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The Saugerties Village Businesses and the Saugerties
Area Chamber of Commerce welcome you to the annual Saugerties
Holiday in
the Village, a 2-day event that happens the first full
weekend of December. In 2008, that's Saturday, December 6th
and Sunday,
December 7th.
Saugerties Healthy
Pet Food will have
special holiday hours and will be serving
hot apple cider and cookies!
 Village Business Open House
(Saturday, December 6th)
The Village Business Open House includes:
• Saugerties Christmas Tour of Homes
• Many participating Village shops open until 8 p.m.
• Special discounts
• Window decorating contest
• TOUR OF HOMES: At 1 p.m., the yearly Saugerties Christmas
Tour of Homes kicks off from the Kiersted House.
SHOPS OPEN UNTIL 8 PM: The shops and businesses located in
the Village of Saugerties Nationally Registered Historic Business
District invite you to visit Saugerties for a warm and welcoming
Holiday Open House. The following shops will be open until
8 p.m. with special open house sales, refreshments and live
music:
• Casa Maria
• DIG
• Dutch Ale House
• English Garden
• Happy Paws Boutique
• Hudson Valley Dessert Company
• The Looking Glass
• Lux Hair Studio
• Michael Nelson Gallery
• Mirabella
• Muddy Cup / Inquiring Mind
• Newberry Antiques Co-op
• Partition Street Wine Shop
• Saugerties Healthy Pet Food
• Sweet Lili
• Tango Cafe
You’ll find fashion and vintage apparel, homewares, hardware,
wines, jewelry, antiques, books and gifts galore all in a short
walk that includes Market Street, Main Street and Partition
Street. After you’ve finished shopping, you can grab
a bite at one of our Zagat-rated fine restaurants. Cast your
vote for your favorite holiday decorated window. The Dutch
colonial Kiersted House, home of the Historical Society, will
be open from 6 – 8 p.m.
WINDOW DECORATING CONTEST: Select businesses
will be decorating their windows for the holidays and they
are looking for your
vote. You can vote for your favorite decorated window by completing
a ballot that the participating business can provide for you,
and returning it to DIG or Lux Hair Studio, both located on
Partition Street. Voting ends at 8 PM on Saturday evening.
Votes will be tabulated, winner’s window certificates
will be distributed, and the winners will be announced on
Sunday at the tree lighting ceremony in Seamon Park. A press
release will also go out to local media and publications.
There are 6 awards – 1st, 2nd, & 3rd places, and
3 honorable mentions. For additional information, contact
Van at DIG – van@digtheshop.com
Fees: Free
Contact: Nancy
Campbell or Van Bolle
Phone: 845-246-0553 (Nancy) or 845-901-6826 (Van)
Email: nancyo@hvc.rr.com or van@digtheshop.com
Sunday, Dec. 7th is the Saugerties
Winter Festival. As a "kickoff" of
sorts to the 2009 Quadracentennial celebration, the Kiersted
House is emphasizing a Dutch theme this year. Sinter Klaas
(an early Dutch representation of Santa Claus) will be riding
a beautiful white horse to the Kiersted House and will be greeting
guests there. There will also be Dutch treats available.
From 2 to 4, the Saugerties Public
Library will host a “Festival
of Trees", involving a fun, tree-decorating contest. Also
from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., there will be free horse-drawn wagon
rides through our nationally-registered Historic Business district.
The Boys & Girls Club on Partition Street will be hosting
cookie decorating from 1 to 4 p.m. This is being sponsored
by Sawyer Savings Bank. Also in the Boys & Girls Club building,
Art Lab will be offering arts and crafts and Elizabeth Stegmayer
will be on hand, with Barefoot Storyland children's books.
Also for the kids we'll once again have businesses offering
crafts and activities for that the children can enjoy making
and can take away (or eat, in some cases). There's even children's
karaoke!
The businesses offering crafts and activities are:
• Boys and Girls Club - Cookie decorating, crafts (ArtLab)
and books
• Exchange Hotel - Personalized ornaments
• Hudson Valley Dessert Company - Karaoke for kids
• Main Street Restaurant - Ornament making
• Mirabella's - Ornament
making
• Mother Earth - Gingerbread cookie decorating
• Village Pizza - Fried dough snowmen
• Win Morrison Real Estate - Ornament making
As a special treat, there is a FREE
acoustic performance on Sunday, December 7th at 3 p.m.,
at the United Methodist Church featuring the acclaimed American
acoustic performers Jay Ungar
and Molly Mason. Although the concert is free, tickets are
required. They may be picked up at Hope Farm Press on Main
Street in Saugerties,
beginning November 17th. The total number of tickets that can
be handed out is limited to the capacity of the church. When
you pick up your tickets, please understand there is a limit
of 2 tickets per person, please.
This concert is sponsored
by:
Town of Saugerties
Saugerties Economic Development Committee
Village of Saugerties
Saugerties Area Chamber of Commerce
Throughout the afternoon, strolling carolers in Victorian costume
will be singing for your enjoyment. A children’s favorite
is the “light parade” of fire trucks, which kicks
off around 5 p.m. Santa will be on board, handing out candy
as the trucks make their way from the business district to
Seamon Park, for the lighting of the fantastic holiday display
by the Saugerties Kiwanis Club. Want to take in some good,
old-fashioned holiday atmosphere? Make the Village of Saugerties
your destination on the first weekend in December. As always,
there is plenty of free parking at the municipal parking lots
and free parking for the holidays on Partition, Main, and Market
Streets, one off Partition Street (enter between Mirabella
Restaurant and Partition Street Wine Shop).
Noon - 4:00 PM
Sinter Klaas (early Dutch representation of Santa Claus) arrives
at the Kiersted House on horseback around Noon. Kiersted House
celebrates a traditional Dutch Christmas, with Dutch treats.
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Strolling Carolers in Victorian Costume, throughout the Village
Children's cookie decorating, crafts and Barefoot Storyland
books at the Boys and Girls Club.
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Festival of Trees (Community Tree Decorating
Contest) - Saugerties Public Library
Santa visits the Flower Garden on Partition Street
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
As a special treat, there
is a FREE acoustic performance on Sunday, December 7th at 3
p.m. as part of the HOLIDAY in the
Village. The performers are Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. Although
the concert is free, tickets are required. They may be picked
up at Hope Farm Press on Main Street in Saugerties,
beginning November 17th. The total number of tickets that can
be handed out is limited to the capacity of the church. When
you pick up your tickets, please understand there is a limit
of 2 tickets per person, please.
This concert is sponsored
by:
Town of Saugerties
Saugerties Economic Development Committee
Village of Saugerties
Saugerties Area Chamber of Commerce
5:00 PM
Firemen's Parade of Lights - Partition Street to Lafayette
Street to Washington Avenue to Russell Street to Partition
Street and then Main Street to Seamon Park for the Day's Finale.
FINALE
Sing-Along at Seamon Park
Lighting of the Holiday Displays at Seamon Park
Make the Village of Saugerties your holiday shopping destination
this holiday season. As always, there is plenty of free parking
at the municipal parking lot, off Partition Street (enter between
Mirabella Restaurant and Partition Street Wine Shop).
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