Windham Festival of Trees is Dec. 3-5

WINDHAM — The fourth annual Christmas Festival of Trees will be held from Dec. 3-5 at Fellowship Hall, Windham Hill United Church of Christ, 140 Windham Center Road.
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 are 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4; noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5. 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 group, including gifts under the tree. Winners receive the tree itself, with all of its decorations, as well as the gifts under the tree.
Admission is free. Tickets are 50 cents each. Participants buy as many tickets as they like, and drop them in buckets in front of trees they’d like to win. The winners must claim their tree and gifts by 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7.
The festival benefits Windham Hill United Church of Christ mission, including Heifer International, the Root Cellar, Windham Food Pantry, Church World Service, SERRV, and many other organizations.