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What's Happening:
**9 am - 9 pm (closed for the parade):
Downtown Winchester merchants
will be open for
all of your holiday shopping needs. Support our North Dundas
businesses by purchasing locally and have fun with your friends
and family as you explore everything that the shops,
restaurants, and services have to offer! Downtown, you will
find an array of stocking stuffers, gift ideas, and gift
certificates for all of the people on your list! A special
thank you to all of the local merchants who support this annual
event through their involvement and or many donations. Without your generous
contributions, this event would not be possible. **Business
operating hours may vary.
 9am-2:30pm:
(Please note
that pictures with Santa will take place from 9am - 5pm)Winchester
Commuity Center, 577 Main Street, Winchester
Come and explore the
3nd Annual
Parade of Lights Vendor Fair!
Visit and buy from an array of
vendors selling holiday gifts and goodies such as scrapbooking
kits, supplies, and albums; clothing; kitchen supplies, tools &
spices; gift baskets; knitting & sewing; home décor; baking,
sauces & preserves; jewellery; wood working; toys; skincare,
cosmetics & other personal care products; greeting cards; art &
photography, and MUCH MORE! Be sure to bring along the kids as
there are lots of exciting things for them to do as well! Kids
can have fun in the
Make It & Take It Craft Zone,
get their faces painted, have a visit with Santa and take home an advent calendar!
This is also your chance to get your child's or family's photo
taken with Santa! Happy Face
Nursery
School has hired a photographer to take photographs and do
on-the-spot photo processing, for a very
affordable holiday price! Single prints are just $10.00 each or
you can purchase 2 for $15.00. All
photos purchased will come with a free cardboard photo folder
and 10% of funds raised will be donated to Happy Face Nursery
School.
Please be a star this Christmas and bring a new children's gift
or a non-perishable food item to the Vendor Fair to donate to
the Dundas County Food Bank. All donations for the holiday
season are greatly appreciated! All of this excitement is
taking place in one location, which is the Winchester Community
Centre, located at 577 Main St. in beautiful downtown
Winchester. Admission is FREE!
For more
information or to become a vendor, please contact Meaghan Elder
at the Township Office at 613-774-2105 or stop by 636 St.
Lawrence St. in Winchester.
9:00am – 6:00pm
Winchester Cultural Center (Old Town Hall), 478 Main Street.
Get out of the cold and warm up in the newly introduced Winter
Wonderland of Activity
at the Old Town Hall, brought to you by Happy Face Nursery
School.
 Bring
the whole family for hours of FREE and exciting
entertainment including the “Music for Young Children Program”,
storytelling with some of our Winchester Librarians and a
screening of Charlie Brown's Christmas. Visitors can also enjoy
making Christmas ornaments out of recycled materials thanks to
the South Nation Conservation, get their faces painted, and
create Christmas cards, sponsored by the House of Lazarus. Come
out and share some fun & giggles in the toddler play area, help
build a paper chain for the Christmas tree, sing along during
the Christmas caroling session, and take part in the numerous
other activities, crafts, and happenings that Happy Face has put
together. Be sure to treat yourself to some great snacks and
meals from the concession stand too! Also available is
a nursing station and a special area where kids can write &
submit their letters to Santa.
Please
click here for a detailed schedule of events
9:00am-1:00pm
485 Caleb St., Winchester
Join Tina’s Scrapbooking Creations for a FREE Christmas card
workshop! You'll have fun using die cutting machines,
punches, stamps, and more to make several Christmas cards.
Adults and children (supervised by an adult) are welcome. All
materials are provided!!
For more information about this
exciting workshop as well as information on upcoming events,
workshops, and promotions at Tina’s Scrapbooking Creations,
please visit
www.tinascrapbooking.com.
10:00am – 4:00pm
Winchester Community Centre, 577 Main Street.
All aboard the North Dundas Express! You won't need to buy a
ticket or check your luggage for this fun trip across the land!
Kids can enjoy a fun filled train ride around the new Winchester
100 Club
Park paths thanks to the generous sponsorship of Andy's Foodland and Winchester Home Hardware.
Train rides
will be available every 15 minutes, leaving from the Lions Club
Pavilion.
10:30am
Corner of St. Lawrence & Main Streets.
Watch a live ice sculpting display put on my
members of the Canadian Ice Carving Society! This exciting
event will take place until the sculptures are complete, at
which time they will all be donated to the Main corner
beautification project. Later in the
 day, these pieces of ice
art will be auctioned off in an effort to raise funds for future
improvements that are planned for the corner of Main St. & St.
Lawrence St. Be sure to come early so you don’t miss out!
a.
1:30pm
Winchester Community Center, 577 Main Street
What do you get when mix chocolate chips, flour, eggs, sugar,...
and you?
The
best chocolate chip cookie in North Dundas, right?! Well, we
invite you to come and prove your baking skills at the 1st
Annual North Dundas Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest! The grand
winner will receive bragging rights and a certificate. For full
contest rules, please
click
here. For more
information, please call Gina Welch at 613-907-6916.
1:30pm - 2:30pm
FREE
public skating
at the Winchester Arena, 577 Main Street. Don't have a pair of skates or a
helmet? No problem! Just take advantage of the
Skate & Helmet Lending Library that
is available inside the arena. Simply find an arena staff
member and you can borrow whatever you need from a wide
assortment men's, women's, boys & girls skates and helmets! For
FREE!!
4:00pm
Hungry? How about sitting down to a nice dinner while
supporting a local community group? Feast at one of the many
community suppers.
Click here
for details.
4:00pm
Corner of St Lawrence & Main Street New this year: in addition to watching artisans carve beautiful
sculptures from ice, visitors to the downtown core can now
purchase one and have it installed at their homes or business
for the holiday season. Silent auction bid sheets can be
found in front of each sculpture at the corner of St. Lawrence &
Main St. The auction will begin at 4:00pm and run until 45
minutes after Santa Claus’ float passes by this main
intersection. Bids will start at $50 per sculpture and increase
in increments of $10. The Committee will coordinate delivery of
the sculptures to the winners’ location of choice (geography and
logistics will be factors in determining how it will be done).
All proceeds will go towards the Winchester Downtown
Revitalization Committee's effort to beautify the village.
4:00pm
Winchester Community Center, 577 Main Street
Do you know
that you have the best apple pie in the area? Then enter the
Best Apple Pie Contest! One winner will be appointed from
each of the two categories of “Judges Choice” and “People’s
Choice”. These winners will receive not only bragging rights,
but also a gift certificate for Sears, and a Trophy to take home
to help with the bragging! Not a baker?
Do you like to think of yourself as more of a “tester” for
“quality assurance” …? For the “People’s Choice” category, the
community will be able to sample all pie submissions by simply
purchasing tickets that will be for sale in the contest area.
Tickets will be sold for $1.00 each or for the great deal of 6
tickets for $5.00.
For full contest rules, please
click here. For more information, please
call Penny Brenn at 613-774-0209.
4:30 – 6:00pm
Around the town
Coming to a house near YOU! Nothing spreads holiday cheer like
the sweet sound of carolers! Enjoy the songs of the season as
students of Winchester Public School travel around town on a
Christmas float singing your favourite Christmas song.
 5:00pm
Corner of St Lawrence & Main Street.
Stop by one of the main corner
food vendors
on the corner of St. Lawrence & Main Street and enjoy a hot
chocolate and a tasty treat!
6:00pm
It's PARADE TIME! The annual parade will be commencing
from the North Dundas Township parking lot/Hydro One Yard,
located at 636 St. Lawrence Street. The Winchester Parade of
Lights would like to welcome the 2009 Parade Marshall: Codi
Jeffreys from Majic 100’s Morning Show! Bring a chair and a
blanket and position your family and friends along the parade
route for this amazing display of floats, bands, and of course,
Santa! Attendees are urged to bring non perishable food items
as well as new, unwrapped children's gift donations that will be
donated to the Dundas County Food Bank & House of Lazarus in
time for the holidays. All items will be collected along the
parade route. Come early to avoid the rush!
Please click
here to view the parade
route.
After the Parade:
Winchester Legion Branch #108:
Everyone
is welcome for some friendly holiday cheer and to stay
and have a drink! The Legion will have “live entertainment” by:
Janet Hutt, Shelley Hutt, Anne Lyon, and Mike Valley beginning
at 7pm. They will also have the “big guy in red” stopping by
for some fun photos. As well as, the game being played will be
on the new flat screen TV in the lounge.
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Food Bank Donations: 