorn and cranberries, in any pattern you like. Place a knot after the last piece.
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Up on the Housetop
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What Child Is This?
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Lighted Christmas Stroll Through Pioneer Village December 10th and 11th December 17th and 18th Friday and Saturday nights, 5 – 8pm
Free Admission
Enjoy the outside lights decorated by Ferndale Heritage Society members.
Hot Beverages, Coffee & Cocoa Available for Sale. Stroll our ADA compliant sidewalks around the log cabin village circle.
Pioneer Village Located in Pioneer Park, Ferndale. 2000 Cherry Street.
Only certified service animals allowed within all the fenced areas (Pioneer Village), per City Municipal Code 12.26.010 C. 3.
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Kids! Make sure to fill out your letter to Santa; there
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Name ___________________________ Age _____ Mailing Address ______________________________ City _________________ State ________ Zip Code __________
Dear Santa,
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Away In A Manger
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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
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We Wish You A Merry Christmas
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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
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Silent Night
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O, Come Have A Look At... (O, kom er eens kijken...)
Look There Is The Steamer (Zie ginds komt de stoomboot...)
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