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WINDHAM — The second annual Christmas Festival of Trees will be held at Fellowship Hall, Windham Hill United Church of Christ, 140 Windham Center Road, from Friday, Nov. 30 to Sunday, Dec. 2.
The event is a showcase for local merchants and organizations as well as a fundraiser for Windham Hill United Church of Christ, the founding church of Windham and a historic landmark for the town.
The festival hours will 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1., and noon until 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2. The drawing of winners will be at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Fellowship Hall will be decorated for the Holiday season and refreshments will be available. There will be 20 decorated Christmas trees with lights, each one donated by a local business or individual. The donor will decorate the tree and then put gifts on and around the tree, many from their store or organization.
Winners will receive the tree itself, with its lights and ornaments, all of the gifts on the tree, and all of the gifts under the tree. Last year the winners took home everything from toys and gift items to kitchen supplies and jewelry. There was great excitement at the Grand Drawing. This year there will be several new trees added to popular donors from last year.
Admission to the Festival of Trees is free and the event features products from local restaurants, gifts stores, specialty companies, automotive businesses and construction companies. There will be tickets on sale for 50 cents each, 10 for $5. A bucket will be in front of each display.
One ticket will be drawn for each tree. The winners must claim their tree and gifts by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4. The event is a fundraising activity of Windham Hill United Church of Christ to benefit their mission program: local, national and international missions including Heifer International, the Root Cellar, Windham Food Pantry, Church World Service, SERRV, and many other organizations. Money will also benefit continued maintenance and programming for the church, which hosts Food and Fellowship’s Monday Meals, Boy Scout Troop 51, TOPS, Windham Lion’s Club, and other civic events.
Windham Hill United Church of Christ is an open and affirming church, welcoming all who would come. The church was founded in 1743 and has been central to the life of Windham throughout Windham’s history as a town.
