LYNNFIELD — Historic Lynnfield’s Country Store will take place on Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Meeting House.
Doors will open at 9 a.m. and will stay open through Lynnfield Recreation’s Tree Lighting Ceremony. Vendors will include favorites from the past, as well as some new additions to the store.
This year’s Country Store will feature beautifully decorated fresh wreaths and swags, the popular Cheese Man Vermont cheddar cheese sponsored by the Nikki Martin Team, ham and bean dinners to-go, Mrs. Claus’ Snacks and Lunch Kitchen, baked goods, popcorn and Singing Marshes Jelly and Jams. The Village Home and Garden Club will be selling beautiful evergreen arrangements, and the Centre Club will be holding its annual Lottery Contest.
The craft vendors include homemade blankets and aprons by Busy Fingers, Nora’s Honey and Beeswaxed Candles, Christmas ornaments from Handmade by Hollis, beautiful crochet stuffed animals and blankets by Seriously Magical Creations, Children’s Sensory Kits by She Creates, Light & Gale Candle, and snuggly warm poncho blankets by Ma’s Cozy Plankos.
For the kids, new this year, the Children’s Holiday Book Bazaar features a large assortment of children’s holiday books. The “penny” candy store will make a return this year, sponsored by the Kilgore family. The Holiday Ornament Decorating station is back, sponsored by the Nascembeni and DiFillippo families where children will be invited to decorate ornaments to take home as a remembrance of this beloved annual tradition.
Connor’s Kindness Project will be operating the very popular North Pole Fishing Hole. Lynnfield children should make sure they drop their letters off for Santa Claus in the Letters to Santa mailbox.
For entertainment, the popular Voices of Hope chorus will perform upstairs at 10 a.m. Santa arrives by way of the North Pole on a Lynnfield fire truck at 10:45 a.m. and will stay for photos until 2 p.m. Lynnfield Recreation’s Tree Lighting and Whobilation Festivities begin at 3 p.m.
The Country Store Committee consisting of Co-Chairs Karen Nascembeni and Karen Hathaway, Lynnfield Historical Commission members Kirk Mansfield and John Michalski, and Historic Lynnfield board members Nan Hockenbury, Inta Brazelis-Simeone, Sharon McLaughlin Marrama, Lauri Priestley and Michelle Johnson are leading this year’s fundraiser.
For more information or to volunteer for this event, send an email to info@HistoricLynnfield.org.
Founded in 2022, the mission of Historic Lynnfield is to foster community involvement in the preservation and education of all things significant to the history of Lynnfield past and present for future generations. To become involved with Historic Lynnfield, residents can contact Historic Lynnfield President Nan Hockenbury at 781-334-6245 (home) or 781-640-6415 (cell). Volunteers are welcome.
