Christmas Activity Guide and Songbook 2019

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

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Christmas Activity Guide and Songbook Holiday Events Recipes รณ Crafts Songs A Supplement of the Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017

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Christmas Activity Guide and Songbook Activities................................................................................................... 4-5 Holiday Crafts & Recipes........................................................................ 6-7 Away In A Manger........................................................................................8 Jingle Bells.....................................................................................................9 Joy To The World.........................................................................................10 Deck the Halls.............................................................................................11 Last Year’s Lighted Parade Photos..............................................................13 What Child Is This?.....................................................................................14 Angels We Have Heard on High....................................................................15 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen......................................................................16 We Wish You A Merry Christmas..................................................................17 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.......................................................................18 Silent Night.................................................................................................19 O, Come Have A Look At............................................................................20 Look There Is The Steamer............................................................................20 Nicholas I Beg Of You..................................................................................21 Bright Decembermoon...................................................................................21 O Come All Ye Faithful................................................................................22 Christmas Tree Directory..........................................................................23

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Communities alive with holiday activities

Get ready! It’s that time of year full of the spirit of the holidays.

From music to lights, festival to gala, take your pick among a boundless variety of activities, and then go out and enjoy!

EVERSON & NOOKSACK • Santa and his elves come to town on Friday, Dec. 6. Bring the family and join in the Winter Festival at Everson City Park, starting at 6 p.m.

The first 180 kids get goodie bags, there is free hot chocolate for all, and Cramer Classics provides free wagon rides. Also, vendors will sell (cash only) hot dogs, baked goods, Christmas wreaths. Expect a visit from the Grinch, too.

• The 36th annual Silver Tea, hosted by Friends of the Everson McBeath Community Library, is at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in the library, 104 Kirsch Dr. • The Elenbaas Country Store at 302 W. Main St. again hosts a live nativity scene and open house with wagon rides.

It’s all on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Dec. 15 at the Claire vg Thomas Theatre, 655 Front St., Lynden.

Follow along with Peter, Susan, Lucy and Edmund on their adventures beyond the wardrobe.

Stage times are 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 5-6 & 12-13 and 2 p.m. Nov. 30, Dec. 1, 7-8 & 14-15. Tickets for adults $14, students and seniors $12, children $10. The theatre box office is open from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, or call to 360-354-4425; online at www.theclaire.org.

• The Lynden Choral Society performs Handel’s “Messiah” twice — at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 — in Third Christian Reformed Church, 514 Liberty St., with guest soloists and the Starry Night Orchestra. This Lynden tradition is now ticketed rather than by donation. Buy at LyndenChoralMessiah.brownpapertickets.com, $23 adults, $18 seniors (55+) plus service fee.

• Open to all, the holiday pancake breakfast of the Lynden Community Center, 401 Grover St., will be on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 8 to 11 a.m. Adults $6, children $3. Enjoy all the flapjacks you can eat before LYNDEN starting your day of shopping in • “Narnia,” a musical ad- Lynden. aptation of the C.S. Lewis book, is the holiday show through • Ebenezer Christian School page

again hosts its wreath and bake sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, in the North County Kids Place on the east side of the Fairway Center.

• Continuing all the fun on Saturday, Dec. 7, Elf on the Shelf is a scavenger hunt sponsored by the Lynden Downtown Business Association from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The goal is to find all 12 hidden elves in order to be entered into a gifts giveaway.

The winner receives a prize package worth more than $700.

Enter at any of the participating businesses for rules and clues, or at the corner of Fifth and Front streets, then walk the shops downtown to track down the Elf on the Shelf. Meanwhile, a real life-size elf will be roaming around on Saturday passing out free reindeer antlers to the first 300 participants! Turn in your completed form to the Elf Mailbox at Fifth and Front streets by 5 p.m. The winner will be announced from the parade announcement booth at approximately 6 p.m. (winner does not need to be present).

• Dutch patron saint Sinterklaas visits the lobby of The Inn at Lynden, 100 Fifth St., from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7. He gladly poses for pictures with all comers. Free.

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• Get an early seat for the parade and watch the Lynden Line Dancers kick to some fun Christmas music at 5:30 p.m. in front of the announcing trolley at Sixth and Front.

• The ever-popular Northwest Christmas Parade starts at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, rolling east from the Fairway Center into downtown. Grab your jackets and chairs and watch.

Now in its 30th year, this is a lighted menagerie of cars, pickups, trucks, floats, wagons, farm equipment and more. The business and organization entrants, showing off their creativity, compete for top honors in several categories. Various vendors are part of the scene.

• At the Jansen Art Center Saturday, Dec. 7, enjoy Art Jingle, a variety of options starting at 1 p.m. There’s live Christmas music in the Piano Lounge, studio sales, a holiday art market with local artists, and gift making classes brought by the Kids Do Art! program. Sign up a child to do mini-painting, creative coasters, decorative ink or embossed journals for $15. Then get free gift wrapping in the Gallery Shop. For more details and to sign up, visit https://www. jansenartcenter.org/art-jingle/.

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OTHER • The annual Holiday Festival of Allied Arts of Whatcom County is through Dec. 24 at 1530 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham.

See the affordable work of over 100 artisans and crafts people, every day 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Details: www.alliedarts.org.

• Fairhaven Winterfest begins the Friday after Thanksgiving with the arrival of Father Christmas, and continues each Saturday through Dec. 21. In the historic Fairhaven District, enjoy horse-drawn wagon rides, visits with Santa, a Find the Elves Treasure Hunt, a Holiday Market and a special lighting in thousands of glittering orbs.

• Deck the Old City Hall is Nov. 29 through Dec. 12 at the Whatcom Museum, 121 Prospect St. Appreciate garlands, wreaths, sparkling lights and more than 20 themed, decorated trees. Admission is by donation.

• The Ferndale Heritage Society puts on Olde Fashioned Christmas in Pioneer Park of Ferndale the weekend of Dec. 6-8. Families can share in the joys of Christmas past, as the 12 historic log cabins in Pioneer Park are meticulously decorated. Costumed hosts greet you in each cabin, and the smell of home-style baking sets the mood for the Christmas season.

Kids can write letters to Santa in the one-room schoolhouse and mail them in the one-room post office. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. $5 for adults,

$3 for children.

wagon rides are offered. Get a free photo with winter princess • Come one, come all to es. Hours are noon to 8 p.m. Frithe Holiday Harbor Lights Ob- day, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday stacle Dash and Community and Sunday.

Tree Lighting on Saturday, Dec. 7. Enjoy caroling and Christmas • Bring the whole family to tree lighting (4:30 p.m.), Santa’s Holiday Magic at 3 p.m. Sunarrival on a horse-drawn car- day, Dec. 8, in the Mt. Baker riage (4:45 p.m.), a petting zoo Theatre, 104 N. Commercial St., and more. It’s all in the vicinity as the Bellingham Symphony of the G Street plaza. The Obsta- Orchestra plays along with the cle Dash Run/Walk is at 2 p.m. in 1982 short film “The Snowman.”

Lincoln Park.

Enjoy festive classics, like Sleigh Ride and Silent Night, and join • The Holiday Port Cel- in for a fun, family sing-along ebration Dec. 6-8 at the Belling- with local children’s choirs. As ham Cruise Terminal features always, don’t forget the hot coan amazing Gingerbread House coa for the kiddos at intermis(really gingerbread everything) sion! Tickets start at $15.

Competition. See holiday creativity at its finest. Also, local • The eccentric British combands, choirs and orchestras edy duo James and Jamesy perwill perform, and horse-and- forms at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, in the Mt. Baker Theatre,

104 N. Commercial St., Bellingham. Tickets start at $29.50, mountbakertheatre.com or 360-734-6080.

• The Homes for the Holidays self-guided tour benefiting Bethany Christian Services is from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14. Tickets $20, available at Surroundings Homes & Gifts in Lynden and at the featured homes on the day of the tour: Bob and Rose Crabtree, 6871 E. Fifth Place, Lynden; Alan and Debby Baron, 6851 Baker Ridge 2019 Christmas Songbook

Dr., Lynden; Rich and Linda Bosman, 694 Birch Bay-Lynden Rd., Lynden; Monte and Tammy Stap, 111 Cashmere Lane, Everson; and Jay and Debbie DeJong, 8934 North Pass Road, Sumas.

• The Noel Ensemble of harp, flute, strings and percussion is at the Jansen Art Center, Lynden, at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14. Tickets $25.

• OPUS Performing Arts and Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth do a fun rendition of “The Nutcracker” at the Mt. Baker Theatre at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, and Thursday, Dec. 19. Tickets $20 general, $12 preteen.

• A new adaptation of Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” is performed at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, in the Mt. Baker Theatre in downtown Bellingham. This is with first-class professional actors, lush costuming, stunning sets, and a heavy dose of humor. Enjoy 26 traditional carols woven throughout. Tickets $29.50 to $69.50.

• Northwest Ballet Theater performs “The Nutcracker” at the Mt. Baker Theatre Dec. 27-29 in a style like the original version in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1892.

Times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets $10-$35.

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No-Sew Sock Snowman * 1 white sock * 1 colored sock for the hat * Rice * Rubber bands (or thread) * Colorful buttons * Ribbons * Hot glue gun - please use extreme caution when operating a hot glue gun * Markers or paint * Orange pom poms Start by filling your white sock with rice. You will need a hefty amount. Once you are happy with the amount (and size) of your sock snowman tie the top with the rubber band. Take another rubber band and place in the middle - more to the upper side - of the rice filled sock to form the head shape. Now glue the buttons to the bottom side by using a glue gun. Add a ribbon for the scarf. Cut the colored sock (the foot without the heel) and fold it to appear as a snow hat for the head of your snowman. You can leave it as it is or you can secure it with some glue. Use markers or paint with colors of your choice to draw eyes and a mouth on the face of the snowman. Glue a singular orange pom pom to the face of the snowman to represent a carrot nose.

Creative Globe Ornaments * Clear plastic ornaments with a metal top found at any craft store * Paint, confetti, candy and other interesting extras for inside * Ribbon Spread out newspaper or other covering to protect work surface. Add in creative mixtures in the top hole of the ornaments. For example, add paint and swirl around, add your favorite mixture of confetti or even sand and small shells from a recent trip. Replace metal top with a dab of glue to adhere and add a bow with ribbon. Use ribbon to hang ornament and enjoy! page

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Poffertjes (Dutch pancakes) Ingredients: 1 level teaspoon instant yeast, 1 tablespoon milk, 1 cup buckwheat flour, 1 cup white flour, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 1/4 cups warm milk, 1 tablespoon butter Optional toppings: Powdered sugar, strawberries, or whipped cream Dissolve the yeast in 1 tablespoon milk in a small bowl. In a different bowl, combine the buckwheat flour, white flour, sugar, salt, eggs & half the warm milk (5/8 cup). Add the yeast and milk combination and whisk ingredients until mixture is smooth. Add the remaining warm milk and re-beat.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rest for an hour.

After resting, melt 1 tablespoon butter in a poffertjes pan (a skillet or frying pan also work). When the butter starts to sizzle, add teaspoonfuls of the batter in circular movements to form the mini pancakes. Turn them around as soon as the bottom has set, best done by using two forks. Serve the poffertjes with butter and sieved powdered sugar, along with optional toppings.

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Away In A Manger

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Jingle Bells

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Joy To The World

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Deck The Halls

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ReadersCare

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The Lynden Tribune is excited to once again give our readers the opportunity to join us in helping those families and individuals most in need during this holiday season. This year we have selected these grant recipients; Project Hope, the Lynden Community Senior Center, and the Nooksack Valley Food Bank. These wonderful organizations provide invaluable services to our communities and we are glad to do our part.

This year we are again proudly partnering with the Mount Baker Rotary Foundation. For each gift, a ‘thank you’ letter will be provided to each donor acknowledging the tax deductibility of their gift. The Lynden Tribune covers all the administrative costs of the program so that 100% of each gift to the Fund is passed along to these organizations. Thank you for your time and consideration; we hope you’ll join us in our 14th annual Readers Care Fund effort this year.

Sincerely,

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Michael & Mary Jo Lewis

Mount Baker Rotary Foundation

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2018 Lighted Parade

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What Child Is This?

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Angels We Have Heard on High

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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

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We Wish You A Merry Christmas

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Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

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Silent Night

May your holiday season be filled with joy!

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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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Nicholas I Beg Of You...

(Sinterklaas Kapoentje...)

Bright Decembermoon... (Zie de maan schijnt...)

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O Come All Ye Faithful

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Warm wishes for a wonderful

Holiday Season!

8631 Depot Rd. • Lynden • 360-354-2101

Art Jingle

DECEMBER 7, 2019

11:00 PM - 4:00 PM · Studio sales in ceramics, jewelry and textiles · Holiday Art Market, work from regional artists · Live Music 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM · Kids Do Art! gift making workshops for ages 6-14 - Creative Coasters - Mini Paintings - Decorative Ink

LEARN MORE AT: jansenartcenter.org/ArtJingle

- Mixed Media: Embossed Journals Each workshop is $15 & they can take their gift home that day.

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